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Opinion: The Gathering Storm is #1 on the New York Times

04 Nov 2009 14:59:58 PST

Written by Jason
The Gathering Storm, the twelfth book in the Wheel of Time series, debuted at the number one spot on the prestigious New York Times bestseller list. This is the fifth WoT novel to hold the spot, and the first time that author Brandon Sanderson has been there. Gathering Storm’s appearance on t...

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Review: Lord of the Rings Online (Lotro)

31 Oct 2009 12:09:24 PDT

Written by mrmcblonde
All in all it was good to start with but I got bored with it. The graphics are good but in my opinion not really very “Lord of the ringsy”. Having read the first book and been read all three as a child plus the hobbit I felt it didn’t have the right “feel” to it. I know this might not be a glowing revie...

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Opinion: Exclusive: SnitchSeeker Half-Blood Prince Video Game Contest!

29 Sep 2009 10:49:13 PDT

Written by allucha
It's time for another exclusive SnitchSeeker contest! At the end of our SnapeSeeking Event we promised more great prizes were coming soon. This time we have copies of the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince official video game courtesy of EA Games.

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Transition by Iain Banks | Book review

25 Sep 2009 16:07:39 PDT

Written by Patrick Ness
Iain Banks has made a prolific career out of dividing himself in two, publishing novels such as his classic debut The Wasp Factory and The Crow Road as "Iain Banks" and adding a middle initial as "Iain M Banks" for a separate and very successful strand of hard science fiction. What, then, to m...

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Opinion: Must Love Hellhounds (Anthology)

20 Sep 2009 19:43:23 PDT

Written by Jackie
There’s a new anthology that was recently released and you really should get your hands on it. Must Love Hellhounds includes stories from Charlaine Harris, Meljean Brook, Ilona Andrews and Nalini Singh, four of my all-time favorite authors. The Britlingens Go to Hell by Charlaine Harris...

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Opinion: Lois McMaster Bujold - Shards of Honor

15 Sep 2009 21:09:20 PDT

Written by Fyrefly
Shards of Honor is sci-fi, but it’s character-driven sci-fi. The technology is not the point of the story; you could replace all of the ray guns with swords and the spaceships with boats, and the novel would work just as well as a medieval fantasy. That’s because it’s not about the spaceships...

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Books news and blogs - December 02, 2009

02 Dec 2009 00:00:01 PDT

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• Opinion: Lord of Chaos by Robert Jordan -- by minerva66 from BookAdvice.net News
• Opinion: Open Question: scientist say life can be a dream?Is the some maniac crazy mad scientist method?Or fiction bs? -- from Yahoo! Answers: Search for
• Opinion: Extra! Extra! NADWCon Newsletter Update! Read Alllllll About It! -- from North American Discworld Convention
• Scott Mendelson: HuffPost Box Office in Review -- by Scott Mendelson from The Blog
• Scott Mendelson: Huff Post Review: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) -- by Scott Mendelson from The Blog
• Review: “The Hunt for Gollum” -- by Bruce Byfield from Off the Wall
• Opinion: Thirteen Books That Will Change The Way You Look At Robots -- by Annalee Newitz from io9: Top
• Book Review: Old Man’s War by John Scalzi -- by Julia from Book News and Reviews
• Opinion: Best Book Ever -- by rss@youtube.com (pubfun) from YouTube :: Tag // orsonscottcard
• Opinion: Five Hundred Years After by Steven Brust -- by ibdragon(noreply@blogger.com) from Pick of the Literate

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Opinion: Worth Reading: A Wizard of Earthsea

30 Aug 2009 09:42:32 PDT

Written by Shannon
Related articles by Zemanta Beyond the Aryth Ocean: Part 1: A review of selected maps in fantasy novels (tor.com)A new island of stability: Ursula Le Guin’s Annals of the Western Shore (tor.com) Posted in Books, Reviews Tagged: Bildungsroman, Earthsea, Fantasy, Series, Ursula K Le Guin...

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Opinion: Firethorn: Not A Thorn in My Side

19 Aug 2009 16:30:12 PDT

Written by Maischeph
Despite these minor flaws, Firethorn is truly a unique and edifying read, and I recommend it if you’re looking for something a little different from the rest. Though I compare it to Guy Gavriel Kay (and I was reminded of his style when I read this book), Firethorn is unlike any fantasy that I’...

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Review: 'Neverwhere' by Neil Gaiman

23 May 2009 14:16:51 PDT

Neil Gaiman creates new worlds for a living. The London born, Minneapolis-based author opens doors that no one else can see, and leads his readers through to worlds that have existed there for ages, waiting to be discovered. ...

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Video Book Review His Dark Materials series by Philip Pullman

02 May 2009 11:50:53 PDT

Written by rss@youtube.com (BramptonLibrary)
Author: BramptonLibrary Keywords: 'good reads' 'book recommendations' Added: May 2, 2009

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Opinion: Five Hundred Years After by Steven Brust

17 Apr 2009 05:17:04 PDT

Written by ibdragon(noreply@blogger.com)
Maybe I have overworked this author. I just didn’t find this book interesting even knowing some of the characters. The plot didn’t just plod, it made watching ice melt interesting. If his name wasn’t on the book, I wouldn’t believe the same guy wrote the Vlad Taltos series. This is a follow up to...

