Senlin Ascends by Josiah Bancroft is brilliant
I finished reading Senlin Ascends by Josiah Bancroft a few days ago and felt the need to share how superb the book is. It is hard to explain the genre … Read More
Tag: fantasy
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
The original Dark Crystal film came out in 1982. I was 10 and obsessed with fantasy at the time – mostly the Lord of the Rings and Conan the Barbarian … Read More
Morningwood: Everybody Loves Large Chests by Neven Iliev
I am vaguely embarrassed to have read this book and seriously debated whether to blog about it. I had been curious about a genre called ‘LitRPG’ and was doing some … Read More
Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie
Best Served Cold is the 4th book set in the world of the First Law. Books 1 to 3 were a trilogy and were brilliant. Best Served Cold is a standalone novel set … Read More
The Wonder by James Devo
I just finished this book on a long train journey, which is a perfect place to read it. The Wonder by James Devo is the sort of book you should, … Read More
2015 British Fantasy Awards Shortlists
This may not be of interest to everyone but I have found that Scifi fans are frequently fantasy fans. I know I am. So if you are looking for something … Read More
Blood Song: Book 1 of Raven’s Shadow by Anthony Ryan
I’ve been reading a lot of fantasy recently as I am, like thousands of others, writing a fantasy novel. Fantasy was one of my favourite genres throughout my teens (science … Read More
The Dancers at the End of Time by Michael Moorcock
Where to begin? The unique, bizarre, satirical novel, The Dancers at the End of Time is an experience that is hard to categorise or even explain. Set millions of years … Read More
The Legend of Conan
It seems increasingly likely that Conan will be hitting our screens once more in The Legend of Conan. With Arnold Schwarzenegger back in the head-lopping eponymous hero’s blood caked pants! … Read More
New Hobbit trailer
Well, the new trailer is here and rather predictably it looks astounding. I’m still not sure how they are going to split the Hobbit into three films given that the … Read More