Worlds Without End

Originally posted on Fabulous Realms:
This is going to be a sort of companion piece to my recent post One Hundred Realms. In that article I discussed the various genres and sub-genres within the fantasy field. I think that most people would agree that, whatever type of fantasy novel you’re writing or reading, an intricately…

Book Review: Shianshenka, the Rise and Fall of the Perfect Creation by Rowen Sivertsen

My rating: 5 of 5 stars This isn’t my normal reading fare. What initially piqued my interest was the author’s ambitious attempt at creating a multimedia experience by linking in animated videos, pictures, lyrics and musical notes and performances. So I took a chance and accepted the request for a review. The art direction for […]

Upcoming Reviews for March and April 2013

This is what my reading list is looking like for March and April. Up first is Peter James West’s The Information Cloud, the first book in the dystopian Tales of Cinnamon City. Next up is Shianshenka, the Rise and Fall of the Perfect Creation, Rowen Siverston’s psychedelic multimedia book that explores the meaning of life, and finally, Sean Benham’s Blope, […]

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Review: Perfect Betrayal by Jade Kerrion

My rating: 3 of 5 stars This is the sequel to the award-winning Perfection Unleashed. It starts where the original left off. Danyael Sabre, the world’s most powerful empath arrives home with no memory of the last two days. At his apartment he finds a beautiful and dangerous mercenary waiting for him, Zara Itani. She […]

Book Review: The Emerald Forge by Manda Benson

My rating: 4 of 5 stars The Emerald Forge is a return to the world of Pilgrennon’s Children,in which an unscrupulous scientist experimented on human embryos to combine technology with the human mind. The first was lobotimized, the second and third developed severe autism and the fourth turned into a sociopath, but the fifth, with […]

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My rating: 5 of 5 stars A boy on a boat with a tiger hardly sounds like something that could hold your attention over 401 pages. You will find the Life of Pi filed under Literary works, although Wikipedia claims its a fantasy adventure, which I am sure many readers would contest. But the story […]

Review: The Golden Queen, A Masterclass in Resonance

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Book Review: The Millennial Sword by Shannon Philips

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2012 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 3,500 views in 2012. If every person who reached the top of Mt. Everest viewed this blog, it would have taken 6 years to get […]