We’ve been reading about orcs, elves, and magical talismans that incite world-spanning conflicts since the dawn of the Age of Man, but we recognize that not everyone is entirely comfortable with terms like “enchanted sword” or “ancient evil.” If you’re the sort of person who guesses The Lord of the Rings on every fantasy trivia question, the handy list […]
A Discovery of Witches, by Deborah Harkness, offers readers many pleasures, not the least among them a plot-driving quest to discover ancient hidden secrets and historical artifacts that are of great consequence to a modern world that includes witches, vampires, and various and sundry other beasties. If you’re looking for another book about a modern […]
This roundup of August’s most exciting sci-fi and fantasy releases features the latest installments of your favorite ongoing series, a few that will kick off your next obsession, and one with a new fictional disease scary enough that you won’t leave your house for a month (or at least until you’ve finished reading it). The […]
You don’t have to travel far through online fandom to find readers poking fun at popular epic fantasy series that often require readers to wait patiently (or not) for half-a-decade or more for the next instalment. It’s no surprise, really: the genre is complex by definition, and each volume often stacks up to four or fives times the […]
