Velvet Threads (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Originally published at tansyrr.com . You can comment here or there . So in the early hours of this morning I ended up feeding my baby to the sound of an interview with Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman , the most bestselling duo of fantasy authors of all time. It was odd. Not the interview itself, which was kind of awesome. It was really fascinating to hear about how the mega publishing sensation that...
The Keyboard Biologist Knits (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
So my fantasy Becomes reality And I must be what I must be And face tomorrow. -- from Simon & Garfunkel, "Flowers Never Bend with the Rainfall" Ever since I was a teenager, I have found myself able to get emotionally entangled with books and good stories. My first journeys to Middle Earth in the Tolkein books were a prime example. I was unable to put them down because I had been so pulled...
The Medium is Not Enough TV blog (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Twilight annoys me. New Moon annoys me even more, yet I've seen neither of them. I've seen clips, and they all make me want to strangle Kristen "wetter than a haddock's bathing costume" Stewart. Robert Pattinson? He's fine, although I just wish he'd find something better. And the whole plot is very creepy: 100+-year-old vampire falls for underage girl but she turns him on too much so they...
The Wertzone (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
The History of Dragonlance In January 1984 a rather minimalist advert appeared in the pages of Dragon Magazine , the monthly Dungeons and Dragons periodical published by TSR. This advert informed the reader that something called ' Dragonlance ' was 'coming soon'. In March, the magazine published a short story called 'The Test of the Twins', written by Margaret Weis, and had a feature on the forthcoming...
Ink and Paper (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
I have missed a lot of these for several weeks (sorry!) so I'm going to try to answer several in one go :) If you could ask your favorite author (alive or dead) one question … who would you ask, and what would the question be? I would want to ask David Eddings about the women in his books. He has a lot of really strong women in his novels, and they seem to go against the sterotypical male view...
0ddness bl0g (Free subscription) | 09/22/2009
-What is your current obsession? Reading, though it always has been an obsession... And reading the new Dan Brown book to boot! -What is your weirdest obsession? Erm, pass... Obsessed with the washing up being done and layed out in a certain order - does that count? -What are you wearing today? Boxers, Tee Shirt and Dressing Gown. I is a poorly lump. -What’s for dinner? Soup, probably. -What...
Ink and Paper (Free subscription) | 09/16/2009
A meme has been created for Book Blogger Appreciation Week, and here are my answers! Do you snack while you read? If so, favorite reading snack? Ice-cream, crisps, and chocolate! Do you tend to mark your books as you read, or does the idea of writing in books horrify you? Writing in books is pretty much blasphemy! How do you keep your place while reading a book? Bookmark? Dog-ears? I always use a book...
The Guardian Books Blog (Free subscription) | 09/07/2009
Pictures of Philip Garrido's bookshelves continue an uneasy tradition of scrutinising the accused's reading matter One photograph struck me during the parade of grotesquely fascinating information trickling out of the home of Philip Garrido last week. Among the images of the sheds and outbuildings where Garrido was said to have kept kidnapped girl Jaycee Lee Dugard captive for 18 years was an almost...
Mark Fox's Weblog (Free subscription) | 08/26/2009
In June best selling fantasy author David Eddings died at the age of 77, two years after the death of his wife and co-author of his later books, Leigh Eddings. A news release by the National Jewish Health hospital, based...
Ink and Paper (Free subscription) | 08/25/2009
This meme was created by Bella and I as part of the 101 of the Best Fantasy Books project. Please answer the following five questions on your blog, explaining why with each. 1. What is your favourite favourite fantasy series? There are just so many! There's David Eddings' Belgariad, Mallorean, Elenium and Tamuli series, there's Lisa Shearin's Raine Benare's series, there's Jeaniene Frost's Night Huntress...
Redirected Email Feed (Free subscription) | 08/22/2009
Amazon.co.uk has new recommendations for you based on items you purchased or told us you own. A Feast for Crows (Song of Ice and Fire) Shaman's Crossing (The Soldier Son Trilogy) Enchanter's End Game (Belgariad) Castle Of Wizardry (Belgariad) Thud! (Discworld Novels) The Golden Fool: Book Two of the Tawny Man (Tawny Man 2) Imperium The Oxford Companion to Wine (Oxford Companions) See More Recommendations...
Avocado Thoughts (Free subscription) | 08/03/2009
There are a lot of books/authors that I've been told I should read some of - or that other people have talked about as being wonderful classics ... and I do mean to get round to reading them, I do. Although sometimes when I think about that my mind goes blank and then I can't think of any to read, which is a shame. So I'm going to start a coordinated project to read the books. The idea is a rate of...
TheCelebrityCafe.com (Free subscription) | 08/01/2009
Young Garion's average life changes to one of magic and fate in the twinkling of an eye.
Grasping For The Wind (Free subscription) | 07/28/2009
I have FIVE copies of the hardback edition of The Light of Burning Shadows by Chris Evans to give away. This is great fiction for fans of David Eddings, Glen Cook, Robert V. S. Redick, or Stephen Hunt looking for new reading material. TO WIN: 1. You must be a resident of the Earth. 2. You must submit your entry before August 4, 2009. 3. You must email your name and address to john [DOT] ottinger [AT]...
Aardvarchaeology (Free subscription) | 07/27/2009
Inspired yet again by the Carlquist & Järv anthology of library history I mentioned recently, I decided to write something about the libraries of my life. I'm fortunate in that I have always been able to take libraries for granted. I feel at home in them. Learning to read at age four or five, I may have been taken about that time to some forgotten library in Greenwich, Conn. But the first...
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