Smallville Returns September 18


Season 8 of Smallville will begin on September 18, 2008. The first episode, Odyssey, will continue not long after the dramatic ending in season 7’s final epsidode, Arctic. Following the destruction of the Fortress, Clark and Lex are missing in the Arctic, Clark without powers again for some reason, and the Justice League goes to […]

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Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox


Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox is the sixth, and supposedly final, book in Eoin Colfer’s Artemis Fowl series. At the end of the previous book, The Lost Colony, Artemis returns to Ireland three years after he left, though no time passed for him. (I wasn’t a huge fan of The Lost Colony; it just wasn’t […]

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Wheel of Time Movie in The Works


The first book in Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series is on it’s way to becoming a movie. Film rights were recently bought by Universal, and the film will be made in partnership with Red Eagle Entertainment. Universal Pictures has acquired film rights to the late Robert Jordan’s bestselling “The Wheel of Time” novel series […]

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Discworld: Soul Music


Soul Music, part of Terry Pratchett’s extensive Discworld series, explores two basic themes: universal music through the discovery of Music With Rocks In and the Grim Reaper’s existence. An aspiring musician buys a mythical guitar when his harp is squashed by a troll. He and his newfound friends are transformed into an instant band with […]

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The Wheel of Time: The Dragon Reborn


With this book the concepts of the The Wheel of Time world are becoming more apparent-the World of Dreams which affects the World of the Flesh also, the different ways the characters are connected to the One Power, lives relived (less focus on this in this 3rd book). Maybe this is why I think this […]

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Merlin’s Dragon by T. A. Barron Coming This September


The final release date for T. A. Barron‘s latest book has been announced (in the author’s email newsletter). Merlin’s Dragon, the first in a new trilogy set between The Lost Years of Merlin and The Great Tree of Avalon. The book will be released on September 18, 2008. An excerpt from the book jacket: Long […]

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Myst Coming to the iPhone


Cyan Worlds Inc has announced on the forums for Myst Online that they will be bringing the original Myst to the iPhone and iPod Touch. This is a small project that probably a very few of you know about. We are porting Myst to the iPhone. Ok, before some of you start groaning, this is […]

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Fantasy Folder is Here!


Before we get started here, let me introduce myself. I’m Matt Harzewski (a.k.a. “redwall_hp”). I’m a web designer and developer, card-carrying fantasy fanatic, and the founder and editor of Fantasy Folder. I got into fantasy when I read the first Harry Potter book several years ago, and have been reading fantasy novels ever since. You […]

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The Wheel of Time: The Great Hunt


After Moiraine’s prophetic hint at the end of The Eye of the World, we’re pretty sure that Rand is The Dragon Reborn. In Robert Jordan’s The Great Hunt, the main overarching story arc starts to really get moving. When the book starts in Shienar, it is quickly apparent that Rand is the Dragon Reborn, the […]

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“The Hobbit” to be Written by Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro


Fans of the Lord of the Rings films by New Line Cinema (which was recently acquired by Warner Brothers) were disappointed when they learned that Peter Jackson, the director of the prior three films, would not be directing The Hobbit. You may already know that the movie’s director will be Guillermo del Toro, but according […]

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