Over at Suvudu, Shawn Speakman has written a lengthy article coming to the defense of George R.R. Martin and his long awaited continuation of the A Song of Ice and Fire fantasy series. Martin completed the fourth book, A Feast for Crows, in 2005 with the promise that A Dance… Read More »Defending George R.R. Martin and A Song of Ice and Fire
The Guardian has published its list of 1000 Fantasy & Sci-Novels that everyone must read. It’s actually published in three parts, so you can continue on to parts two and three at the end of the first part. I’ve never even heard of several of these. The first three in… Read More »1000 Fantasy and Sci-Fi Novels Everyone Must Read
BestFantasyBooks.com has some good recommendations on what makes a fantasy book good or bad. The major points include: Fantasy Books must scream originality Fantasy Books must draw you into their world Fantasy Books must have a well-drawn, unique magic system Fantasy Books must have strong characterization
Some impressive fantasy-type sculptures crafted from sand.
Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb Mass Market Paperback: 464 pages Publisher: Spectra (March 1, 1996) ISBN-10: 055357339X Assassin’s Apprentice is the first of three books in The Farseer Trilogy by Robin Hobb. The story is a first-person narrative, told from the point-of-view of an adolescent named Fitz. The first-person perspective… Read More »Review of Assassin’s Apprentice (The Farseer Trilogy, Book 1) by Robin Hobb
George R.R. Martin announced on his blog last week that HBO confirmed it will be filming the pilot of the fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire (A Game of Thrones being the first season). This is good news, but there are no guarantees the pilot will turn into… Read More »HBO to Film Pilot of “A Song of Ice and Fire”
The 2008 World Fantasy Award winners have been announced. The awards include the following categories in fantasy writing and fantasy art: Novel, Novella, Short Story, Anthology, Artist, and Collection. Novel *winner – Ysabel Guy Gavriel Kay [Viking Canada/Penguin Roc] Territory Emma Bull [Tor] Fangland John Marks [Penguin Press] Gospel of the Knife Will Shetterly… Read More »2008 World Fantasy Award Winners
Essential Pictures has acquired the rights to develop Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander series into a major motion picture. Randall Wallace (Braveheart, We Were Soldiers) will write the screenplay. No word on a director or cast yet, but Essential hopes to put the project into production by next spring. I haven’t read… Read More »Outlander by Diana Gabaldon Slated for the Big Screen
Following my last post and keeping in the spirit of Elves and fantasy role-playing, I stumbled across a site that automatically generates your elvish name. Mine is Finrod Telrúnya. Names are generated based on an algorithm that takes the first and last letters of each name, and then, based on… Read More »What’s Your Elvish name?