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Tag Archives: Epic Fantasy
Rings of Power Redux
I finished season one of Amazon’s The Rings of Power show adapting material from the appendices to J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings.[1] I also did two other things since my last post on the show that affect how … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy, Sundry, Throwback SF
Tagged Epic Fantasy, Retro SF, Tolkien, TV Recaps
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Review of Against All Gods by Miles Cameron
Miles Cameron’s epic fantasy is an auto-buy for me at this point (I am still working my way around to his historical fiction and science fiction). His Traitor Son Cycle and Masters & Mages series are two of my favorite … Continue reading
Recap and Review of the First Two Episodes of Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
Did I watch the first two episodes of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power on Amazon Prime (Rings of Power from here on out) on Thursday evening as soon as they dropped? Well, I tried. I didn’t … Continue reading
Daughter of Redwinter is Too Generic to Get Over the Hump from Good to Great
Another week, another new series from one of my favorite new writers of the last decade. Last week it was Brian McClellan with In the Shadow of Lightning, this week it is Ed McDonald with Daughter of Redwinter. McDonald’s Raven’s … Continue reading
Brian McClellan has done it again with In the Shadow of Lightning
Brian McClellan’s opening salvo in his latest series, In the Shadow of Lightning, didn’t immediately grab me. The opening scenes, which take place some nine years before the events in the bulk of the novel and setup Demir’s character arc, … Continue reading
Throwback SF Thursday: The Black Company by Glen Cook
Glen Cook’s The Black Company was a milestone work that had an outsized influence on the fantasy genre. Which is probably why Tor decided to reissue it (as a handsome trade paperback with a bland cover) for their “Tor Essentials” … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Fantasy
Tagged Epic Fantasy, Grimdark, Military Fantasy, Tor/Forge, Vintage SF
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Book Reader Looks Back at Season 1 of The Wheel of Time on Prime
What Friday would be complete without a Wheel of Time post? I’m not quite ready to give up on writing about the show yet. I recapped and reacted to each and every episode in basically real-time, but an episode-by-episode analysis … Continue reading
Book Reader Wheel of Time Recap and Reaction: Season 1, Episode 8
There are a couple primary problems with Amazon’s adaptation of The Wheel of Time. The first is a lack of respect for the source material. The second, and more serious, is that the show creators are not very good at … Continue reading
Book Reader Wheel of Time Recap and Reaction: Season 1, Episode 7
Changes in adaptation are inevitable. Making a TV show is a messy, collaborative process that demands endless tradeoffs. It’s an iceberg, because it happens almost entirely out of the public eye and, frankly, I know little about making talkies. But … Continue reading
Book Reader Wheel of Time Recap and Reaction: Season 1, Episode 6
I’ve been pretty lenient with the book changes up to this point. A certain amount of leeway is necessary—the change in format requires changes in storytelling, and any creator worth their salt is going to put their own spin on … Continue reading