A Wizard Abroad by Diane Duane
Jo Niederhoff
Can any self-respecting fantasy author write a series about magic in our world without mentioning Ireland? The answer, of course, is yes, but facts are beside the point. The point…
classic SFF
High Wizardry by Diane Duane
Even though I’ve only reviewed two books in Diane Duane’s Young Wizards series, I’m sure people will be able to guess from the previous two reviews how this one will…
Hogfather by Terry Pratchett
Laura M. Hughes
‘On the second day of Hogswatch I . . . sent my true love back, A nasty little letter, hah, yes indeed, and a partridge in a pear tree—’ Of…
Deep Wizardry by Diane Duane
The second book in Diane Duane’s Young Wizards series, Deep Wizardry, is just as good as the first, I’m happy to say. Nita and Kit, the young wizards who thwarted…
So You Want To Be A Wizard by Diane Duane
I think it’s a safe bet that most people who visit this site have wanted to be a wizard at some point (and a safe bet that some of us…
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
It’s a safe bet to assume that most if not all of us have heard of Shirley Jackson, regardless of how much of her work we’ve read. My first experience…
Serial Reader: Reading Books One Bite at a Time
Eric Christensen
Serial Reader is a new app that delivers daily chunks of books that can be read in 20 minutes or less to your phone. After a few weeks, I’ve become…
J. K. Rowling is Better than Shakespeare
Max Freeman
Tell me if you’ve ever read these stories before: – A young male sociopath disapproves of everyone and everything around him, including any of his romantic interests. He changes nothing,…
King’s Quest: A Knight to Remember – Video Game Review
Victoria Hooper
King’s Quest is an episodic adventure game, heavy on story, featuring puzzles and challenges along the way. It’s a reimagining from developer The Odd Gentlemen (published under Sierra) of the…
The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers
Alister Davison
The Anubis Gates was first released in 1983, and I was fortunate enough to pick up a paperback copy at the time from my local library. Back then, I would…
Grandmothers of Fantasy
Nyki Blatchley
It’s often said that, until the past two or three decades, both fantasy and SF were completely male-dominated genres. To a large extent this is true, but not entirely. For…
Song of Susannah by Stephen King
James Davies
Wow, did this series get super weird. I don’t even know where to begin with Song of Susannah (SOS as I like to think of it). Considerably shorter than Wolves…