Marlon James , author of A Brief History of Seven Killings, is ready for more inclusion and representation in the myriad worlds of fantasy novels.
The Booker Prize-winning author recently told Man of the World that he’ ll be “ geeking the fuck out ” for his next book, Black Leopard , Red Wolf , which he describes as “ an African Game of Thrones .” James told the magazine :
“ I realized how sick and tired I was of arguing about whether there should be a black hobbit in Lord of the Rings
African folklore is just as rich , and just as perverse as that shit . We have witches , we have demons , we have goblins, we have mad kings. We have stories of royal succession that would put Wolf Hall to share .
We beat the Tudors two times over .”
And when James says “ geek , ” he means it. He’ s already promising an almost- excessive attention to detail and multiple appendices on different races and magic techniques .
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