Sword & Laser Anthology edited by Veronica Belmont and Tom Merritt
A. E. Marling
If you listen to the Sword & Laser podcast, you should support the empire of Veronica Belmont and Tom Merritt by reading their anthology. You’ll enjoy the swirling vortex of…
fantasy
Thief’s Magic by Trudi Canavan
Lucy Hounsom
Tyen is a student of history at the influential Academy. When he falls foul of its politics and powers, he finds himself on the run, his fate now inextricably bound…
Fable Anniversary Edition – Video Game Review
Victoria Hooper
In 2004 I was a university student looking for a great new game to play. I bought Fable, and within minutes of playing I had fallen in love with the…
Children’s Fantasy: Eight of the Best – Part Two
This is Part Two of our look at Children’s Fantasy series. If you missed it, you can read Part One here. The Earthsea Quartet by Ursula Le Guin Farther west…
The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
KJ Braxton
This review contains spoilers. Read with caution if you have yet to finish the book. That great first love, think Romeo and Juliet, Jack and Rose, a beautiful notion but…
Dragon Age: The Masked Empire by Patrick Weekes
Kit
The first game series I ever really fell in love with was Dragon Age. The predecessors to this expansive series were also fantastic in their own right (Neverwinter Nights was…
The Adamantine Palace by Stephen Deas
Aleksandra Kesek
It’s hard to believe that dragons once ruled the world. Now they are used by humans as mounts, hunting and war machines, precious gifts to settle diplomatic disputes and as…
Shadowborn by Moira Katson
Jeff Seymour
I was an ice child, having the ill luck to be born early, in the deepest storms of the winter, when the drifts of snow can bury whole caravans without…
The Emperor’s Edge by Lindsay Buroker
CptNemo
Amaranthe Lokdon is one of the Turgonian Empire’s enforcers. She keeps the streets safe (much like a policewoman) and is known for being fastidious. She chews her fingernails when she’s…
Pokémon – What Kind of Journey Is This?
Nathan T. Dean
Twitch Plays Pokémon changed a lot of things for a lot of people. Mostly it changed the website imgur into a paradise of pseudo-religious iconography for a Bird Jesus and…
Stolen Songbird by Danielle L. Jensen
If you want a fantasy where two teens in an arranged marriage struggle to love each other, then read Stolen Songbird by Danielle L. Jensen. First Cecile is kidnapped. Then…
Midnight Tides by Steven Erikson
Karl Wolfenden
This review contains some spoilers. Read with caution if you have yet to finish the book. Midnight Tides, book five of the Malazan Book of the Fallen, provides robust proof…