Reverbiage: Stories from NPR tagged 'fanciful'

Rushdie's 'Enchantress' Conjures Fanciful Voyage

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:34:00 EDT

In his new novel, The Enchantress of Florence, Salman Rushdie blends history and fantasy to recount the tale of a lost princess. The lavish epic spans multiple decades and continents.

'Jane' Isn't Quite Austen, But It Is 'Becoming'

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 10:00:00 EDT

The dialogue in this fanciful "biography" certainly isn't up to the beloved novelist's standard, but the performances do sparkle and the look is Merchant Ivory-lush -- so there's plenty of pleasure to be had.

Reasons to Let that Garden Go to Seed

Tue, 05 Dec 2006 06:00:00 EST

There is a theory that putting your garden to bed for the winter is an overrated chore. There are factual and fanciful reasons for letting it go to seed. Ketzel Levine reports.

Cyberfashion: Technology You Can Wear

Fri, 05 Aug 2005 00:00:00 EDT

Cyberfashion: Technology You Can Wear August 5, 2005 · Visionary designers and technology experts put their heads together at the recent annual SIGGRAPH convention to showcase cutting-edge fashions that are part fanciful, part practical, part science fiction.