Books
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Rick Riordan’s Next Goal – Irish Mythology?
In a new blog post fantasy author Rick Riordan told fans about his MA in Gaelic literature, and his plans to on write about Irish mythology. News of Rick Riordan’s latest endeavor came out during an interview in the Irish radio station RTE1. In the past two years the fantasy author dedicated his time studying for an MA in Gaelic…
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To Sleep in a Sea of Stars – Christopher Paolini
Christopher Paolini’s new book, To Sleep in a Sea of Stars, to come out in the fall of 2020 A long time has past since Christopher Paolini, the author of the popular fantasy series, Aragon, has appeared on SFF Planet. The boy wonder of fantasy literature has not been a boy for a very long time, and sporting an impressive…
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Pan’s Labyrinth – Book Review
Ned Miller’s review of Pan’s Labyrinth: The Labyrinth of the Faun by Guillermo del Toro and Cornelia Funke In 2006 Guillermo del Toro Wowed audiences when his movie, Pan’s Labyrinth hit the big screen. It was a different kind of fantasy than the one fans have grown accustumed to. One part fairy tale, one part war movie, it became one…
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Interview with Siri Pettersen, Author of The Raven Rings
Siri Pettersen’s trilogy, The Raven Rings, has not yet been translated into English, but we had the privilege of reading it and talking with the Norse author behind the award-winning series. It all started, we found out, because of a character the author played in a Dungeons & Dragons game. But 10 years later no sign of that game remained.…
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How to Catch a Witch – Book Review
By: Ned Miller It is not often that I get to fall in love with a book or an author, these days. I have read too extensively to have this fresh perspective, required in order to read a book with the same wide-eyed wonder as I used to in my youth. But it does happen, and when it happens it’s…
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The Rest of Us Just Live Here – Book Review
By: Ned Miller The synopsis on the back of Patrick Ness’ book, The Rest of Us Just Live Here is both true and misleading. It briefly tells the premise of the plot: a parody of supernatural high school narratives, which recounts a Buffy the Vampire Slayer-like story, from the point of view of the regular students. Had Ness contented himself…
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