Tag: fantasy
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Tough Travelling: Shapeshifters
Welcome to Tough Travelling, a monthly feature in which we rack our brains for popular (and not so popular) examples of fantasy tropes. Created by Nathan of Fantasy ... -
The Hive Reads… The Waking Fire by Anthony Ryan
Welcome to the first instalment of our monthly ‘Hive Reads’ feature! After settling on The Waking Fire by Anthony Ryan as our January read, a bunch ... -
The Scar by China Miéville
Some years ago I had the pleasure of reading China Mieville’s Perdido Street Station, a bizarre steampunkish secondary-world fantasy featuring the most terrifying beasties I have ... -
Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner
I’m a bit conflicted by Ellen Kushner’s Swordspoint. Having pondered it for a few days after finishing it, I’m putting it in the “liked it but ... -
Lost Lore: A Fantasy Anthology
My fondness for anthologies dates back to my early reading days when first “The Ten Tales of Shellover” and then a translation of the Dutch classic ... -
Grey Sister by Mark Lawrence
2017 ended for me as it began: with an ARC of the latest Mark Lawrence masterpiece – neatly bookending an epic year. Last January I met ... -
The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell
David Mitchell is a wonderful storyteller, a man considered one of the greats among living authors. I had previously read Cloud Atlas and regard it as ... -
A Time of Dread by John Gwynne
When I received the offer of an ARC of this book, I pretty much jumped at the chance (and counted myself very fortunate to have somehow ... -
The Thousand Names by Django Wexler
The first thing I noticed about The Thousand Names – after the distinctive cover – was the map. Now, it’s a fairly simple map, but I ... -
The Blood-Tainted Winter by T. L. Greylock
“Dark are the hearts of men, and easily tempted.” Raef Skallagrim is not a happy bunny. All he wants to do is go on a sea ...
