After finishing Ursula Le Guin’s The Other Wind I am lucky enough to have the second book in the excellent Liveship Traders trilogy to start on. Already a hundred pages in and Robin Hobb’s writing is as excellent as ever, this book is building up to be even better than the first instalment, hopefully this will be as rewarding a trilogy to read as The Farseer Trilogy was. Fingers crossed. Update - 30/10/2008 Ship of Magic book review The Mad Ship book review Ship of Destiny book ... read more
Posted: December 28th, 2007 by admin | No Comments | Filed under Robin Hobb, Ursula Le Guin
I have finished the book and am readying myself to write the review but I’m finding it quite difficult to put the reading of the book into words. It is a short book when compared to Steven Erikson, George RR Martin or Robin Hobb put more than long enough to get the story across. It is more thought-provoking than action packed and the book is still with me a few days after completion which is always a good sign. I will try and put all these feelings into the review but a nice thing ... read more
Posted: December 24th, 2007 by admin | No Comments | Filed under George R.R. Martin, Robin Hobb, Steven Erikson, Ursula Le Guin
So far there are very few fantasy books that I have given up on midway through. Once I have bought a book and invested time in reading through at least some of it I carry on either through wanting to get my money worth or in the faint hope that things might improve towards the end. The only book so far that I have thrown down in disgust is Robert Jordan’s New Spring: A Wheel of Time Prequel. From reviews that I have read on Mr Jordan his work seems to be a mixed bag. The impression I ... read more
Posted: December 19th, 2007 by admin | No Comments | Filed under General Interest, Robin Hobb, Steven Erikson
Robin Hobb was awarded the Endeavour Award for the second book of the Soldier Son Trilogy, Renegade’s Magic. A well deserved award for an wonderful author. ... read more
Posted: December 19th, 2007 by admin | No Comments | Filed under Robin Hobb
I have already mentioned in an earlier post the great fantasy books that were in the top 10 ten books of the BBC’s Big Read poll. I thought I would revisit the list and see what other fantasy classics appeared. The Harry Potter series is in the top 100 in its entirity and The Hobbit has a high placing too. Artemis Fowl appears after the 50 mark as does Terry Pratchett’s Mort ( my favourite Pratchett novel ). Raymond E Feist’s wonderful Magician can also be found in ... read more
Posted: December 18th, 2007 by admin | No Comments | Filed under General Interest, J.R.R. Tolkien, Raymond E. Feist, Robin Hobb, Terry Pratchett, Ursula Le Guin
In January of 2008 Robin Hobb will be doing a book tour of the United States to mark the release of the final book in the Soldier Son Trilogy, Renegade’s Magic. Check back here at a later date for dates or keep an eye on the official Robin Hobb website schedule http://www.robinhobb.com/schedule.html ... read more
Posted: December 13th, 2007 by admin | No Comments | Filed under Robin Hobb