Elantris was once the capitol of Arelon. It was called the city of the gods, for its shining walls and workers of wonders. A magical force known as the Shaod would, seemingly at random, transform people into nearly-immortal Elantrians overnight, granting them extraordinary powers, while turning their hair white and their skin an almost-metallic silver. They could heal quickly, move with great strength and speed, and perform magic by simply sketching symbols in the air. The Elantrians healed the injured and created food from nothing, distributing it to the people of the surrounding country of Arelon. There were no kings, just the wise inhabitants of Elantris…
Soul Music is one of my favorite Discworld novels. Naturally, as soon as I discovered the 1997 animated TV adaptation, I wanted to watch it. I was surprised by the quality of the production. Especially the music…
After enjoying The Gathering Storm, I wanted to try a Brandon Sanderson original. So I picked up a copy of Mistborn…and had trouble putting it down for the days that followed. Dystopia, politics, an oppressive immortal tyrant, intrigue, magical battles on the city’s rooftops – Mistborn has it all.
I finally got around to watching The Brothers Grimm, and interesting movie that caught my attention when it was released in 2005. I didn’t know it at the time, but it turns out it was directed by Terry Gilliam (of Monty Python fame).
The Brothers Grimm is set in France-occupied Germany during the Napoleonic era. It [...]
The Gathering Storm is the much-awaited twelfth installment in the Wheel of Time series. As some of you may be aware of, this latest novel was penned by fantasy author Brandon Sanderson in surrogate for the late Robert Jordan, working off the extensive notes left behind by Jordan.
The Gathering Storm is different, but not in [...]
In Terry Pratchett’s latest Discworld novel, football (not the American kind) comes to the disc. The wizards of Unseen University discover that a large percentage of their funding, in the form of a trust, will soon dry up should they fail to meet their benefactor’s stipulation that they compete in the game “foot-the-ball…”
TarValon.net has a spoiler-free advance review of the upcoming Wheel of Time book, The Gathering Storm up in their forum, following the one Dragonmount had published this July.
Yes, our narrator has changed. Sanderson’s writing is more focused on plot, and his style seems to put more weight on making things happen rather than world building. [...]
Superior Saturday is the sixth book in the seven-part Keys to the Kingdom series by Garth Nix. I started reading it a couple of years ago, after enjoying his higher-level Abhorsen series, in which Sabriel is the first installment.
When I read Mr. Monday, the first in the Keys series, I thought it an interesting concept; [...]
The latest Harry Potter film adaptation, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, just hit theaters today. The sixth to date, it does the book justice despite the usual complaints of things being cut-out.
The movie starts with a bang, namely the destruction of the Millennium Bridge in London. A group of three Death Eaters, doing the [...]
Bloodhound is the second book in Tamora Pierce’s trilogy centered around Beka Cooper, an ancestor of George Cooper’s (the Rogue from Pierce’s earlier Alanna series). Sequel to Terrier, Bloodhound continues the story of Beka’s life as one of the Provost’s Guard, Tortall’s police, also known as the Dogs.
In Bloodhound, counterfeit coins are flooding Corus, Tortall’s [...]
