Blogcritics Category: Books: Fantasy http://blogcritics.org/archives/categories/books_fantasy.php A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005-2007 by the authors Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:39:10 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software Graphic Audio Review: <i>The DemonWars Saga: The Demon Awakens - Part I</i> By R.A. Salatore http://blogcritics.org/archives/2009/04/23/103910.php T. Michael Testi For a Movie In Your Mind check out The DemonWars Saga: The Demon Awakens � Part I.<br/> Elbryan Wyndon and Jilseponie Ault are two young friends who are living a dream life of fun and exploration when their worlds are destroyed. Their village of Dundalis is destroyed by Goblins, who kill everyone, including the two friends' families. The two are separated during the battle, and it will be years before they will come together again. ...<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=e0ed5e8c4a489bc959b05b84c67e0ae1&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=e0ed5e8c4a489bc959b05b84c67e0ae1&p=1"/></a> Books 101710@blogcritics.org Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:39:10 EDT Book Review: <i>Blaggard's Moon</i> by George Bryan Polivka http://blogcritics.org/archives/2009/04/22/164725.php Jennifer Bogart Surrounded by piranhas and waiting for ravenously savage mer-monkeys to arrive Smith Delaney has time to reminisce.<br/> Pirate Smith Delaney finds himself atop a tall post in the midst of a tropical lagoon waiting for a particularly gruesome death to arrive in the form of savage mer-monkeys. Attempting to keep his thoughts from the flesh-hungry piranha in the waters around him, and the imminent arrival of the Onka Din Botlay -- rippers of bone -- Delaney casts his...<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=987b825233f4df32896e6e7b7db74c90&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=987b825233f4df32896e6e7b7db74c90&p=1"/></a> Books 101640@blogcritics.org Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:47:25 EDT <![CDATA[Presented By: Waking the Baby Mammoth: Sunday at 9p]]> http://www.pheedo.com/feeds/ht.php?t=c&i=987b825233f4df32896e6e7b7db74c90&p=4 987b825233f4df32896e6e7b7db74c90


On the frozen plains of the Siberian tundra, a reindeer herder chances upon a 40,000 year old baby mammoth ? the most perfectly preserved mammoth ever found. On Sunday, witness the mammoth?s unveiling to the world, as scientists reveal her incredible story. Click to meet the Baby Mammoth now >> natgeotv.com/mammoth   ]]> Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:47:25 EDT Book Review: <i>Troll's Eye View</i> Edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling http://blogcritics.org/archives/2009/04/20/173518.php Richard Marcus With a twist on the happily-ever-afters, some of today's best fantasy writers revisit old fairy tales, but this time telling them from the �villains'� point-of-view.<br/> &quot;And they all lived happily ever after...&quot; has been for generations of children the unquestioned ending to all fairy stories. The poor, downtrodden, but good step-daughter wins out in the end while the evil step-sisters and mother get what&#39;s coming to them, or the bewitched princess is rescued from some horrible enchantment by her...<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=5aa72475cb1405f302dc19835060f40d&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=5aa72475cb1405f302dc19835060f40d&p=1"/></a> Books 101432@blogcritics.org Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:35:18 EDT Book Review: <em>White Witch, Black Curse</em> by Kim Harrison http://blogcritics.org/archives/2009/04/12/225815.php Lisa Damian Kim Harrison's White Witch, Black Curse meshes characters from previous short stories.<br/> White Witch, Black Curse is the seventh installment in Kim Harrison&#39;s bestselling series about the powerful witch and private investigator, Rachel Morgan. Beginning with Dead Witch Walking, the series is set in the Hollows, a fictional Cincinnati suburb populated primarily by witches, vampires, and other supernatural creatures.Harrison&#39;s...<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=fdae9358421e41e6d3a54ea2d15894ab&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=fdae9358421e41e6d3a54ea2d15894ab&p=1"/></a> Books 100612@blogcritics.org Sun, 12 Apr 2009 22:58:15 EDT Manga Review: <i>Heaven's Will</i> by Satoru Takamiya http://blogcritics.org/archives/2009/04/11/013718.php Amanda A girl who sees ghosts and a cross-dressing exorcist team up in this new manga.<br/> Heaven&#39;s Will is an emotional, well-told manga from popular shojo author Satoru Takamiya. In the tradition of many shojo mangas, Takamiya weaves together a gothic tale of love, loss, friendship and the paranormal. However, Heaven&#39;s Will is a complete, one-shot manga where the entire story is told in just one volume, which is fairly...