Today we welcome Erin Bow whose novel Plain Kate (which I loved) made our BEST OF 2010 list. Her second YA novel, Sorrow’s Knot was released this week and I can’t wait to read it. Since it’s Halloween, Erin’s here to talk about creepiness and to give away a copy of Sorrow’s Knot to one random commenter with a U.S. address.
Happy Halloween, fantasy readers and writers! Let’s talk about how to make monsters creepy.
There’s a curious thing I call the Sauron paradox,
October 31st, 2013. Kelly Lasiter | Erin Bow | Thoughtful Thursday | 11 comments |
The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett
The Light Fantastic is a direct sequel to Terry Pratchett’s first DISCWORLD novel, The Color of Magic, in which we met the failed and cowardly wizard Rincewind, his traveling companion Twoflower (a rich and naively brave tourist), and Twoflower’s animated sentient Luggage. I believe that The Light Fantastic is the only DISCWORLD novel that’s a direct sequel of a previous novel.
The reason Rincewind is such a poor wizard is that he’s got a dark powerful spell (“the eighth spell”) lodged in his brain and it won’t let him memorize any other spells.
October 31st, 2013. Kat Hooper´s rating: 3 | Terry Pratchett | Audio | SFF Reviews | 2 comments |
Thanks for the kind words, Ira! Much appreciated!
Fine review
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Thanks for the kind words, Marion! Coming as they are from a professional writer, they are much appreciated!