Obituaries:
“Again? That trick never works!” The actor who voiced Rocket J Squirrel (Rocky and Bullwinkle), Natasha Badinoff, and many other famous cartoon characters, June Foray, passed away last week . She was 99 years old. She will live on the hearts of all of us who love the adventures of Moose and Squirrel.
Playwright Sam Shepherd also passed away this week.
Awards:
Colson Whitehead’s novel Underground Railroad won the 2017 Arthur C.
August 2nd, 2017. Marion Deeds | World Wide Wednesday | 8 comments |
The Half-Drowned King by Linnea Hartsuyker
The Half-Drowned King (2017), Linnea Hartsuyker’s debut novel, is a fascinating glimpse into a long-ago time, when Scandinavian warriors took their dragon-boats as far south as Constantinople or west to Ireland, trading with and terrorizing the locals, depending on regional treaties and individual temperaments. By necessity, this accounting of events leading up to the coronation of King Harald Fairhair is largely fictionalized, but as most sagas and poems about his life were compiled a few centuries after his death — rather like King Arthur of Britain — their own historical accuracy should be taken with a pinch of salt and enjoyed for their entertainment value.
August 2nd, 2017. Jana Nyman´s rating: 4.5 | Linnea Hartsuyker | SFF Reviews | no comments |
Age of Swords by Michael J. Sullivan
Storm clouds have been gathering since the events of Age of Myth, the first book in Michael J. Sullivan‘s new epic fantasy series, LEGENDS OF THE FIRST EMPIRE. The Fhrey (elves) have been feeling threatened by the Rhunes (humans) ever since the Rhunes shifted from a nomadic lifestyle to a more settled one, with crops and flocks of animals as well as hunting. Their population started exploding, and the Rhunes now outnumber the long-lived Fhrey by a factor of twenty to one (one million Rhunes vs.
August 2nd, 2017. Tadiana Jones´s rating: 4 | Michael J. Sullivan | SFF Reviews | no comments |
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