8:00 am in Fantasy Blogosphere, News by Jeff
An geek’s dream team of interviews this week, with all-star authors like Lev Grossman, Patrick Rothfuss, Scott Lynch, Daniel Abraham, Peter S. Beagle, and more. The Night Circus makes some noise, placing in first in Amazon’s top 5 fantasy bestseller list for the week, and the detailed observer will notice reviews and interviews with author Erin Morgenstern popping up around the ‘webs. The talk is Harry Potter fans are hungry, and The Night Circus may be just the dish. Also, for a few weeks in a row, old-school “Choose Your Own Adventure” style books are making appearances in the fantasy blogosphere. Did someone say comeback?
Tags: Brent Weeks, Daniel Abraham, DestinyQuest, Erin Morgenstern, fantasy books, Ghost Story, Glen Cook, Jim Butcher, Lev Grossman, Mark Charan Newton, Michael Stackpole, Patrick Rothfuss, Peter S. Beagle, Scott Lynch, Shadow Games, The Magicians, The Night Circus
8:00 am in Fantasy Blogosphere, News by Jeff
Check out reviews of Lev Grossman’s latest, The Magician King, The Dragon’s Path by Daniel Abraham, and a few other goodies this week.
Tags: Cherie Priest, fantasy books, Lev Grossman, Shadowrise, Tad Williams, Terry Brooks, The Dragon's Path, The Magician King
8:00 am in Fantasy Blogosphere, News by Jeff
A lazy Labor Day weekend, and the fantasy blogosphere is equally as calm. Chalk up a couple of reviews, a pair of reviews with Lev Grossman, and The Guild ladies at DragonCon to the weekend that kicks off college football. Also, I knew (or hoped!) it was coming: old school Choose Your Own Adventure-style books making the transition to the digital world. Boo-yaa.
Tags: Ari Marmell, Bloodshot, Cherie Priest, DragonCon, fantasy books, Lev Grossman, The Goblin Corps, The Guild
8:00 am in Fantasy Blogosphere, News by Jeff
An absolute tempest of fantasy fiction this week, with reviews, interviews and top 10′s forming the perfect storm. Reviews of a pair of new novels, and a pair of classics, interviews with a few new authors, and a classic, and top 10 lists from a new author and a classic. At the eye of the storm you’ll find George R.R. Martin and Tad Williams live at the Fox Theater. Batten down the hatches and dig in.
Tags: C.S. Lewis, fantasy books, Frank Frazetta, Fritz Lieber, George R.R. Martin, J.R.R. Tolkien, Lev Grossman, Paolo Bacigalupi, Robin Hobb, Swords and Deviltry, Tad Williams, Terry Brooks, The Inheritance and Other Stories, The Magician King, The Silver Chair, Tomorrow Midnight
8:00 am in Fantasy Blogosphere, News by Jeff
Interviews galore this week, featuring everyone from old hands like R.A. Salvatore and Neil Gaiman, to relatively fresh talent like Lev Grossman and Mark Charan Newton. A couple of Game of Thrones scripts set for charity auction were heisted this week, and we get a first look at the new free MMO based on Tad Williams’ Otherland. It looks absolutely sick.
Tags: A Dance with Dragons, fantasy books, Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin, Lev Grossman, Mark Chadbourn, Mark Charan Newton, Mark Lawrence, N.K. Jemisin, Naomi Novik, Neil Gaiman, Otherland, Prince of Thorns, R.A. Salvatore, Tad Williams, The Kingdom of Gods, The Magician King