For those who are new to Frank Beddor’s Looking Glass Wars trilogy, the story takes place in the Queendom of Wonderland and it’s surrounding countries, where Alyss, the heir to the throne of Wonderland (and one of the two remaining members of the Heart family) is taken through a the pool of tears (a passage [...]
A Clash of Kings continues the events set in motion in A Game of Thrones. The political chessgame continues, and it seems that everyone has decided to name themselves a king. Underneath all of the power-struggles, something darker is on the horizon. Winter is coming.
Jon Snow is across the Wall, investigating the supernatural events that [...]
A Song of Ice and Fire fits into the medieval politics subgenre of fantasy fiction. A Game of Thrones, the first book of the series, is all about the politics with barely an introduction to the fantasy world waiting in the wings. If you are like me and enjoy the connections to real life in [...]
Brandon Sanderson has completed the final chapter of Towers of Midnight, the penultimate installment of the late Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series. He updated his Twitter profile a few times with news about it. This is still the first draft, so there’s still work to be done before the publisher takes over.
Towers of [...]
The first full trailer for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is now online. We’ve already seen a couple of short promos, like the MTV teaser, but the real deal has been released at last.
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It’s about two minutes long and shows scenes from both parts one and two of the [...]
Tolkien fans have been worried about the fate of the two The Hobbit films since director Guillermo Del Toro left the project. There is some good news, though.
Deadline.com is reporting that Peter Jackson, executive producer of The Hobbit and director of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, is stepping in to fill the role of [...]
In this sequel to Wicked, Liir is found broken and unconscious and taken in and tended by the Cloister of Saint Glinda. The Superior Maunt chooses the silent novice Candle to watch over Liir, and her music brings him back to life.
The next section of the book explains about the attack on Liir. He had [...]
During the recent MTV Movie Awards, a new teaser trailer for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows aired. It looks a bit similar to the “sneak peek” found on the two-disc DVD release of Half-Blood Prince, though it seems to show more.
Part one of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows will be released in theaters [...]
For the Win, Cory Doctorow’s newest novel, is a thought-provoking story centered around players of Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Games. It blends gaming culture with economics and labor unions, the end result being believable and thought-provoking.
The bane of the companies that run online games is gold farming. Denizens of underprivileged countries are often paid to [...]
Warbreaker is one of those fantasy books that is more about a small group’s plans toward a great cause being pulled from its original path and used for a more sinister plan. Magic plays a very small role in this story, loathed by the main characters but surfacing to help them at useful moments.
The story [...]
