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The Week in Tweets 2009-11-07

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 13:15:00 +0000

The Week in Tweets 2009-10-31 # sf # fantasy http://bit.ly/2vSx6V # @ JohnAnealio @ delrey finished death troopers and was mostly pleased with the result – review to come in reply to JohnAnealio # New Print Magazine “Survival by Storytelling” Launches # sf # fantasy ...

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come and get it

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 13:30:00 +0000

down they drift loaves and fishes strange rain

DavidKM posted 70 minutes ago from dreamsandnightmaresmagazine.blogspot.com

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Lou Anders Visits MFB and talks books

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 15:57:00 +0000

On it's heels, we have Joel Shepherd's Sasha , the first in his A Trial of Blood & Steel quartet, a gritty, realistic fantasy that is steeped in politics and features a believably-invincible female protagonist. I say believably-invincible because she has studied a sort of swordsman's martial art ...

Bowing to the Future found this 23 hours ago on myfavouritebooks.blogspot.com

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Bona Fide: Weekly Roundup #45

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 06:00:00 +0000

Hello and welcome to issue #45 of my Weekly Roundup. Last Roundup contained a lot of videos. But as I know from our log stats people liked it. I did something similar in summer and failed. That means it will work as long as I find the right blend. And now enjoy reading..... Bona Fide's Menu ...

bloggeratf posted 9 hours ago from onlythebestscifi.blogspot.com

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GRRM fan? Try Joel Shepherd!

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 19:19:00 +0000

Sasha by Joel Shepherd … I thought Sasha was excellent, especially given that this is Joel Shepherd ’s first fantasy novel. It offers a huge fantasy world, a fascinating heroine, heart-pounding descriptions of both small-scale sword fights and full-on warfare, several ...

Pyr-o-mania found this 43 hours ago on fantasyliterature.com

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Sasha: Are We Seeing a Common Theme Here?

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 06:00:00 +0000

"...quite engrossing... this heroic fantasy should please fans of, say, George R. R. Martin’s Song of Ice and Fire novels." Booklist "Shepherd has created a court fantasy similar to George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire ....a good epic fantasy that focuses more on the epic than the ...

Only The Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy found this 9 hours ago on pyrsf.blogspot.com

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Cover Art | Under Heaven by Guy Gavriel Kay (North American Edition)

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 08:17:10 +0000

Yesterday I brought you the cover art for Under Heaven , the next novel from popular Canadian author Guy Gavriel Kay. Now today, thanks to Alec at Bright Weavings , I have a look at the equally impressive North American cover. Taking a more literary route, the North American cover ...

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Book Review: Sasha by Joel Shepherd

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:00:10 +0000

# Genre: Historical Fantasy, Epic/High Fantasy # Paperback # Publisher: Pyr # Publication Date: October 27, 2009 # ISBN-10: 159102787X # ISBN-13: 978-1591027874 In the Cassandra Kresnov trilogy, Joel Shepherd created a strong heroine with a powerful personality. The pseudo-historical ...

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Inside the Blogosphere: Best Book Endings in the Genre

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 17:47:03 +0000

Occasionally, I ask some of the best book bloggers in sf/f/h a question about their reading choices, favorites, desires, or any old thing about the genre. I then collect the answers and post them here. This time I asked our participant bloggers: What are the best endings in science ...

graspingforthewind posted 4 days ago from graspingforthewind.com

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New Procurements

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 05:01:00 +0000

Behold my new pile of stuff, which is a mixture of purchases and recently received review copies. This will also serve as a sort of preview of what I expect to review at least partially over the coming months. At the bottom of the stack we have the graphic novel The Five Fists of ...

The Mad Hatter posted 10 hours ago from booktionary.blogspot.com

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The Experts' Picks for Notable Books of the Year at World Fantasy Con [Books]

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 22:51:00 +0000

At the World Fantasy Convention this weekend, I moderated a panel about the most notable books of the past year. Experts from the worlds of publishing, bookselling, and fandom weighed in. Here are their picks. The panel included a lively discussion of trends over the past two years in fantasy ...

Bibliophile Stalker found this 3 days ago on io9.com

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Our 2010 Schedule – Including the US and Canada

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 17:44:16 +0000

For the last few months 57% of the world’s population* has been eagerly awaiting the news – when will Angry Robot launch in the US and Canada? Well, now we can exclusively reveal to you and everyone else who has an internet connection that our first books will be out in North ...

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Excerpt: Triumff: Her Majesty’s Hero by Dan Abnett (5)

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 14:53:42 +0000

Over a five day period,thanks to Angry Robot Books , I will be excerpting portions of Triumff: Her Majesty’s Hero by Dan Abnett. Part One is here. Part Two is here. Part Three is here. Part Four is here. ABOUT THE BOOK: Sir Rupert Triumff. Adventurer. Fighter. Drinker. ...

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Aural Noir Review of The Adventures Of Sexton Blake

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 22:27:10 +0000

The Adventures of Sexton Blake Based on the character created by Harry Blyth; Performed by a full cast 2 CDs or MP3 Download – Approx. 2 Hours [RADIO DRAMA] Publisher: BBC Audiobooks Published: September 2009 ISBN: 1408410540 Themes: / Mystery / Adventure / Crime / Steampunk / ...

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Cover Art | Under Heaven by Guy Gavriel Kay

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 21:00:07 +0000

I’m a big fan of Guy Gavriel Kay. I’m a sucker for ancient Asian history and mythology. Thus, it goes without saying that I’m absolutely gaga about this novel. The cover’s nice, particularily the warm tones and the bold placement of author and title. I appreciate ...

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Enzo G. Castellari’s Bronx Warriors Trilogy Gets the Box Set Treatment

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 18:41:12 +0000

If you haven’t figured out what to get me for Christmas yet, allow me to point you in the right direction. According to Latemag.com, Enzo G. Castellari’s entire post-apocalypic saga — namely, “The Bronx Warriors,” “Escape From the Bronx,” and “The ...

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Jessica Alba, Affleck, Hudson – The Killer Inside Me trailer

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 09:01:34 +0000

Something for the BSC Mystery/Crime contingent here in the form of a trailer for a Jim Thompson novel adapted for the big screen. Seems like it has a solid enough cast in Casey Affleck (as Lou Ford) Jessica Alba (who we just saw on the Machete poster ), Kate Hudson, Ned Beatty, Bill Pullman ...

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SF Signal interviews Kaaron Warren

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 09:30:58 +0000

Angry Robot’s own Lavie Tidhar (author of The Bookman – a steampunk novel published by Angry Robot in January in the UK and October in the US and Canada) is the editor of The Apex Book of World SF . SF Signal is running a series of interviews with some of the contributors – ...

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Notes from New Sodom: On Blood, Bad Boys and Bottoms

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 03:15:27 +0000

The Inner Inhumanity I’ve got a theory, one that’s been brewing for a while really, ever since I first read Anne Rice’s Interview With the Vampire and Poppy Z. Brite’s Lost Souls . It’s one that’s been partly informed by my… exposure to the Twilight ...

Dalerone posted 35 hours ago from bscreview.com

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Kick-Ass Character Posters!

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 07:32:05 +0000

IGN has brought to the interwebs character posters from a movie that I can't wait for to hit theaters. We have Dave Lizewsk (Aaron aka Kick-Ass played by Aaron Johnson), Hit-Girl (Chloe Moretz) ( sweet promo pic ), Big Daddy played by Nicolas Cage, and Christopher Kintz-Plasse (McLovin!) as ...

Dalerone posted 31 hours ago from bscreview.com

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