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…
Garth Nix’s Lord Sunday, the final book in the Keys to the Kingdom series, now has a solid release date: March 4th, 2010 in the U.S. and U.K., or sometime in February for Australia.
LORD SUNDAY is the breathtaking conclusion to The Keys to the Kingdom series. In this, the seventh and final book, the mysteries [...]
Brandon Sanderson has some good news for those of you who are fans of his Mistborn series: it’s going to be a movie.
The blog update includes a press release along with some thoughts from Sanderson.
The Leaky Cauldron has unearthed some more news about the upcoming Lego Harry Potter videogame (developed by the same companies as the popular Lego Star Wars games).
There is a new video preview for the game that looks promising, the tongue-in-cheek humor of the Star Wars games still obviously present. A website for the game is [...]
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.
Nicholas Hooper’s score for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince has been nominated for a Grammy Award under the category of “Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media.”
Up for best score soundtrack album are “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (composed by Alexander Desplat), “Harry Potter and the Half Blood [...]
The teaser trailer for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the seventh of the series, has surfaced online. It appears tacked onto the end of some commentary and behind-the-scenes shots, and it’s fairly short. This is the first major look at what’s to come in the film, so without further ado, enjoy…
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 [...]
Sword and Laser, a podcast that is a fantasy/sci-fi book club of sorts, has published an interview with Brandon Sanderson, the author of the new Wheel of Time book.
In the 27 minute-long MP3, Sanderson talks about how he got into writing, some of the books he likes, and how he ended up writing The Gathering [...]
