All Entries Tagged With: "fantasy"

TV Review: Does the Vampire Diaries Measure Up?

Welcome to Mystic Falls, where high school students look years older than they should, teachers get angry at students for not knowing historic facts about their town, and fog machines appear to be peppered throughout the small town, set to go off whenever anyone is left alone for too long. This is the Vampire Diaries. [...]

Tor Launches Print-on-Demand Imprint with Year’s Best Fantasy 9

It’s a big week for Tor.com and they’re proud to announce the immediate availability of David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer’s anthology, Year’s Best Fantasy 9.

This highly anticipated release also marks something they’re particularly proud of: Tor.com’s debut as a publishing entity, distinct from Tor Books and as a separate imprint under our shared corporate [...]

Rant: Is Expanding the Best Picture Category a Good Thing?

A few months ago when I first heard that next year’s Academy Awards was expanding the ‘Best Picture’ category from five nominees to 10 nominees there’s been one question lingering in my head ever since. Why? The obvious explanation is that a majority of the Academy for Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (or whichever association [...]

The Gathering Storm Tour Kicks Off in October

The 2009 national author tour for The Gathering Storm by Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson, Book Twelve in the Wheel of Time, and the first of three novels concluding this magnificent series, on October 27th.

Tour events kick off with a Midnight Party at Brandon’s local bookstore right at midnight Oct. 27th (Monday night) and continue [...]

What Can We Expect From DAW Books in the Future?

While I was unable to attend the DAW Books publisher presentation at this year’s WorldCon in Montreal due to a programming error in the schedule I was, however, able to get into contact with one of their representatives as to what we can expect from DAW Books this year and for much of next year. [...]

2009 World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Winners Announced

According to a recent post on Locus Online, the World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award winners for 2009 are Jane Yolen and Ellen Asher. The award is presented annually to individuals who have demonstrated outstanding service to the fantasy field. Lifetime Achievement winners are announced in advance; other winners will be announced at this year’s World [...]

‘Legion’ Trailer Released

One of the movies that caused a rather big stir at this year’s ComicCon was the much-anticipation film Legion. The film centers around a Rapture of sorts as thousands of angels bent on exterminating the entire human race descends upon the Earth with the intent of causing as much destruction in their wake. It seems [...]

2009 World Fantasy Awards List Announced

I was about to write a post on the Science Fiction Writers of America’s (SFWA) new website when I noticed the nominees for this year’s World Fantasy Award were listed there as well, and I couldn’t help but do a quick post on the nominees that made the list. They are listed below.

The World Fantasy [...]

Fantasy Writer David Eddings Donates $10 Million to the National Jewish Health

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National Jewish Health has received the single largest gift in its history, approximately $10 million, from the estate of fantasy author David Eddings. Eddings, the author of more than 25 books, passed away June 2, [...]

Merlin Set to Debut June 21

Fantasy is kind of an ironic genre if you look at it across different mediums. While there’s a strong devoted fan base for authors like J.R.R. Tolkien, George R.R. Martin, Charles de Lint, Robert Jordan, and dozens of others it still very much remains an understated genre. While half of the highest-grossing films of all [...]