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…
classic SFF
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…
The Iron Dragon’s Daughter by Michael Swanwick
Jonathan Thornton
This review contains spoilers. Read with caution if you have yet to finish the book. The changeling’s decision to steal a dragon and escape was born, though she did not…
The Story of Kullervo by J.R.R. Tolkien
Wei Ming Kam
The last few years have seen the publication of several of Tolkien’s versions of the literary works that sparked his imagination and influenced Middle Earth. From the poems of Sigurd…
Wolves of the Calla by Stephen King
Onto book 5 of The Dark Tower series and King brings us back to the ka-tet we know and love. After the hectic craziness of The Waste Lands and the…
Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings
Alister Davison
If you’d asked me ten years ago what I thought of fantasy, I’d have told you I wasn’t a fan anymore. That’s changed now (thanks to Abercrombie and Lynch), but…
The Riddle-Master’s Game by Patricia A. McKillip – Series Review
“Who is the Star-Bearer and what will he loose that is bound? What will one star call out of silence, one star out of darkness, and one star out of…
Robert Holdstock: Mythago Wood and Lavondyss
A fire is burning in Bird Spirit Land. My bones smoulder. I must journey there. Forests are naturally places of mystery and wonder. Full of life and growth, they are…
Thomas the Rhymer by Ellen Kushner
What songs do you sing to them in Elfland? There, where all songs are true, and all stories history… I have seen lovers walking in those glades, with gentle hands…
Unicorns! edited by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois
Raymond K. Rugg
My regular readers know that I’ve recently revisited some old-school fantasy by re-reading the Thieves’ World books. And one of the anthologies in the shared-universe fantasy series was called Tales…
The Book Of The New Sun by Gene Wolfe
“We believe that we invent symbols. The truth is that they invent us; we are their creatures, shaped by their hard, defining edges. When soldiers take their oath they are…
Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
This year marks the 150th anniversary of Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland, Lewis Carroll’s tale of a girl who follows a white rabbit down a hole in the ground and finds…