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The cast of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows were recently interviewed by BBC News about the last installments of the series, including the work regime and most significant plots and themes throughout. Daniel Radcliffe spoke about Harry and Dumbledore's relationship, as well as th...


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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Harry_Potter/post:cast-talk-deathly-hallows-shoot-post-potter-careers-more-with-bbc-news/ 01 Dec 2009 10:36:18 PST Join the Struggle Against Sauron! On Facebook! http://www.boxxet.com/Middle_earth/news:join-the-struggle-against-sauron-on-facebook/ Written by Calisuri
Facebook users, get ready for an adventure! You can now experience the world of Tolkien via your Facebook account with the officially licensed Facebook app – ‘The One Ring.’ Microcosm Games has developed a great app which allows you to explore Middle-earth as one of the heroes of The Lord o...


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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Middle_earth/news:join-the-struggle-against-sauron-on-facebook/ 01 Dec 2009 06:00:10 PST Iain Banks, MPs and clergy urge government to rein in Royal Bank of Scotland http://www.boxxet.com/Iain_Banks/news:iain-banks-mps-and-clergy-urge-government-to-rein-in-royal-bank-of-scotland/ Written by Ruth Sunderland
Iain Banks, the best-selling novelist, and a group of MPs, church leaders, academics and environmentalists have this weekend written to Alistair Darling to protest at the involvement of Royal Bank of Scotland in financing hostile overseas takeovers and for lending to "destructive f...


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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Iain_Banks/news:iain-banks-mps-and-clergy-urge-government-to-rein-in-royal-bank-of-scotland/ 28 Nov 2009 16:05:31 PST Villains We Love: Lucius Malfoy http://www.boxxet.com/Harry_Potter/news:villains-we-love-lucius-malfoy/ Written by Elisabeth Rappe
I love the Harry Potter series (books and movies), and I care about every teacher and child within Hogwarts and the Order of the Phoenix. I shed tears whenever J.K. Rowling killed off another one of the good guys. But when inevitably my attention constantly strays back to the Death Eaters and wh...


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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Harry_Potter/news:villains-we-love-lucius-malfoy/ 05 Oct 2009 11:48:00 PDT Transition by Iain Banks | Book review http://www.boxxet.com/Iain_Banks/opinion:transition-by-iain-banks-book-review/ 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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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Iain_Banks/opinion:transition-by-iain-banks-book-review/ 25 Sep 2009 16:07:39 PDT Opinion: Worth Reading: A Wizard of Earthsea http://www.boxxet.com/Ursula_K_Le_Guin/opinion:worth-reading-a-wizard-of-earthsea/ 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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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Ursula_K_Le_Guin/opinion:worth-reading-a-wizard-of-earthsea/ 30 Aug 2009 09:42:32 PDT Books news and blogs - December 02, 2009 http://www.boxxet.com/Best_of/Books/?date=20091202 Below is today's roundup of news and blogs that haven't yet hit top story status by our community. Visit Books news and blogs for even more news and blogs converage.

  •   Richard LaGravenese Adapting 'Beautiful Creatures' Novel -- by Alex Billington from FirstShowing.net
  •   J.R.R. Tolkien Inspired “Born of Hope” to Premier Exclusively on Dailymotion -- by xoanon from Hobbit Movie News and Rumors | TheOneRing.net™
  •   LotRO Siege of Mirkwood patch notes released -- by Rubi Bayer from Massively
  •   Gaiman & Sedaris; Audio Fans -- by Nora Rawlinson from EarlyWord: The Publisher | Librarian Connection
  •   David Yates & cast talk Deathly Hallows, Half-Blood Prince DVD and BD-Live event -- by masterofmystery from SnitchSeeker.com - Harry Potter News
  •   Ravensword: The Fallen King Micro-Review: Hack, Slash, and Finger-swipe -- by matt cabral from Kotaku: Review
  •   Lottery system in my.LOTRO updated -- by Rubi Bayer from Massively
  •   Resolved Question: What is the Terry Pratchett quote about Magrat, that says "dancing in the light of their own burning bridges"? -- from Yahoo! Answers: Search for
  •   John Scalzi - Education Is Not the Answer for Star Trek's Bad Science -- by John Scalzi from SciFi Scanner
  •   Daniel Radcliffe to Guest Star on The Simpsons Next Year -- from Latest News - MovieWeb.com

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It’s one of the few things we have now covered four consecutive years since starting WSB in late 2005 - West Seattle-headquartered mega-best-selling fantasy-fiction author Terry Brooks made his annual late-summer appearance today at Westwood Village’s Barnes and Noble. His newest b...