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Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth II User Review ...

04 Mar 2009 07:24:35 PST

Review of The Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth Videopinions are product reviews and demonstrations by the people who use them - in full ... uk.video.yahoo.com

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book review on mid-flinx

28 Feb 2009 16:00:00 PST

This is a video review of Mid-Flinx by Alan Dean Foster. i think this is the best book in this series of novels, I realy enjoyed reading it www.expotv.com

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Opinion: White witch from Chronicles of Narnia named Scariest Literary ...

17 Jan 2009 03:13:57 PST

White Witch (The Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis 1950) 3. The Grand High Witch (The Witches by Roald Dahl 1983) 5. Cruella de Vil (The Hundred and One ... The Witch report pinpoints worst baddie Scotsman Nonfiction review: "The Magician's Book" The Oregonian - OregonLive.com

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Opinion: TRG Companions of Xanth Part 5

30 Dec 2008 10:55:54 PST

Written by rss@youtube.com (retrogamerclay)
Part 5 of our wonderful tour of the world of Xanth! Will we ever make it through the Void? And what about the Realm of Earth? Author: retrogamerclay Keywords: xanth "companions of xanth" "pc game review" review retro "the retro gamer" Added: December 30, 2008

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Opinion: George R. R. Martin - Dreamsongs, Volume 3

04 Dec 2008 16:26:09 PST

Written by Fyrefly
Genre: Short Stories; Fantasy/Science Fiction/Horror Part 9: The Heart in Conflict – Read by George R. R. Martin – Talks about how his work usually crosses genre lines, and how stories are just stories, whether they’re dressed up as fantasy, science fiction, horror, westerns, etc.

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Word of Shadow: Review old games

22 Nov 2008 20:34:12 PST

Written by Crimson Starfire
Betrayal at Krondor: RPG by Sierra based on the world of Midkemia created by Raymond E Feist, one of the greatest fantasy writers ever in my book. One of the best RPG's I've ever played, second only to the Baldur's Gate series, ...

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Review: Stone of Farewell by Tad Williams

18 Nov 2008 05:25:28 PST

Written by Tan
In any case the grand scale of the continuing story is bigger than ever. There is a lot more character depth in this one and the story is filled with an urgent sense of despair and desperation. I do find it somewhat ironic that between the two “forces” if you will, only one uses magic extensively...

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Review of The Land That Time Forgot by Edgar Rice Burroughs

12 Nov 2008 05:26:53 PST

Written by Scott
Even when its written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, one of pulp’s grand masters (see many of his wonderful Tarzan and John Carter stories). I’m sorry to say that Burroughs’ The Land that Time Forgot is not very good. It’s not as bad as, say, ...

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My Own Worst Enemy - Eleventh Hour -- New York Magazine TV Review

18 Oct 2008 00:00:00 PDT

Like Blade Runner and Minority Report, Total Recall was based on a science fiction by the paranoid pillhead Philip K. Dick—in this case, his short story “We Can Remember It for You Wholesale.” Dick, for whom Carlos Castaneda, ...

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Opinion: The Darksword Trilogy, by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman

13 Oct 2008 15:21:36 PDT

Written by Cordilow
Also, there's Legacy of the Darksword, afterward, and Darksword Adventures, but I'm not reviewing them here (Darksword Adventures is more for a role-playing game, and Legacy of the Darksword is about the not-so-distant future of the world in the Darksword Trilogy, among other things...

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Opinion: The Darksword Trilogy, by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman

13 Oct 2008 15:21:29 PDT

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Piaw's Blog: Review: Lord of Light

01 Oct 2008 00:00:01 PDT

Written by noreply@blogger.com (Piaw Na)
md said... There's nothing as fulfilling as reading old Roger Zelazny, and Lord of Light is still one of the best science fiction novels written out there. I'm in total agreement! My favorite by Zelazny is Doorways in the Sand. ...

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Revolvo Inritus: Book Review: The Gypsy Morph

27 Sep 2008 00:00:00 PDT

Written by Coralius
The first Terry Brooks novel I ever read was The Elfstones of Shannara. It was one of the first fantasy novels I'd ever read, and I fell instantly in love with it. I know, I know. His critics claim that his work, especially the early ...

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Opinion: Buyer of “The Tales of Beedle the Bard” identified

17 Dec 2007 12:20:41 PST

Written by Wendy
Guess who bought JK Rowling’s fairy tale The Tales of Beedle the Bard for $4 million? why, it’s Amazon.com! We’re incredibly excited to announce that Amazon has purchased J.K. Rowling’s The Tales of Beedle the Bard at an auction held by Sotheby’s in London. The book of five wizarding fairy tal...

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