Druids (Shannara): Shannara, Terry Brooks, Walker Boh, Paranor, First King of Shannara, Allanon, Bremen (Shannara), Warlock Lord, Grianne Ohmsford, The Elfstones of Shannara
Pat's Fantasy Hotlist (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
This is our second Holiday mega-giveaway, and it's another good one! Del Rey and Bantam Spectra teamed up for this contest to offer plenty of cool stuff! Their prize pack includes: - A signed copy of China Mieville’s The City & the City ( Canada , USA , Europe ) - A signed copy of John Birmingham’s Without Warning ( Canada , USA , Europe ) - A signed copy of Naomi Novik’s In His...
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 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...
Grasping For The Wind (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Although I have always tied Kenyon’s name closely to paranormal fiction, I did not know that she had a series of novels set in a future universe. I thought I might mention it here for those readers who think Kenyon is all paranormal (though this series seems to have some of the same elements), especially [...] Related posts: GIVEAWAY: ARC of Kat Richardson and MMP of Sherrilyn Kenyon Del Rey...
Grasping For The Wind (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
# Genre: Apocalyptic Fiction, Science Fiction # Hardcover: 300 pages # Publisher: Night Shade Books # Publication Date: September 15, 2009 # ISBN-10: 1597801577 # ISBN-13: 978-1597801577 # Author Website: Paolo Bacigalupi In The Windup Girl, Paolo with-the-unpronounceable-last-name (Bacigalupi), uses fiction to provide social commentary on such things as the environment, big business, international...
A Chip in Your Pile (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
Freshers pics are all up. Everyone's back into Project Mackerel. I spent the weekend back home, met up with Owen, Michael, Bryony, and Kirsty. Workload is suddenly huge. Room is tidy for a change. Big tub of clothes to wash assuming I want to wear underwear today. Brought my entire Terry Brooks collection back with me, but then after lugging it all the way here I realised I had LEFT ONE AT HOME. THE...
Gene Expression (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
Is Harry Turtledove ? Compare the similarity in output to Patterson . I just noticed that Glenn Reynolds received a copy of Turtledove's second book in a quasi-alternate history series he's been working on. Turtledove shines when he's applying what he knows. Even if the Videssos cycle wasn't artful prose, the books had plots which moved along, while his historical, Justinian , had incredible source...
MediumAtLarge.net (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
Terry Brooks. Shannara. Landover. Word & Void. Christopher Paolini. Eragon. Eldest. Brisingr. Both will be dropping by our friends at Suvudu.com tonight at 7 PM EST for an online chat with fans.
Michael May's Adventureblog (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
Before I talk about the first book (chronologically, anyway) in Terry Brooks' Shannara series, I just realized that I never came back and said anything else about Matt Ruff's Bad Monkeys . And shame on me, because it was fantastic. Five out of five Ray Guns That Look Like Toys But Really Aren't. Too much time has passed for me to give it a proper review, but even if I'd just finished it I'd hate to...
Doodled Books (Free subscription) | 09/27/2009
The Dragons of Ordinary Farm is an exciting beginning to a new five book series. The plot is incredibly clever, the characters interesting and mysterious, and best of all it has dragons! Doodled Books has long been a fan of Tad Williams - he has millions of readers Worldwide for his fantasy and science fiction work. He is also a New York Times Bestselling author. A few months ago we were delighted...
SF Signal (Free subscription) | 09/25/2009
David Louis Edelman previews Geosynchron , book 3 of the Jump 225 Trilogy. Interviews and Profiles: @Talking with Tim: Dan Abnett ( Triumff ). @Whatever: Paolo Bacigalupi , author of The Windup Girl . @Stomping on Yeti: Alex Irvine ( Buyout ). Future interview: For the first time, readers and fans will have the opportunity to join a live online chat with authors, and friends, Terry Brooks and Christopher...
John's Blog (Free subscription) | 09/20/2009
2nd book in the Landover series, which I read first about 20 years ago. Not that good; not as fun as the first one.
Unshelved (Free subscription) | 09/20/2009
We hope you enjoyed this week's edition of One Book A Day . Here, for posterity, is the complete list of titles: A Question of Freedom by R. Dwayne Betts A Princess of Landover by Terry Brooks Our Noise by John Cook, Mac McCaughan and Laura Ballance My Father's Paradise by Ariel Sabar (as featured in the Unshelved Book Club ) The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope...
Pat's Fantasy Hotlist (Free subscription) | 09/19/2009
In hardcover: Charlaine Harris' Dead and Gone is down two positions, ending its 18th week on the charts at number 12. Karen Marie Moning's Dreamfever is down six spots, finishing its third week on the NYT list at number 18. Stephenie Meyer's The Host is up four positions, ending the week at number 19. Lev Grossman's The Magicians maintains its position, ending its fourth week on the charts at number...
John's Blog (Free subscription) | 09/18/2009
I’m sort of a sucker for books like this — Terry Brooks was a bit of a Tolkein knock-off that I loved to read as a kid — he wrote the Shannara series — and this other series (called Landover). It’s about a businessman who’s lost his way in the modern world, and a series of [...]
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