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Fantasy Blogosphere: February 28, 2010

Jeff — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:00:18 +0000

A relatively quiet week in the fantasy blogosphere, but we’ve still found a few quality reviews, and some great interviews around the web. Not to mention that I keep getting signals that playing Dungeons & Dragons as a kid probably helped me develop a lot of the skills I use in my professional life today. Check out the post on how playing D&D can help prep you for med school. Great stuff.

Review: World’s End by Mark Chadbourn @ SF Signal
Review: Empire by Adrian Tchaikovsky @ Fantasy Book News & Reviews
Interview: L.E. Modesitt, Jr. @ The Dragon Page
Interview: Ursula K. Le Guin on the Google controversy @ PBS
Interview: James Cameron interviewed by Charlie Rose @ Charlie Rose’s blog
News: Playing Dungeons & Dragons will prepare you for…medical school? @ Blake Charlton’s Blog

Fantasy Blogosphere: February 21, 2010

Jeff — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 12:00:16 +0000

Winter is almost here. George R.R. Martin announced that he’s 1,261 pages into A Dance with Dragons, supporting my prediction the novel would be released in 2010, and in general giving me a good feeling all over. Jim Cameron plans to release an Avatar prequel novel in 2010, which he has not begun writing yet. Ambitious, but what do you expect from one of the most ambitious filmmakers in history. Perhaps the the interview of the decade, with R.A. Salvatore interviewing Margaret Weis on her new novel with Tracy Hickman and writing in a world based on role-playing games in general. We cap this week where I turn back my clock an hour here in Brazil by turning back the clock and remembering countless hours spent with the red box, the first in the old Dungeons & Dragons boxed set.

News: George R.R. Martin 1,261 pages into A Dance with Dragons @ The Guardian
News: James Cameron to write Avatar novel @ The Celebrity Cafe
Review: Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie @ A Dribble of Ink
Review: The Way of Shadows by Brent Weeks @ A Fantasy Reader
Interview: R.A. Salvatore interviews Margaret Weis @ Tor/Forge’s Blog
Interview: Terry Pratchett @ The Sunday Morning Herald
Reminisce: Dungeons & Dragons @ Suvudu

Fantasy Blogosphere: February 7, 2010

Jeff — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 12:00:09 +0000

We’ve got a boatload of reviews this week, covering everything from more recent titles like The Gathering Storm and Dragon Keeper to young classics such as A Storm of Swords, The Hero of Ages and The Lies of Locke Lamora. The Stormcaller by Tom Lloyd also looks promising, having potentially been looked over in a year when other authors like Scott Lynch were making their big debuts. The Dragon Page recently intervieweed Gail Z. Martin, and Ursula K. Le Guin continues to fight for her rights against Google. We cap off a stellar week with news of an inmate in Wisconsin being prohibited from playing D&D in prison. What will inmates want next, a renaissance festival on prison grounds?

Review: The Price of Spring by Daniel Abraham @ Fantasy Book News & Reviews
Review: A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin @ The Wertzone
Review: The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson @ Unbound
Review: Arms-Commander by L.E. Modesitt Jr. @ Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist
Review: The Gathering Storm by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson @ A Fantasy Reader
Review: The Stormcaller by Tom Lloyd @ Only the Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Review: The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch @ Intelli-Gent Reviews
Review: Nightchild by James Barclay @ Fantasy Book News & Reviews
Review: City of Torment by Bruce R. Cordell @ Fantasy Book Critic
Review: Dragon Keeper by Robin Hobb @ SuperFastReader
Interview: George R.R. Martin @ Suvudu
Interview: Gail Z. Martin @ The Dragon Page
News: Ursula K. Le Guin vs Google @ CBC News
News: Inmate loses appeal to play Dungeons & Dragons @ NYDailyNews.com