I can hardly believe that it’s already been twenty years since Vampire: The Masquerade was introduced to the tabletop and live-action role-play gaming scene. The game has undoubtedly influenced vampire pop culture through the years and CCP and White Wolf [...]
Read moreBook Review: Queen of Kings
Hardcover: 416 pages Publisher: Dutton Adult Language: English ISBN-10: 0525952179 ISBN-13: 978-0525952176 Synopsis: Once there was a queen of Egypt…a queen who became through magic something else… The year is 30 BC. Octavian Caesar and his massed legions are poised to enter Alexandria. A messenger [...]
Read morePottermore Revealed!
It's time to learn what all this Pottermore business is about! Just seconds after the official countdown ended the website for Pottermore is already experiencing difficulties (presumably from the millions of fans trying to visit all at once). Never fear, true [...]
Read moreTHE MAGICIAN KING Website Goes Live, MAGICIANS Fans Officially Titillated
Fans of Lev Grossman's The Magicians have a lot to look forward to in the upcoming sequel, The Magician King. To prove it to you Mr. Grossman has launched the official website for the book which reveals an interesting bit [...]
Read moreNovel Sneak Peek: Jim Butcher’s Ghost Story
There's just over a month before the release of Ghost Story, the next Harry Dresden novel, and this urban fantasy fan is chomping at the bit. Butcher must have heard fans scratching at the walls, because he's released the first [...]
Read moreMore on Pottermore
Speculation is running wilder than a rogue hippogriff about J.K. Rowling's Pottermore website which will reveal itself in around 5 days time. One of the loudest hypotheses is that Pottermore stands for “Potter Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Experience." Yep. An MMORPG set in the [...]
Read moreJ.K. Rowling Teases POTTERMORE Website, Promises Details Soon
Just one month away from the 8th and final installment of the Harry Potter film franchise, author J.K. Rowling has revealed a new and mysterious website called Pottermore that is nothing more than a placeholder with the images above. What [...]
Read moreFan-Made Robopocalypse Trailer Gives Me the Heebee-Jeebees, Reminds Me That I MUST Read This Book
I love a really well done book trailer. As conceptual and contextual as my brain works, sometimes some visual cues can really bring an idea home for me. Take this fan-made book trailer by Stephen Lunsford about Daniel H. Wilson's novel Robopocalypse. [...]
Read moreDel Rey Picks up Three More Iron Druid Books
If you're a fan of urban fantasy, then today is cause for celebration. Del Rey has announced that they have signed on Kevin Hearne, author of the Iron Druid Chronicles, to write three more novels featuring Atticus O'Sullivan, a two [...]
Read moreInheritance Sneak Peek
If you're a fan of Christopher Paolini's Inheritance Cycle, then I've got a treat for you. Random House has released a one page excerpt from the 4th and final volume of Paolini's epic saga. Inheritance hits stores on November 8. [...]
Read moreBook Trailer For NEWSFLESH Trilogy Hits the Internet
I've had a copy of the Hugo Award nominated Feed by Mira Grant sitting on my bookshelf and collecting dust for a hot minute now. It's not that I don't want to read it, but life and a whole bunch of [...]
Read moreJ.K. Rowling To Build Hagrid’s Hut In Her Garden
Yes, you've read that headline right. It appears that the creator of the Harry Potter series has created a bit of a stir in her native Edinburgh. After buying her next door neighbors house for over £1 million, she plans [...]
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