Neil Gaiman is more influential than Kim Jong Un.
What happened to the third acorn? Warwick Davis on Willow.
A beautiful fantasy short illustrated film. Dragons and wizards and true love.
Portrait of the Book As Golem, a poem by Jane Yolen, in honor of National Poetry Month.
Science fiction and fantasy books kids should be reading in school, parts one and two.
April 10th, 2013. Ruth Arnell | World Wide Wednesday | 5 comments |
Trafalgar by Angélica Gorodischer
Trafalgar by Angélica Gorodischer is a wonderful and deceptively complex little book that will play havoc with your mind in general and any preconceived genre expectations you may have in particular. I highly recommend grabbing it for that reason alone, but read on if you need more convincing.
Angélica Gorodischer is the Argentine author of more than twenty books, only two of which have been translated into English thus far. The first one of these was Kalpa Imperial,
April 10th, 2013. Stefan Raets´s rating: 4.5 | Angélica Gorodischer | Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | 1 comment |
I Am Mordred by Nancy Springer
Almost all the modern stories derived from Arthurian legends focus on King Arthur, Queen Guinevere, Sir Lancelot, Sir Gawain, and Merlin. Why does Mordred, the man who eventually brings down the whole shebang, get such short shrift? There’s plenty of source material, most notably Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Historia Regum Britanniae and Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur. Maybe it’s that Mordred isn’t very romantic. Or maybe we just don’t like reading about people who are hard to root for.
April 10th, 2013. Kat Hooper´s rating: 3.5 | Nancy Springer | Audio, Young Adult | SFF Reviews | 1 comment |
What a fascinating exploration of Edwige Fenech's contributions to the giallo genre! I love how the post highlights her unique…
Pretty challenging book. Cut by half, speed up the cadence. Trying to figure out the plot, the main point of…
Thanks for the kind words, Marion! Coming as they are from a professional writer, they are much appreciated!
Wonderful review, Sandy.
The "body count" bothered me a bit less because being dead seemed more like an inconvenience than anything else... unlike…