Steven Till

Stephenie Meyer’s novels take up a third of the list.
1. Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, Book 4) by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown)
2. Eclipse (The Twilight Saga, Book 3) by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown)
3. Devil Bones: A Novel (Temperance Brennan Novels) by Kathy Reichs (Scribner)
4. The Gypsy Morph (The Genesis of Shannara, Book 3) by Terry […]

Filed under: Fiction, Literary News on September 4th, 2008 | No Comments »

A 2009 calendar based on the popular fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R Martin will be published by Dabel Brothers Publishing for next year.
“Dabel Brothers Publishing is proud to announce the publication of the first ever-illustrated calendar from the epic fantasy series, A Song of Ice and Fire, written by […]

Filed under: George R.R. Martin, Fiction, Fantasy on August 29th, 2008 | 2 Comments »

I’ve updated my bookshelf with more fiction titles (mostly medieval historical fiction and fantasy titles though others are included), more medieval non-fiction resources, and more writing resources. Please send me your recommendations as well. I’m always eager to read authors I’ve never read before.

Filed under: Middle Ages History, Medieval History, Historical Fiction, Writing Resources, Fiction on August 11th, 2008 | No Comments »

The Evening of the World: A Romance of the Dark Ages (Dark Ages Trilogy) by Allan Massie
*this novel borders on the late Roman, early medieval period
Paperback - 304 pages
Publisher - Orion Publishing (June 1, 2002)
Description:

The Evening of the World is set in the period of the barbarian invasions. Its hero is a young Roman nobleman […]

Filed under: Medieval History, Historical Fiction, Fiction on June 17th, 2008 | No Comments »

David Anthony Durham steps into the world of fantasy with his latest novel Acacia: Book One: The War With the Mein. Most known for his historical fiction novels — Gabriel’s Story, Walk Through Darkness, and Pride of Carthage — Durham seems born for the fantasy genre. His characters are compelling, always changing, complex, and the […]

Filed under: Historical Fantasy, Fiction, Fantasy, Book Reviews on June 16th, 2008 | 1 Comment »

War of the Gods by Poul Anderson
Paperback - 304 pages
Publisher - Tor Fantasy; Reprint edition (February 15, 1999)
Average Customer Review on Amazon - 3 stars
Editorial Review from Kirkus Reviews:
Veteran pro Anderson (The Fleet of Stars, p. 26, etc.) offers a Dark Age saga based on Old Scandinavian mythology and the exploits of the legendary Danish […]

Filed under: Medieval History, Historical Fiction, Fiction on June 10th, 2008 | No Comments »

When talking about fantasy novels, what does the term ”urban fantasy” refer to? I haven’t read many urban fantasy novels myself, but according to wikipedia, urban fantasy is:
A subset of contemporary fantasy, consisting of magical novels and stories set in contemporary, real-world, urban settings–as opposed to ‘traditional’ fantasy set in wholly imaginary landscapes, even ones containing imaginary cities, or having […]

Filed under: Fiction, Fantasy on June 5th, 2008 | 2 Comments »

People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
Hardcover: 384 pages
Publisher: Viking Adult (jan 2008)
Average Customer Review on Amazon: 4 stars
Editorial Review from Publishers Weekly:
Reading Geraldine Brooks’s remarkable debut novel, Year of Wonders, or more recently March, which won the Pulitzer Prize, it would be easy to forget that she grew up in Australia and worked as […]

Filed under: Medieval History, Historical Fiction, Fiction on June 3rd, 2008 | 1 Comment »

As the latest film installment of C.S. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia, Prince Caspian is receving little better than average in its reviews. Entertainment Weekly gave the film a “B minus;” On Rotten Tomatoes, its average rating is 6.3/10; and it received two thumbs down from Ebert & Roeper. I haven’t seen Prince Caspian yet. I […]

Filed under: Fiction, Fantasy, Books and Movies on May 30th, 2008 | 7 Comments »

An Endless Exile by Mary Lancaster
Paperback: 340 pages
Publisher: Bladud Books (October 4, 2005)
Average Customer Review on Amazon: 5 stars (4 reviews)
Description:
The love story of Hereward the Wake and the mystery and tragedy behind his brutal murder. An Endless Exile is the story of the eleventh century hero, Hereward “the Wake”, the only Englishman to have […]

Filed under: Medieval History, Historical Fiction, Fiction on May 27th, 2008 | No Comments »