The Game of Thrones Awards, Season 6, Episode 2: The Living Become Dead, and Vice Versa
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Epic Fantasy
Why the Wheel of Time TV Series Could Be the Next Game of Thrones
Yesterday, Tor editor Harriet McDougal, widow of the late Robert Jordan, announced a television show based on the fantasy epic The Wheel of…
Emperor of the Eight Islands Launches a Different Kind of Epic Fantasy Saga
It’s no secret that modern epic fantasy, as a genre, tends toward Euro-centrism, taking its cue from Tolkien’s Middle Earth. That doesn’t…
The Game of Thrones Awards, Season 6, Episode 1: Uncharted Territory
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Throwback Thursday: The DragonCrown Cycle Is Old School Fantasy That Delivers
This past winter, in a nostalgic mood, I’ve went browsing my bookshelves looking for something for an old favorite to dig into,…
The Spider’s War Completes an Epic Fantasy Series for the Ages
You don’t have to travel far through online fandom to find readers poking fun at popular epic fantasy series that often…
Children of Earth and Sky Is an Epic Story About Why Stories Matter
Is there anything better than a new book by a favorite author—that pleasant feeling of near certainty that it is going to give…
The Chronicles of the Unhewn Throne Is Epic Fantasy for the Modern Age
I’ll admit something right up front: I’m not the biggest fan of epic fantasy. Your book has spaceships and alien worlds? I’m…
A Gathering of Shadows Is a Welcome Return to an Irresistible Fantasy World
After what seems like far too long, our whirlwind tour of color-coded parallel Londons resumes in A Gathering of Shadows, the second installment of…
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice Grows Up in Blood of Innocents
It had been quite some time since I dropped headlong into an expansive fantasy series. Then I read Mitchell Hogan’s A Crucible…
Guest Post: Debut Author Adrian Selby Defines the Magic of Snakewood
Next year, Orbit will publish Adrian Selby’s Snakewood, an epic fantasy debut nearly 20 years in the writing. A story…
The Shards of Heaven Gives History a Wild Epic Fantasy Twist
The Shards of Heaven is breathtaking in scope. With the first volume of a planned series intertwining Roman history and myth with Judeo-Christian mythology,…
Kate Elliott’s Black Wolves Is a New Breed of Epic Fantasy
Kate Elliott is having a moment. February saw the release of her short fiction collection, The Very Best of Kate…
The Wheel of Time Companion is a Robert Jordan Fan’s Best Friend
When it comes to rich, multi-layered secondary worlds, few offer the depth of Randland, the fan-preferred name for the sprawling continent featured…
Guest Post: Jen Williams on Eating the Entire Sword and Sorcery Cake
Today we announced that Angry Robot has acquired North American rights to Jen Williams’ The Copper Promise, a bestselling epic…
Exclusive Announcement: Angry Robot to Publish Jen Williams Bestselling The Copper Promise in the U.S.
There’s nothing quite so frustrating as hearing about a great book, and then learning that, due to the vagaries of international contracts,…
Guest Post: Kameron Hurley On Our Darker Selves & Exploring a Multiplicity of Fictional Worlds
When I was a kid, I watched a lot of Twilight Zone. My mother was obsessed with the show, as…
Fantasy Gets a Wakeup Call from Down Under in A Crucible of Souls
The best thing about a humongous fantasy series is the promise of an extended stay in a world you love. The worst?…
Trying to Be Luke Skywalker: Kameron Hurley and Seth Dickinson in Conversation
Seth Dickinson and Kameron Hurley are the respective authors of The Traitor Baru Cormorant and Empire Ascendant, two of the…
6 Revelations From George R.R. Martin’s A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
Being a fan of George R.R. Martin’s work is like entering a marathon you never trained for: eventually, you will cross that…