Posted by Ruth Arnell (RETIRED) | Sep 10, 2018 | SFF Reviews | 3
The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley This, my friends, is how young adult fantasy is done. In The Blue Sword, Robin McKinley has created a world out of whole cloth and polished it until it shines. Or in this case, until it is a dusty desert full of horse riding warriors, a dwindling magic, demon […]
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Posted by Brad Hawley | Oct 14, 2017 | SFF Reviews | 1
In this column, I feature comic book reviews written by my students at Oxford College of Emory University. Oxford College is a small liberal arts school just outside of Atlanta, Georgia. I challenge students to read and interpret comics because I believe sequential art and visual literacy are essential parts of education at any level […]
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Posted by Stuart Starosta | Sep 14, 2016 | SFF Reviews | 3
Nifft the Lean by Michael Shea Back in 1950, Hillman Periodicals published a little book for 25 cents called The Dying Earth by Jack Vance. It could easily have disappeared into obscurity like thousands of other books, but there was something special about it. There weren’t any other books in SF/Fantasy quite like it, depicting […]
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Posted by Jesse Hudson | Jul 7, 2016 | SFF Reviews | 0
Helliconia Spring by Brian W. Aldiss What if the planets orbited not only the sun, but the whole solar system orbited another, even larger sun? Cycles within cycles is the basic premise of Brian Aldiss’s HELLICONIA trilogy, of which the first installment is Helliconia Spring (1983). A planet of the fantastic, Helliconia is home to a diverse […]
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Posted by Rebecca Fisher | May 29, 2015 | SFF Reviews | 1
The Monster’s Ring by Bruce Coville Note: This book is titled Russell Troy, Monster Boy in some markets. For kids that are too young for the complexity of the HARRY POTTER series, and yet still interested in fantasy stories, Bruce Coville‘s MAGIC SHOP books might be the thing to hook them up with. Five in […]
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Posted by Kat Hooper | Jun 5, 2014 | SFF Reviews | 0
The Elfin Ship by James P. Blaylock Audible has recently put several of James P. Blaylock’s novels in audio format, so I’m giving a few of them a try. The Elfin Ship, first published in 1982, is the first book in Blaylock’s BALUMNIA trilogy about a whimsical fantasy world filled with elves, goblins, dwarves, wizards, […]
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Posted by Ryan Skardal | Dec 3, 2012 | SFF Reviews | 4
The Gunslinger by Stephen King Stephen King’s The Gunslinger is a post-apocalyptic Western-fantasy hybrid about the gunslinger Roland Deschain and his pursuit of the man in black across a desert. At first glance, the Western plays the largest role in The Gunslinger. Roland carries two heavy six shooters with sandalwood handles, and he can fire […]
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Posted by John Hulet | Sep 22, 2012 | SFF Reviews | 10
Magician: Apprentice by Raymond E. Feist Raymond E. Feist’s Magician: Apprentice was one of my favorite books in the mid-1980’s — I read it over and over. If I have read this book less than 20 times I would be completely amazed. The wonderful part of re-reading it recently and having 20 years plus of fantasy literature experience […]
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Posted by Guest | Apr 29, 2011 | SFF Reviews | 2
God Stalk by P.C. Hodgell God Stalk, first in the Kencyrath series authored by P.C. Hodgell in the early 80s, opens with Jame stumbling into Tai-Tastigon, which is apparently deserted, after being so long on the run that she’s delirious with exhaustion and fighting off her race’s healing dwar sleep. She chances upon Penari, a […]
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Posted by Kat Hooper | Nov 10, 2008 | SFF Reviews | 6
Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings I read Pawn of Prophecy as an adult, a few years ago. I had heard great things about it, so I was disappointed after reading it. The plot is typical “orphan boy saves the world” fantasy, the description is weak, the dialogue is often silly (humor is a focus, and […]
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Posted by Bill Capossere | Sep 3, 2008 | SFF Reviews | 0
THE BELGARIAD by David Eddings Back before David Eddings became a shampoo-rinse-repeat sort of author, churning out the same old storylines and character types, there was the original Belgariad series, which remains by far his best work. The premise is an old stand-by — farmboy discovers he’s not who he thought he was and, along with […]
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Posted by Rebecca Fisher | Jan 7, 2008 | SFF Reviews | 0
The Darkangel by Meredith Ann Pierce I picked up The Darkangel the first time at my school library when I was 13 and I stayed up past three in the morning trying to finish it; It was that captivating. It has all the components of a fairytale, and yet is worked into a fantasy novel that […]
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