His Majesty’s Dragon by Naomi Novik
Chelsea Haller
I was handed this book by my husband and was told that I would like it. I was a little unsure of this since there were many history references along…
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The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
Jamie Provencher
The first time I ‘read’ The Book of Lost Things, I was on an eight-hour trip from Maine to Ithaca, NY. Before I left, I stopped by Borders, and searched…
Keeping Fantasy Fresh – The Sands of Time
Ben Godby
You can read Part One of this series here. As long as the genres have been divided, fantasy has always stood in opposition to science fiction. A sweeping glance across…
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
Overlord
There has not been a book over the last decade that has brought about as much response as Patrick Rothfuss’s The Name of the Wind. Released in 2007, this book…
Wizard’s First Rule by Terry Goodkind
ChrisMB
A couple of years ago, whilst my best friend and I were browsing through my local Borders (which also happens to be one of the many affected by the liquidation…
The Red Wolf Conspiracy by Robert V. S. Redick
Joshua Benes
The Red Wolf Conspiracy begins with a special note from the Etherhorde Mariner, in which it states that, “The Imperial Merchant Ship Chathrand has disappeared.” The story truly unfolds with…
Furies of Calderon by Jim Butcher
Jennie Ivins
A single grain of sand can tip the scale. A single beat of a butterfly’s wings can add just enough wind to create a tempest. And the single action of…
Keeping Fantasy Fresh
When I pick up a fantasy book at the bookstore or the library, I’m expecting two things: first, a recognizable set of concepts, tropes and ideas that together make a…
The Dragon Keeper by Robin Hobb
Walt White
Exhausted and malnourished, a tangle of serpents fought the current of the Rain Wilds river and sought the cocooning grounds of distant memories. The world changed a great deal since…
Rowena Cory Daniells Interview
A few months ago, I was in Waterstones and a book caught my attention: The King’s Bastard. There were thousands of books in the fantasy/sci-fi section of that particular shop,…
Fantasy Book Club – February 2011: The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
After the success of the first month’s Fantasy Book Club, our members are uniting once again to take on another title. This time we are tackling The Name of the…
Soul Born by Kevin James Breaux
All Opal wanted was to be respected as a wielder of magic, but her teachers passed her over time and time again. When a mysterious warlord embarks on a conquest…