Books of 2012: Range of Ghosts by Elizabeth Bear
Instead of writing one huge post of all the books I’m looking forward to in 2012, I decided to highlight some of these books in their own posts throughout the rest of this year. That way I can include as much information as I want about each one without it being an 8-mile long post and can just compile a list of links to these posts at the end of the year. Range of Ghosts is the first book in […]
Review of A Dance With Dragons by George R. R. Martin
As quite possibly the most talked about fantasy release of 2011, A Dance With Dragons probably needs no introduction. Just in case you somehow haven’t heard of it for some reason, it’s the fifth book in the series A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin, which has gained a lot of popularity this year with the airing of the first season of Game of Thrones on HBO. The first four books in the series are as […]
I knew there was something I was forgetting in my links post yesterday! Memory over at Stella Matutina is currently doing a series on women writing fantasy (that is not contemporary as there are plenty of women writing urban fantasy and paranormal romance). I think it’s a great idea since it does seem that often women writing historical or epic fantasy don’t seem to be as well known. Plus she is going to cover (or has already covered) a lot […]
Servant of a Dark Godby John Brown448pp (Hardcover)My Rating: 6.5/10Amazon Rating: 4/5LibraryThing Rating: 3.17/5Goodreads Rating: 3.57/5 Servant of a Dark God is the beginning of an epic fantasy trilogy by John Brown. The second book in the Dark Gods series, Curse of a Dark God, will be released in January 2011. Dark God’s Glory, the final novel, will be available in 2012. Talen has a big problem – he can’t find his work pants, the only pair of pants he […]
Feast of Soulsby C.S. Friedman576pp (Paperback)My Rating: 8/10Amazon Rating: 4/5LibraryThing Rating: 3.91/5Goodreads Rating: 3.93/5 Feast of Souls is the first book in the Magister trilogy, the latest series by C.S. Friedman, perhaps best known for her Coldfire trilogy. The second book, Wings of Wrath, was just released in hardcover in February. It has yet to be announced when the final book Legacy of Kings will be available. After reading C.S. Friedman’s debut novel, the space opera In Conquest Born, I […]
