Over the years, I’ve read many fantasy books. Most of them have pretty much spiraled into the black abyss of my mind known as unmemory. Occasionally they would emerge without warning, especially if I’m reading a book that’s similar in plot (hey, didn’t I read this same thing some time ago? What was the name [...]
Archive for the ‘Genre: Fantasy’ Category
30 Oct
Book Review: The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
This is the first time I’m reviewing a book after I met its author. In this case, I met Rothfuss at this year’s past Oddcon. It’s one thing to read a book, review it, and not meet the author until several years down the line, if ever. It’s another thing to meet someone, learn they [...]
7 Jun
Book Review: "Eragon" by Christopher Paolini
Sighhhhh….
Not an encouraging way to start off a review, is it?
I fought real hard not to read this book. In fact, when I borrowed a copy of it, it sat on my bookshelf for months, then materialized to my nightstand, then migrated back to my bookshelf. I read the first two pages. Put it [...]
30 Apr
Oddcon Thoughts
So this past weekend, I attend my first science fiction/fantasy convention ever.
It’s not like I’ve actively avoided cons when I was living in Chicago. I knew about WindyCon and Duckon and Anime Central (my sister went to that—kudos to her). It’s just that I thought they looked sort of…weird. I had no great desire to [...]
10 Mar
And it’s been saved…apparently…
Locus Science Fiction & Fantasy News: Warren Lapine Buys Realms of Fantasy
Well, that was nice and quick. I guess me mourning over it was a bit premature after all. But what does it mean? Will it remain the same, or will it change? Time will only tell. But the "first" issue will be out in [...]
14 Jan
The Passing of a Great Anthology; No more Year’s Best Fantasy & Horror
In the past, I’ve done reviews for the Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror that you can find on this site. Well, today, we got the news that this great anthology is no more. You can find news about it at the Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet’s Blog, and at Terry Windling’s blog.
In a nutshell, St Martin’s [...]
18 Nov
Interview with two black female fantasy writers
Over at Fantasy Magazine, there’s a very interesting interview of Carole McDonnell and Alaya Dawn Johnson, two fantasy authors who are both black and female. Seeing that I’m both, I found it quite liberating to hear two women like me talk about their work, Christianity and the changing state of speculative fiction to a more [...]
