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Kai-Enna is the Witch King, though he hasn’t always been, and he hasn’t even always been Kai-Enna!
After being …
This was a fun romp!
The one thing you never talk about while you’re in the Scholomance is what you’ll do when you get out. …
Tamsyn Muir’s Gideon the Ninth unveils a solar system of swordplay, cut-throat politics, and lesbian necromancers. Her characters leap off …
The Shadow Rising is a fantasy novel by American author Robert Jordan, the fourth book …
The Wheel of Time turns slowly on.
A time-traveling, futuristic saga of a family trying to outlast and remake a universe with …
Sounds promising from Cory Doctorow’s review.
Bob Howard is a computer-hacker desk jockey, who has more than enough trouble keeping up with the endless paperwork he …
No, I didn't kill the dead human. If I had, I wouldn't dump the body in the station mall.
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Small Gods is the thirteenth of Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels, published in 1992. It tells the origin of the god …
Who would want to harm Discworld's most beloved icon? Very few things are held sacred …
A fun seasonal read!
Stories of wit, stories of cruelty, stories of horror, and stories of life—Folk Tales of …
A quirky tour of Japanese folk tales with extensive commentary about the meaning, historical context and, the connection to modern Japanese culture. A bit chaotic but, fascinating and easy to read. These are more detailed, more in-depth versions of the sort of stories the author posts daily on Instagram.
A quirky tour of Japanese folk tales with extensive commentary about the meaning, historical context and, the connection to modern Japanese culture. A bit chaotic but, fascinating and easy to read. These are more detailed, more in-depth versions of the sort of stories the author posts daily on Instagram.
Stories of wit, stories of cruelty, stories of horror, and stories of life—Folk Tales of Japan is a collection of …
The one thing you never talk about while you’re in the Scholomance is what you’ll …
You would be forgiven for looking at a pithy summary of the Scholomance series and thinking this is yet another magical school wish fulfillment story. There’s a magical school, an extra-magical misfit main character who unexpectedly makes friends, a prophecy, monsters and sinister forces. Yet, for all that, this is a tale with a spirit firmly planted in reality that bends all the tropes.
What do you do when you are the best at defeating monsters when the real monster is deep systemic injustice?
Naomi Novik is producing some of the most interesting and creative fantasy stories of this generation. They are well worth your time.
You would be forgiven for looking at a pithy summary of the Scholomance series and thinking this is yet another magical school wish fulfillment story. There’s a magical school, an extra-magical misfit main character who unexpectedly makes friends, a prophecy, monsters and sinister forces. Yet, for all that, this is a tale with a spirit firmly planted in reality that bends all the tropes.
What do you do when you are the best at defeating monsters when the real monster is deep systemic injustice?
Naomi Novik is producing some of the most interesting and creative fantasy stories of this generation. They are well worth your time.
In the longest Sandman story, Morpheus becomes the prey of the Furies--avenging spirits who torment those who spill family blood. …
The one thing you never talk about while you’re in the Scholomance is what you’ll do when you get out. …