Hullo and welcome to this tiny review, in which I will bitch and moan about Fool Moon for a wee bit! Why? Because #EverythingIsContent ! I listened to James Masters's reading of the first Harry Dresden novel almost two years ago -- my Goodreads shelf tells me I read it on June 29, 2017 --... Continue Reading →
Hullo and welcome (back) to my blog! It's been a little while since last I had the pleasure of working on a blog entry for this here Grimoire Reliquary and since I just finished two rather small works (in terms of content), I thought now might be a good time to tell you about these... Continue Reading →
Hey, everyone! This review was originally published over on BookNest.eu about six months ago. Check the site out, great reviews by me and many other lovely folks! I thought I'd start reposting my old reviews here every few days, in case anyone who hasn't seen them before follows my blog for the book reviews in... Continue Reading →
I've had some trouble putting my thoughts in order where Senlin Ascends, the first book in Josiah Bancroft's Books of Babel series of four, is concerned. This book is an excellent read, the kind whose characters live with you well after you've put it down for good. Perhaps Senlin Ascends is one of those rare... Continue Reading →
Once upon a time, I read Half a King by Joe Abercrombie and was quite fond of it. Half a King was a wonderful entry into the unique brand of subversive storytelling Abercrombie is famed for. It was a thrill to go through but now that I've read four of the six First Law books... Continue Reading →
Ah, 80's era fantasy. An era much beloved by many and fairly disliked by some. To me, it's a by-gone age with some great books that hold up really well, and some that...well, don't. Either way, I've been going out of my way to explore this decade's worth of fantasy trends, and--surprise, surprise-- sword'n'sorcery is... Continue Reading →
Look at this cover! A three-eyed cat! A woman who looks like the Lady! A man that has to be Croaker! A pair of kids, one demonic, the other -- sort of nice, if you're into that sort, and whatnot. It's dark, it's stylish, it's of great quality! Do the job! Get paid! Survive! I'm... Continue Reading →
I took a big chunk of time of last October and November to re-read most of Steven Brust's excellent Vlad Taltos novels. I loved the first few novels as a child when I had read them in Bulgarian. I must've been between nine-ten, maybe eleven when I first held Jhereg in my hands. It was a... Continue Reading →
Welcome back to my summary of 'The Anatomy of Story' by John Truby. Today we'll take a look at Chapter 3, which deals with the steps of story structure. Let's get to it! When we talk about the structure of a story, we talk about how a story develops over time. A story has a... Continue Reading →
It's been a long time coming, this. Philip K. Dick's look at an alternate version of the world where the Germans and the Japanese won World War 2 is nothing short of a spectacular example of speculative fiction. How does he do it? How does Dick create such a mortifying vision of the world such as... Continue Reading →