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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Terry_Brooks/post:west-seattle-scenes-terry-brooks-holy-family-fair-the-mount/ 29 Aug 2009 18:21:59 PDT July 2009 log http://www.boxxet.com/Mercedes_Lackey/post:july-2009-log/ Written by zabez
Mercedes Lackey – Bardic Voices, The Robin and the Kestrel, The Eagle and the Nightingales, A Cast of Corbies, Four and Twenty Blackbirds (own, reread) — I didn’t really realize how much of these were descriptions and internal monologues instead of action (especially Four and Twenty Bl...


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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Mercedes_Lackey/post:july-2009-log/ 01 Aug 2009 08:50:26 PDT Second gen Zelazny http://www.boxxet.com/Roger_Zelazny/post:second-gen-zelazny/ Trent Zelazny is the author of the novel Destination Unknown, to be released by Brick Tower Press in December of 2009. He is also the author of the collection of thriller/horror short stories entitled The Day the Leash Gave Way and Other Stories to be released by Wilder Publications in late...


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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Roger_Zelazny/post:second-gen-zelazny/ 17 Jun 2009 02:26:59 PDT A summer reading list for students who need a little more imagination http://www.boxxet.com/Piers_Anthony/news:a-summer-reading-list-for-students-who-need-a-little-more-imagination/ Piers Anthony: "Incarnations of Immortality" series, "Xanth" series For more mature readers (15 and up), Piers Anthony takes mythology to a whole new level in the "Incarnations of Immortality" series. The series answers such immortal questions (pardon ...


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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Piers_Anthony/news:a-summer-reading-list-for-students-who-need-a-little-more-imagination/ 16 Jun 2009 16:02:03 PDT Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins blast off to 'Mars' http://www.boxxet.com/Edgar_Rice_Burroughs/news:taylor-kitsch-lynn-collins-blast-off-to-mars/ By Borys Kit Taylor Kitsch and Lynn Collins will star in "John Carter of Mars," the adaptation of the Edgar Rice Burroughs book series that Andrew Stanton is directing for Disney. The story centers on a civil war who veteran finds himself mysteriously ...


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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Edgar_Rice_Burroughs/news:taylor-kitsch-lynn-collins-blast-off-to-mars/ 12 Jun 2009 13:32:02 PDT Ian mckellen, Andy Serkis and Hugo Weaving Confirmed for The Hobbit! http://www.boxxet.com/Middle_earth/news:ian-mckellen-andy-serkis-and-hugo-weaving-confirmed-for-the-hobbit/ A trio of actors are about to venture back to Middle Earth for a new pair of films. theonering.net got a hold of a BBC radio interview with director Guillermo del Toro who confirmed that Ian mckellen, Andy Serkis and Hugo Weaving will appear in The ...


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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Middle_earth/news:ian-mckellen-andy-serkis-and-hugo-weaving-confirmed-for-the-hobbit/ 11 Jun 2009 13:30:45 PDT 'The Hobbit': Guillermo Del Toro Reveals New Details http://www.boxxet.com/The_Lord_of_the_Rings/post:the-hobbit-guillermo-del-toro-reveals-new-details/  CA Andy Serkis will return as Gollum, Ian McKellen will return as Gandalf, and Hugo Weaving will return as Elrond, all reprising their Lord of the Rings trilogy roles. Again, most any given fan would likely have never even thought that they would NOT ...


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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/The_Lord_of_the_Rings/post:the-hobbit-guillermo-del-toro-reveals-new-details/ 11 Jun 2009 13:09:20 PDT Wimmer to write 'Total Recall' remake http://www.boxxet.com/Philip_K_Dick/news:wimmer-to-write-39-total-recall-39-remake/ Wimmer to write 'Total Recall' remake  CA Total Recall" was resurrected for remake earlier this year by the studio and producer Neal Moritz and his Original Films banner. Pic will be a contemporized adaptation of the science fiction saga based on the Philip K. Dick story "We Can Remember It ...


