The first time I noticed Jonathan Grimwood’s The Last Banquet was when I saw it up on NetGalley several weeks ago and I thought about how cool the cover was. For some reason I cast it aside, telling myself I already have plenty of books to read. Weeks pass, and reviews from a few bloggers I trust…
James S.A. Corey’s Expanse Coming to TV!
Originally found at Variety, it appears that the Expanse series by James S.A. Corey, the pseudonym for wordsmiths Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck, has become a television project in which the pilot is to be written by the people behind Iron Man, Mark Fergus and Hawk Otsby. I’ve yet to read the series but Leviathan Wakes…
Random Thoughts on Religion in Fantasy by Teresa Frohock
I’m asked to write about religion a lot, primarily because of Miserere’s themes, and since it’s my job as the author to present this topic from a different angle every time, I had to think about this one for a bit. Religion. *taps fingers* Okay, let’s approach it this way: My number one rule, especially…
North Dark Blog Tour – Dark Adventure, Dark Fantasy by Lane Kareska
The first question someone will typically ask about my novella North Dark is ‘What’s the genre?’ My answer is always a blend of answers, rambling through influences as old-school as Jack London, as pulpy as Lovecraft and as stark as A Farewell to Arms. But that doesn’t really answer the genre question so much as…