This just in from Terry Pratchett’s Twitter profile, a new Discworld novel by the name of Raising Steam is currently in the works. There is some speculation as to whether this is the long-expected third book in the Moist von Lipwig character arc, which Pratchett had previously announced as being called Raising Taxes or if [...]
The end is finally here. Some of you have been waiting more than twenty years for this book, and others less. Either way, the fourteenth and final installment in The Wheel of Time has finally been released to the world. The much-anticipated Last Battle certainly lives up to expectations, spanning the majority of the book, [...]
Veronica Belmont and Tom Merritt of the Sword & Laser podcast recently interviewed a couple of notable fantasy authors in their latest two episodes. Jim Butcher, author of The Dresden Files and The Codex Alera, and Patrick Rothfuss, known for his Kingkiller Chronicle. Butcher has a new Dresden installment coming out in a matter of [...]
Burbank, CA and San Francisco, CA, October 30, 2012 — The Walt Disney Company has acquired Lucasfilm, in its entirety, for $4.05 billion. The deal includes special effects giants Industrial Light & Magic and Skywalker Sound. Disney intends to release Star Wars: Episode 7 sometime in 2015, kicking off a new trilogy with a long [...]
For those who missed it, the trailer for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is online. The film is scheduled for a December 14, 2012 release, with the latter two parts being released in the subsequent years.
Jim Butcher has announced that book 14 of The Dresden Files, titled Cold Days will be released on November 27th, 2012. After being murdered by a mystery assailant, navigating his way through the realm between life and death, and being brought back to the mortal world, Harry realizes that maybe death wasn’t all that bad. [...]
In the city of Camorr, Capa Barsavi rules the criminal underworld with an iron fist. With a policy known as the Secret Peace, unacknowledged but respected by he and Duke Nicovante, the thieves and rogues of the city remain largely safe from the city watchmen. Safe, so long as they don’t operate too overtly…and stay [...]
The One Ring reports that Peter Jackson has confirmed the addition of a third film to the upcoming adaptation of The Hobbit, which was previously expected two be released in two installments. The expansive story will not be a straight adaptation of the book by the same name, but will also chronicle the various events [...]
This first story of the Kingkiller Chronicles is told by Kvothe to the Chronicler of the Aturan nobles. Kvothe has withdrawn from the world to live quietly as a rural innkeeper, Kote. The Chronicler recognizes him and wishes to record the truth from him about his past. Kvothe is the orphan son of a bard/troupe [...]
This third book in the Wicked Years follows the interrogation of Yackle by Brrr, the Cowardly Lion, regarding her interest in and dealings with Elphaba, from Wicked. Specifically, he has been tasked with finding any information on the whereabouts of Elphaba’s book of magic, the Grimmerie, for the Emperor of Emerald City, Shell, Elphaba’s half-brother. [...]
