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Coming up in 2014
Here's my spotlight for the Fantasy releases of 2014. What a great in perspective!!!***JANUARY***He Drank, and Saw the SpiderEddie LaCrosse book 5Alex BledsoeJanuary 14thAfter he fails to save a...
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New poll - Innovation - Familiar versus original
***This month, Brian Staveley is presenting his debut Fantasy novel, The Emperor's Blade. I'm currently reading the book and already, there's several reviews available from various bloggers....
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Upcoming - Arcanum by Simon Morden
In both my release spotlight posts for January and for the whole year, I forgot one title. It was included in my 2014 eager meter poll but I forgot it until it showed up at my door, courtesy of Orbit...
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Fifteen chapters of Sanderson's Word of Radiance
Brandon Sanderson's second book in the Stormlight Archive, Words of Radiance, will be released on March 4th. For those of you who want to read some of it before it comes out, Tor has posted new...
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A round of covers
This one is a great round! Enjoy!***The first one is from one of my favorite Fantasy cover art designer these days, Marc Simonetti. The french artist created a triptych of the three covers of the...
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Blogging hiatus, a newborn!
I have been silent for the past two weeks and there's a good reason for it. Here it is:This little wonder is my second child and she kept me quite occupied lately :)Now that a kind of routine is...
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Moore's The Blasted Lands' cover
Tor.com revealed the cover art for The Blasted Lands, the second book in James A. Moore's Seven Forges series (the series is the namesake of the first book). The Angry Robot books novel's cover looks...
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February releases
February is not a huge month in term of spotlight releases in Fantasy but still, The Fell Sword could be one of the best books of the year.***The Copper PromiseJen WilliamsFebruary 13thThere are some...
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New maps for Cameron's The Fell Sword
The Fell Sword is the second book in the Traitor Son Cycle by Miles Cameron. For his first book (but after the initial release), The Red Knight, the author posted the map of Albia that you can find in...
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Anthony Huso's next book
Anthony Huso, author of the duology including The Last Page and Black Bottle (the first being a masterpiece in my opinion and the follow-up a letdown), posted an update on his writing back at his page....
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New poll - Humor
First, let's comeback on the previous one.In my last poll, the question was : ''Is innovation overrated in Fantasy?''. That questioning came from the talk generated by the release of more traditional...
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Very cool wrapping from Orbit
I just received Thief's Magic by Trudi Caravan, courtesy of Orbit Books and it was wrapped in this nice paper with Orbit's logo in sealing wax. Nice!
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March releases
The most expected book of 2014 (judging by my eager meter poll) is out this month but March isn't only about Brandon Sanderson. Here's my spotlight.In addition to the books I present, The Fell Sword...
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A round of covers
It's time for another round!Orbit books revealed the covers for their upcoming line-up. The covers include the Autumn 2014 to Winter 2015 Orbit UK covers and the Fall 2014 to Winter 2015 US Covers....
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Words of Radiance is huge!
Earlier today, I received Brandon Sanderson's much awaited novel, Words of Radiance, courtesy of Tor. I had read on some blogs that is was quite the doorstopper but it's only when you have it in your...
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Guest post - Craftsmanship in Fantasy by Miles Cameron
The Fell Sword, released on March 11th, is the second book in the Traitor Son Cycle by author Miles Cameron, who adopted Canada. Miles is his pseudonym for his Fantasy writing since he's already know...
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New maps - Mark Smylie's The Barrow
The Barrow is the first novel of Mark Smylie, the writer and illustrator of the Artesia comics (and it's getting great reviews so far, it seems to be some nice 'grimdark, Fantasy). The setting for the...
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Blood Song review
Blood Song is the debut Fantasy novel and first book of the Raven's Shadow series, a trilogy, by UK author Anthony Ryan. Ryan finished the book a couple of years ago (in 2010 to be precise) and after...
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Abercrombie's Half a King UK cover
Joe's Half A King US cover was unveiled a while ago (by the way the book will be released in July) and now the UK cover art has surfaced (the first one). There are similitude... but I prefer the UK...
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Cover art for Esslemont's Assail
Here is is, the cover art for the sixth and final book in the Malazan Empire series by Ian C. Esslemont, Assail. It's not amazing but it will fit with its brethren.The book will be out August 5th....
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