It is my general policy not to review the work of my peers, a lesson I learned the hard way back while writing Maiden of Pain. However, I won a copy of The Shard Axe by Marsheila Rockwell when I commented on a recent article she wrote about media tie-in fiction, and was asked by [...]
Entries Categorized as 'Reviews'
My Review of The Shard Axe
Filed under Reviews on December 20, 2011
Tagged: Dungeons & Dragons Online, Eberron, fantasy fiction, Marsheila Rockwell, media tie-in fiction, sword-and-sorcery, The Shard Axe
My trip to Barsoom
Filed under Reviews on September 21, 2009
Tagged: A Princess of Mars, Barsoom, Edgar Rice Burroughs, John Carter
I owe a large part of my love for fantasy fiction to my parents’ bookshelves, upon which were stacked the works of Brooks, Eddings, Lewis, McCaffrey, Tolkien, and others. There was a mix of science fiction as well, but I shied away from the likes of Asimov, Bradbury, and Clarke. (I did read Chalker’s Rings [...]
Not a fan of Fafhrd
Filed under Reviews on October 28, 2008
Tagged: Fafhrd, fantasy fiction, Fritz Leiber, Gray Mouser, Lankhmar, sword-and-sorcery
It’s been a while since I read a book on my “bucket list” of genre classics. I picked up an omnibus of the first three Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser anthologies: Swords and Deviltry, Swords Against Death and Swords in the Mist. I’m afraid to say that other than “Lean Times in Lankhmar”, I’ve found [...]
CSFF blog tour April 2007 (day 1)
Filed under Blog Tours, Reviews on April 16, 2007
Tagged: Christian Science Fiction and Fantasy blog tour, christianity, fantasy, Karen Hancock, The Return of the Guardian-King
Welcome to another edition of the Christian Science Fiction & Fantasy blog tour. This month features The Return of the Guardian-King, the fourth and final book in Karen Hancock’s Legends of the Guardian King series. This was the first “Christian” fantasy (i.e., published by the Christian Booksellers Association) I’ve read. I’m going to break my [...]
CSFF blog tour: DKA day 2
Filed under Blog Tours, Reviews on October 31, 2006
Tagged: Christian Science Fiction and Fantasy blog tour, dkamagazine.com
It is still October 31st as I write this. I hope you’ll forgive my tardiness, but my days recently seem to be lacking those few extra hours I need to get everything on my list done. The October 2006 issue of Dragons, Knights & Angels features 13 fiction pieces (two of which are classified as [...]