<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=a63d05a699419505ba0bdaf282d2dd1c&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=a63d05a699419505ba0bdaf282d2dd1c&p=1"/></a> Books 100396@blogcritics.org Sat, 11 Apr 2009 01:37:18 EDT Graphic Novel Review: <i>Iron Fist: The Mortal Iron Fist</i> by Duane Swierczynski and Travel Foreman http://blogcritics.org/archives/2009/04/10/091423.php Mel Odom Danny Rand, Iron Fist, challenges a killer curse that has struck down 65 of the last 66 Iron Fists.<br/> Duane Swierczynski is a Philadelphia-based crime writer who has an incredibly hard name to spell. I've read his crime novels and enjoyed them a lot. Lately, though, he's taken up the reins of Marvel Comics superheroes Iron Fist and Cable. His first issues of Iron Fist have been collected in a hardcover trade edition called The Mortal Iron...<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=7e2cf58ce63dbb244768e1e5160ae339&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=7e2cf58ce63dbb244768e1e5160ae339&p=1"/></a> Books 100412@blogcritics.org Fri, 10 Apr 2009 09:14:23 EDT <![CDATA[Presented By:]]> http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=7e2cf58ce63dbb244768e1e5160ae339&p=4 7e2cf58ce63dbb244768e1e5160ae339 ]]> Fri, 10 Apr 2009 09:14:23 EDT Books Review: The King Raven Trilogy by Stephen R. Lawhead http://blogcritics.org/archives/2009/04/09/201136.php Chris Bancells Robin Hood and his Merry Men become so much more in the series.<br/> I&#39;ve always been a fan of myth and legend. In the days when I fancied myself a scholar, I read as much ancient material as I could get my hands on. Interest and academics drew me towards the King Arthur stories, but I gradually branched out into the Celtic, Icelandic, and even Finnish traditions (If you don&#39;t think the cold does strange...<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=d68a9c10778ae55f87c0ad44fd82ee88&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=d68a9c10778ae55f87c0ad44fd82ee88&p=1"/></a> Books 100358@blogcritics.org Thu, 9 Apr 2009 20:11:36 EDT Interview: Thomas Emson, author of <em>Skarlet</em> and <em>Maneater</em> http://blogcritics.org/archives/2009/04/07/190017.php Fitz "What I try to do is put very unreal monsters into a very real world and see what happens."<br/> After reviewing Thomas Emson&#39;s novel Skarlet last month (you can read the review here), I asked Emson if he wouldn&#39;t mind an interview. Luckily, he agreed and has been most gracious in answering my questions.After reading Skarlet and reading the excerpt from Maneater, I was struck by what might be a shared world in your novels. As a...<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=f7050e65602191673ee183fc7470e095&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=f7050e65602191673ee183fc7470e095&p=1"/></a> Books 100186@blogcritics.org Tue, 7 Apr 2009 19:00:17 EDT Interview with Christine Rose, Author of <i>Rowan of the Wood</i> http://blogcritics.org/archives/2009/04/06/183637.php Mayra Calvani "My big writing moment of clarity came when I read Stephen King's On Writing."<br/> Christine Rose is an author, artist, and filmmaker. She has produced two documentary films and has credits on IMDB.com. The first film enjoyed a theatrical premiere in Paris and a considerable amount of international press. In addition, she has had articles appear in several magazines, including MovieMaker Magazine and IndieSlate Magazine...<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=486e5b0529330e368032191469aae0d0&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=486e5b0529330e368032191469aae0d0&p=1"/></a> Books 100058@blogcritics.org Mon, 6 Apr 2009 18:36:37 EDT Channeling Some Dead White Males http://blogcritics.org/archives/2009/04/05/122944.php Dan Miller What would two lamentably deceased sages say about Life, the Universe and Everything as we now think we know them?<br/> I have long been a great fan of Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970) and (albeit not for quite so long) of Douglas N. Adams (1952 - 2001). By today&#39;s standards, neither could reasonably be deemed a raving or maniacal spokesman for the Loony Left or for the Righteous Right; nor, for that matter, for the Mundane Middle. They were, nevertheless, among...<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=f510600b7bd4505595b4a914104cface&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=f510600b7bd4505595b4a914104cface&p=1"/></a> Politics 99724@blogcritics.org Sun, 5 Apr 2009 12:29:44 EDT <![CDATA[Presented By:]]> http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=f510600b7bd4505595b4a914104cface&p=4 f510600b7bd4505595b4a914104cface ]]> Sun, 5 Apr 2009 12:29:44 EDT