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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Philip_K_Dick/news:wimmer-to-write-39-total-recall-39-remake/ 03 Jun 2009 16:06:40 PDT Opinion: Five Hundred Years After by Steven Brust http://www.boxxet.com/Steven_Brust/opinion:five-hundred-years-after-by-steven-brust/ 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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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Steven_Brust/opinion:five-hundred-years-after-by-steven-brust/ 17 Apr 2009 05:17:04 PDT New Halo Novels to Focus on Forerunners http://www.boxxet.com/David_Brin/news:new-halo-novels-to-focus-on-forerunners/  CA He's also no stranger to literary time-travel, having collaborated with sci-fi writers David Brin and Gregory Benford on a prequel to Issac Asimov's Foundation series. So what do hardcore Halo fans think of the news that Brin is working on an ...


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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/David_Brin/news:new-halo-novels-to-focus-on-forerunners/ 06 Apr 2009 15:50:59 PDT The Vikings are coming http://www.boxxet.com/Guy_Gavriel_Kay/news:the-vikings-are-coming/   Canada The Last Light of the Sun by Guy Gavriel Kay. Skillfully blending the mythology of the British Isles and Scandinavia, Kay creates an engrossing historical fantasy set during the reign of Alfred the Great. The lives of Alun ab Owyn, a Welsh prince, ...


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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Guy_Gavriel_Kay/news:the-vikings-are-coming/ 27 Feb 2009 17:27:47 PST Fanfiction: "Frost" (Aral/Cordelia) http://www.boxxet.com/Lois_McMaster_Bujold/fanfiction:frost-aral-cordelia/ Series: Vorkosigan Saga Genre: Romance Notes/Warnings: Done for 'red and white' for older_not_dead. Beta-read by beatrice_otter. Aral/Coredlia Disclaimer: The Vorkosigan Saga and characters within belong to Lois McMaster Bujold.


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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Lois_McMaster_Bujold/fanfiction:frost-aral-cordelia/ 19 Feb 2009 18:48:48 PST Opinion: TRG Companions of Xanth Part 5 http://www.boxxet.com/Xanth/opinion:trg-companions-of-xanth-part-5/ 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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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Xanth/opinion:trg-companions-of-xanth-part-5/ 30 Dec 2008 10:55:54 PST Opinion: George R. R. Martin - Dreamsongs, Volume 3 http://www.boxxet.com/George_R_R_Martin/opinion:george-r-r-martin-dreamsongs-volume-3/ 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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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/George_R_R_Martin/opinion:george-r-r-martin-dreamsongs-volume-3/ 04 Dec 2008 16:26:09 PST Word of Shadow: Review old games http://www.boxxet.com/Raymond_E_Feist/opinion:word-of-shadow-review-old-games/ 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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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Raymond_E_Feist/opinion:word-of-shadow-review-old-games/ 22 Nov 2008 20:34:12 PST Review: Stone of Farewell by Tad Williams http://www.boxxet.com/Tad_Williams/opinion:review-stone-of-farewell-by-tad-williams/ 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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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Tad_Williams/opinion:review-stone-of-farewell-by-tad-williams/ 18 Nov 2008 05:25:28 PST Opinion: The Darksword Trilogy, by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman http://www.boxxet.com/Tracy_Hickman/opinion:the-darksword-trilogy-by-margaret-weis-and-tracy-hickman/ 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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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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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Margaret_Weis/opinion:the-darksword-trilogy-by-margaret-weis-and-tracy-hickman/ 13 Oct 2008 15:21:29 PDT Podcast: Alan Dean Foster http://www.boxxet.com/Alan_Dean_Foster/podcast:alan-dean-foster/ Talented author spoke to me at Icon convention about his career and works. We cover his start and his writing of novel adaptation novels for Alien, Star Wars A New Hope plus the Star Wars sequel, Splinter Of The Mind's Eye. We also cover his treatment for Star Trek: Motion Picture. Some great in...


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