Sun, January 24 2010
A while back I was looking for authors similar to Neil Gaiman, whose work I have come to appreciate and Martin Millar’s name popped on on separate occasions. I spotted his book The Good Fairies of New York the last time I was in a bookstore and picked it up. It is prefaced with a [...]
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Sat, May 17 2008
I finally pr-ordered, recieved and read (from start to finish) Confessor by Terry Goodkind earlier this month. It’s the last book in the Chainfire Trilogy which finished off the series of 11 books known as The Sword of Truth, the series which has occupied the last 3 and a half years of my life. I [...]
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Thu, May 15 2008
I recently finished The Color of Magic, the first Discworld book by Terry Pratchett. Although short, it was really a fast read. It’s satirical and irreverent without being wordy, poking fun at many fantasy cliches which have dominated the genre for years. Yet, Pratchett uses some of these himself as well as some creative techniques. [...]
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