Sam Sykes Interview
Overlord
Sam Sykes is the author of one of 2010’s most popular debuts: Tome of the Undergates. At just 24 when it was published, he was quickly marked as one to…
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Tome of the Undergates by Sam Sykes
I first heard of Tome of the Undergates via Twitter. I had seen the rather interesting @SamSykesSwears tweeter, shouting out about fantasy and generally interacting with users and causing a…
Gollancz To Launch World’s Largest Digital SFF Library
There is no doubt about it, Gollancz is the UK’s leading publisher of fantasy fiction. Just a quick browse of the fantasy shelves in WH Smiths or Waterstones will reveal…
Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb
Assassin’s Apprentice is a book that has been on my radar for a long time, but something has always stopped my from picking it up. Perhaps it was the fact…
Graceling by Kristin Cashore
Kit
Imagine a world where people are given special talents; those so blessed are called Gracelings, and their talents are perfect. The Grace could be anything: cooking, horseback riding, swimming, hand-to-hand…
Winter has come… And gone.
“Winter is Coming” – it is all we heard for months and months before April’s premiere episode of Game of Thrones. HBO really went for it – they literally shoved…
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
Jennie Ivins
In a forest that time wouldn’t touch, was a creature who would live forever. A creature of immortal beauty and purity: a unicorn. She spent her days admiring her own…
Legend by David Gemmell
Alister Davison
I first read Legend twenty-five years ago, shortly after its original release. I was sixteen at the time, and the heroic tale of an old man coming out of retirement…
Ravenmarked by Amy Rose Davis
When Braedan, the heir regent of the kingdom of Taura, decides to declare himself king after his father’s death, he finds more than just a few upset nobles standing in…
The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander
Chloe Smith
This is the first in a semi-occasional series that examines classic or influential YA and children’s fantasy—the sorts of books that fantasy fans remember as the stories that brought them…
Tiassa by Steven Brust
Chelsea Haller
The latest Vlad Taltos book has finally reached our hands. And if my husband and my reactions are anything to go off of, it is about time! We love Steven…
The Way of Kings – Part One by Brandon Sanderson
In the UK, The Way of Kings has now been split into two halves. The first book focuses on the ‘build up’ of the novel. I think they got the…