I was in the bookstore the other night and was looking at a copy of Dreamsongs by George R.R. Martin. As a collection of his short stories, it seemed like an interesting read. I guess Dreamsongs: Volume 1 and Dreamsongs: Volume 2 have both been out since last year — I may be wrong about […]
Here’s the latest news on A Song of Ice and Fire for HBO. From George R.R. Martin himself.
Ice & Fire on HBO
David Anthony Durham steps into the world of fantasy with his latest novel Acacia: Book One: The War With the Mein. Most known for his historical fiction novels — Gabriel’s Story, Walk Through Darkness, and Pride of Carthage — Durham seems born for the fantasy genre. His characters are compelling, always changing, complex, and the […]
When talking about fantasy novels, what does the term ”urban fantasy” refer to? I haven’t read many urban fantasy novels myself, but according to wikipedia, urban fantasy is:
A subset of contemporary fantasy, consisting of magical novels and stories set in contemporary, real-world, urban settings–as opposed to ‘traditional’ fantasy set in wholly imaginary landscapes, even ones containing imaginary cities, or having […]
As the latest film installment of C.S. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia, Prince Caspian is receving little better than average in its reviews. Entertainment Weekly gave the film a “B minus;” On Rotten Tomatoes, its average rating is 6.3/10; and it received two thumbs down from Ebert & Roeper. I haven’t seen Prince Caspian yet. I […]
George R.R. Martin recently posted the British cover art for A Dance with Dragons on his blog. A Dance with Dragons is the fifth novel in the A Song of Ice and Fire series. A few weeks back I posted the American cover art version of A Dance with Dragons. I think I prefer the British […]
The movie version of C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian premiers May 16th, 2008. I saw The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe when it came out, but I was not that impressed with it. The CGI was spotty in parts, and the child actors were not all that great. The battle scene was […]
Cover art for the fifth novel in George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series was recently released. There is no official date on when A Dance With Dragaons will hit bookshelves, but it’s rumoured for this coming Fall.
This week heirs of J. R. R. Tolkien, author of the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy and “The Hobbit,” and a group of publishers joined the battle with a lawsuit demanding at least $150 million from New Line Cinema, the movie studio that hit the jackpot with three enormous hits based on the trilogy. Read […]
Some people feel J.R.R Tolkien and The Lord of the Rings are pure genius, with Tolkien being one of the most influential writers of his time, maybe even all time. Others find his writing a bit heavy and dull, as the novel is filled with hundreds of pages of backstory and lyrical poems and huge […]