by ObiwanSpock | Mar 30, 2016 | book review, ebooks, fantasy, sword and sorcery
A long time ago, I was going through a back room stacks of an old used book shop, whereupon I came across a well-worn copy of THE ANVIL OF ICE, by Michael Scott Rohan. Like most good fantasy novels, this one initially drew my attention with the cover, but once said...
by ObiwanSpock | Mar 23, 2016 | book review, fantasy, goodreads, sword and sorcery
Originally posted at Goodreads Gather round children, and cast your minds back to the ye old days of the late 80’s/early 90’s, when fantasy was still very much an underground thing, most stories were tedious Tolkien retreads or Dungeons and Dragons...
by ObiwanSpock | Mar 21, 2016 | book review, fantasy, scifi
It is an odd fact about artistic endeavors that those possessed of the greatest creative genius can also be the most reprehensible human being. Its an odd balancing act, a way for the universe to level scales. Which begs the question, how should those of us who read,...
by ObiwanSpock | Apr 12, 2014 | awesome, book review, fantasy
Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings My rating: 5 of 5 stars Like any decent drug, the fantasy genre has its gateway substances, and for many of us the first taste, as it were, came from David Eddings Belgariad. There is probably no more perfect example of a classic...
by ObiwanSpock | Dec 1, 2013 | book review, Uncategorized
A Breach in the Watershed by Douglas Niles My rating: 3 of 5 stars The mid to late ’90’s wre something of a golden age for Dungeons and Dragons derived fantasy. Foremost among these, of course, were the various novels and short story collections put out by...
by ObiwanSpock | May 5, 2012 | book review, fantasy fiction
The War God’s Men by David Ross Erickson My rating: 4 of 5 stars Even though I’m into fantasy, historical fiction has always been a huge influence, in part because there is quite an overlap in many of the ways that matter. Both tell stories that take place...