5 Books That Prove This is a Great Fall for Epic Fantasy
It seems you can’t turn around in the bookstore these days without bumping up against a stack of the next…
Fantasy
Robert Jackson Bennett on What Makes a Book an Epic
Across five published novels, Robert Jackson Bennett has made it a point to never write the same book twice. His…
Brimstone and Leather: A Eulogy for Kim Harrison’s Hollows Saga
After 13 best-selling novels that have revitalized the landscape of genre fiction, Kim Harrison’s Hollows series—which features lovable witch and…
The Magicians Trilogy Will Redefine Your Relationship with Fantasy
Like a lot of kids, there were times in my childhood where I was convinced some grand mistake had been…
7 Book-to-TV Adaptations that Owe Their Success to Game of Thrones
Four years on, I’m still shocked by the massive success of HBO’s Game of Thrones. Sure, I expected it to look…
9 Books to Read If You Loved Disney’s Frozen
If you’ve had “Let it Go” stuck in your head since Disney’s Frozen premiered last year, you could probably use…
The Top 6 Best Dragons in Literature
Dragons have been a storytelling staple for ages, and it’s easy to see why we keep coming back to them.…
Five Reasons You Should Read Kim Harrison’s The Undead Pool
Kim Harrison’s beloved Hollows series is drawing to a close, with just one installment to go since the recent release…
March Madness: Our Fantasy Discworld Team
By the grace of almighty A’Tuin, let’s get ready to ruuuuuuuuuumble! Um. In a chance bit of scheduling nirvana, the…
Four Series That Could Be the Next Big Thing in Paranormal Fantasy
It’s an interesting time to be a paranormal fantasy fan. Over the last few years, some hugely popular series have…
Three Great New Zombie Novels For Fans of The Walking Dead!
On Sunday night, AMC’s The Walking Dead kicked off its fourth season in grand style—and if you’re anything like me,…
Which Fantasy World Do You Belong in?
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Well, why not both? The fantasy genre’s shtick is removing you…
7 Time Travel Books that Aren’t Science Fiction
Fall is upon us, and with it crisp air, the scent of pumpkin, and the lingering anxiety of all the…
5 Must-Read Werewolf Novels
During a recent conversation about the popularity of supernatural creatures in fiction, a hardcore and highly opinionated reader claimed that,…
Philosophical Gems from a Funny, Terrifying Saga
Anyone who has read Richard Kadrey’s Sandman Slim novels (Sandman Slim, Kill the Dead, Aloha from Hell, Devil Said Bang,…
The Genre-Blending Epic The Psalms of Isaak
I’ve written extensively over the past decade on the changing landscape of genre fiction: the rigidly defined boundaries between genre…
So Long, Sookie. Thanks for the Iced Tea and Fried Pickles.
Don’t get it wrong. Dead Ever After is a monumental release—arguably the paranormal fantasy release of the year. It marks…
A Narrator Who’s Haunted By a Ghost—Or Is She?
Editor’s note: Joel is reading his way through the finalists for the 2012 Nebula Award for best sci-fi/fantasy novel. Read…
10 Fantasy Short Stories for the Non-Fantasy Fan
So, you say you don’t read fantasy. Perhaps you’d like to try it, but you just can’t see yourself cracking…
A Book Starring A Fat, Middle-Aged Demon-Hunter
Editor’s note: Joel is reading his way through the finalists for the 2012 Nebula Award for best sci-fi/fantasy novel. Read…