Fantasy Book News

The cover for Gail Z. Martin’s The Sworn was released this week, and we’ve got a great mix of reviews, from Terry Brooks’ latest to a pair of Adrian Tchaikovsky novels, to the Swords and Dark Magic compilation. We’ve also located an interview with George R.R. Martin’s editor who discusses her work on A Clash of Kings. Topping off this week is our first mention of eReaders in the fantasy blogosphere, and it comes in the form of Ray Kurzweil offering a solution to books that get mangled by current eReader software.

• Review: Bearers of the Black Staff by Terry Brooks @ A Dribble of Ink
• Review: Black Magic Sanction by Kim Harrison @ Fantasy Literature
• Review: Empire in Black and Gold by Adrian Tchaikovsky @ SFF World
• Review: Dragonfly Falling by Adrian Tchaikovsky @ The Mad Hatter’s
• Review: Swords and Dark Magic by Various @ Sci-Fi Lovin’ News & Reviews
• Review: The Map of All Things by Kevin J. Anderson @ Fantasy Book Critic
• Review: Nights of Villjamur by Mark Charan Newton @ Grasping for the Wind
• Release: The Sworn by Gail Z. Martin @ 1888 Press Releases
• Cover: The Sworn by Gail Z. Martin @ Orbit
• Interview: Anne Groell discusses working on A Clash of Kings @ Suvudu
• Interview: Karen Miller @ Angela Slatter
• Film: Weta Workshop to bring The Wind in the Willows back to life @ Fantasy Book Review
• Book Tech: Ray Kurzweil introduces eReader software set to trump all @ The New York Times

If our last Fantasy Blogosphere post was the most eclectic yet, then this is the most abundant. Chock full of review goodness, this post features reviews of books by Robin Hobb, David Anthony Durham, Ken Scholes, George R.R. Martin, Guy Gavriel Kay, Daniel Abraham, James Barclay and Terry Pratchett, and a triage of Jim Butcher reviews from NextRead. Pat’s got a fresh interview with Joe Abercrombie, and there’s exciting news all around; its looking like we’re really going to see A Game of Thrones as an HBO series, R.A. Salvatore signs for 6 additional Forgotten Realms books, and the movie rights for Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn trilogy have been optioned. What a great time to be a fantasy fan!

• Review: The Dragon Keeper by Robin Hobb @ Fantasy Book Critic
• Review: First Lord’s Fury by Jim Butcher @ Fantasy Book Critic
• Review: Acacia by David Anthony Durham @ A Fantasy Reader
• Review: Canticle by Ken Scholes @ Adventures in Reading
• Review: A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin @ The Wertzone
• Review: White Night by Jim Butcher @ NextRead
• Review: Small Favour by Jim Butcher @ NextRead
• Review: Turn Coat by Jim Butcher @ NextRead
• Review: Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay @ The James Review
• Review: A Shadow in Summer by Daniel Abraham @ The Stamp
• Review: Dawnthief by James Barclay @ Ty’s Book Review
• Review: Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett @ SF Signal
• Interview: Joe Abercrombie @ Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist
• News: GRRM A Game of Thrones HBO series looking more likely @ Geeks of Doom
• News: R.A. Salvatore signs new book deal with WotC @ The Wertzone
• News: Movie rights optioned for Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn trilogy @ BSC Review