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…”
In celebration of the much-awaited continuation of the Wheel of Time series, penned by fantasy novelist Brandon Sanderson in the absence of the late Robert Jordan, Tor Books is offering to let us give away three sets of the books that started it all.
Three lucky Fantasy Folder readers will receive, by random drawing, Robert Jordan’s [...]
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. [...]
Master satirist Terry Pratchett’s latest Discworld novel, Unseen Academicals is now available, which once again features the wizards of Ankh-Morpork’s Unseen University.
The wizards at Ankh-Morpork’s Unseen University are renowned for many things—wisdom, magic, and their love of teatime—but athletics is most assuredly not on the list. And so when Lord Ventinari, the city’s benevolent tyrant, [...]
Nicholas Hooper has confirmed that after composing the score for the previous two Harry Potter movies, he will not be coming back for the final two Deathly Hallows films.
Warner Brothers is currently in talks with John Williams. If his schedule allows, he very well return after his absence since the third Potter film.
“The question is [...]
As you probably know, the much-awaited twelfth installment in Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series will be published late this October. With the release drawing near, the title for the next book has been announced.
The thirteenth book in the Wheel of Time epic will be called Towers of Midnight. The publication date is estimated to [...]
New Line Cinema (now a part of Warner Brothers) and the Tolkien Estate have reached a settlement in their legal battle over the Lord of the Rings films. This means the upcoming film adaptation of The Hobbit will not be axed on account of some monetary squabbling.
The Tolkien Trust’a British charitable trust representing the estate [...]
Season 9 of Smallville is on the way. It’s moving to Friday nights this year, and the pilot will premiere on September 25th.
The folks at Kryptonsite have posted the preview trailer (which aired at Comic-Con) for the series on YouTube.
Blizzard has yet to confirm the rumors, but some details of the next World of Warcraft expansion are floating around the internet. Known as “Cataclysm,” from a Blizzard trademark filing, some details of the expansion have been found from “trusted sources,” some confirmed based off the contents of the latest Test Realm patch.
Some highlights:
The new [...]
