The Forgetting Moon Is a Heavy Metal Fantasy That Does Nothing in Moderation
Your celebrated metatextual genre deconstructions are all well and good, but Brian Lee Durfee is here to make fantasy EPIC again. His…
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The Obelisk Gate Offers No Easy Fix for a Broken World
For years and years, my roommate was a struggling actress, so I spent a fair amount of time hanging around…
Throwback Thursday: Raymond E. Feist, Dungeonmaster of the 1980s
In the world of fantasy, the shadow of Tolkien’s influence looms large, and readers often fall into one of two camps…
6 Potential Game of Thrones Spinoffs to Fuel Your Westeros Obsession
As is custom, it is a time of great joy and sadness for fans of George R.R. Martin’s A Song…
Get an Exclusive Peek at New Artwork from A Game of Thrones: The Illustrated Edition
When Game of Thrones fans learned last week the show won’t return to HBO until next August, we nodded sagely:…
9 Burning Questions That Must Be Resolved During Season 7 of Game of Thrones
Much like the NFL, HBO’s Game of Thrones has become a year-long entertainment experience. The show itself only runs for…
The Game of Thrones Awards, Season 6, Episode 10: Winter Is Here
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The Game of Thrones Awards, Season 6, Episode 9: Two Battles for the Price of One!
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The Game of Thrones Awards, Season 6, Episode 8: “No One” Confuses Everyone
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The Game of Thrones Awards, Season 6, Episode 7: A Dead Hashtag Can Never Die
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A Blade of Black Steel Unleashes More Murder, Sorcery, and Swears
Much has changed since April 2015, when A Crown for Cold Silver made a 700-page dent in the SFF world. At the…
The Game of Thrones Awards, Season 6, Episode 6: Church and State
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6 of the Most Fearsome Warbands in Fantasy
Warbands offer a unique opportunity for fantasy authors. For one, it’s easy to illustrate the morality (or lack thereof) of a…
The Sorcerer’s Daughter Is One of the Best Shannara Books Ever
The Sorcerer’s Daughter marks the culmination of Terry Brooks’ latest Shannara trilogy, The Defenders of Shannara, which began in 2014 with The…
The Game of Thrones Awards, Season 6, Episode 5: Oh, Hodor
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The Game of Thrones Awards, Season 6, Episode 4: All Shows Must End
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Mongrels Uses Werewolf Mythology to Tell the Story of a Family
In Mongrels, Stephen Graham Jones tears down and rebuilds the werewolf mythos. No longer held sway by the cycles of the moon,…
The Game of Thrones Awards, Season 6, Episode 3: The Tower of Tease
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The Summer Dragon Is a Magnificent, Rewarding Fantasy Debut
There is a remarkable concept at the center of The Summer Dragon, the debut novel by celebrated fantasy artist Todd…