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By Aidan Moher September 11th, 2014

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An Aside | 2009 Hugo Award Nominees
An Aside | 2009 Hugo Award Winners
An Aside | 2009 Nebula Award Winners
An Aside | 2010 Hugo Award Nominees
An Aside | 2010 Hugo Award Winners
An Aside | 2011 Hugo Award Nominees (and my thoughts)
An Aside | 2011 Nebula Award Winners
An Aside | 2011 Nebula Nominations Announced
An Aside | 2011 World Fantasy Award Nominees
An Aside | 2012 Hugo Award Eligibility
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An Aside | A Couple of Covers
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An Aside | A Dribble of Ink in Song!
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An Aside | Coe on Page Proofs
An Aside | Cool Wheel of Time Artwork
An Aside | Cover Art Cliches for 2009
An Aside | Cover Art for Iron Angel
An Aside | Cover Art for The Divine Talisman
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An Aside | Dabel Bros. Team Up with Del Rey
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An Aside | Daniel Abraham on “Epic Fantasy”
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An Aside | Del Rey to publish Graphic Novel by Diana Gabaldon
An Aside | Del Toro leaves ‘The Hobbit’ *UPDATED*
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An Aside | Edelman on Reviews
An Aside | Elijah Wood on his role as Frodo Baggins in THE HOBBIT
An Aside | Elvish Script for a Graphic Design Generation
An Aside | En FranÃ§ais?
An Aside | Ender cast for ENDER’S GAME film?
An Aside | Family builds Hobbit house, earns my respect
An Aside | Fantasy Book News & Reviews
An Aside | Fantasy Pixel Art
An Aside | Feedburner
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An Aside | Filming of HBO’s adaptation of A Game of Thrones has wrapped
An Aside | Filming of The Hobbit delayed?
An Aside | Final Fantasy XIII Coming to Xbox360
An Aside | Fire and Blood
An Aside | First Details on Guy Gavriel Kay’s Next Novel
An Aside | First details on J.K. Rowling’s next novel, for adults.
An Aside | First details on THE WARDS OF FAERIE by Terry Brooks
An Aside | First gameplay trailer for THE ELDER SCROLLS: SKYRIM
An Aside | First image of Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins in THE HOBBIT
An Aside | First images from the A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE comics
An Aside | First Impressions roll in on ‘The Dragon’s Path’ by Daniel Abraham
An Aside | First look at ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’ film
An Aside | First look at the Dwarfs from THE HOBBIT
An Aside | First news on A RED COUNTRY by Joe Abercrombie
An Aside | First Peek at SUIKODEN: THE WOVEN WEB OF A CENTURY
An Aside | First review of Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie
An Aside | First review of The Gathering Storm by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
An Aside | First screenshots from new X-COM strategy game, ENEMY UNKNOWN!
An Aside | First synopsis for THE DAYLIGHT WAR by Peter V. Brett
An Aside | First tidbits about Robin Hobb’s next novel
An Aside | Free Novella with the purchase of Kaaron Warren’s ‘Walking the Tree’
An Aside | Full Table of Contents for Swords & Dark Magic Anthology
An Aside | Game based on Stephen King’s The Dark Tower coming in November
An Aside | GAME OF THRONES renewed for second season
An Aside | Gentleman’s Challenge: The Ten Thousand Edition
An Aside | George R.R. Martin, one of Time’s Top 100 in 2011
An Aside | Goodreads
An Aside | Great Fantasy Art by Hunter Bonyun
An Aside | Great Tips for Starting a Blog from Tia
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An Aside | Greg Keyes added to ‘Swords and Dark Magic’ Anthology
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An Aside | GRRM Reading Nursery Rhymes
An Aside | GRRM’s A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE being adapted into a comic book
An Aside | Guy Gavriel Kay on CBC Radio One Book Club
An Aside | Hal Duncan Joins Twitter, Earth Explodes.
An Aside | Half-a-Million
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An Aside | Hugo Winners ’08
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An Aside | I’m a part of the Suvudu Cage Matches!
An Aside | I’m Back!
An Aside | I’m the newest Contributor at SFSignal!
An Aside | I’ve been interviewed!
An Aside | I’ve been meme’d…
An Aside | I’ve joined the Suvudu team!
An Aside | Iain M. Banks hitting the Silver Screen
An Aside | Ian McKellen, Elijah Wood and Andy Serkis officially join THE HOBBIT
An Aside | If Tarantino Did Fantasy
An Aside | Images from HBO’s ‘A Game of Thrones’ TV Show
An Aside | io9’s Epic ‘Rules of Magic’
An Aside | Isaac Asimov on Books, Libraries and Imagination
An Aside | It’s heeeeeeeeeeeeeeerrre.
An Aside | Jackson and del Toro talk “The Hobbit”
An Aside | Jesse Bullington announces HOOK AND COD
An Aside | Jo Walton tackles the Hugo Awards
An Aside | Joe Abercrombie’s web site has launched!
An Aside | Joe Abercrombie, the Sell Out
An Aside | John Joseph Adams takes the helm at LIGHTSPEED and FANTASY magazines
An Aside | John Ottinger’s 5 Tips for Better Blogging
An Aside | John Scalzi’s OLD MAN’S WAR optioned for film
An Aside | John Scalzi, Wil Wheaton and Subterranean Press present ‘Clash of the Geeks’
An Aside | Join me in this week’s SFSignal Mind Meld!
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An Aside | Kirkus’ Best of 2007
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An Aside | LA Times on Brandon Sanderson and WoT
An Aside | Last Argument of Kings Shipping Early
An Aside | Last Friday, I hung out with George R.R. Martin
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An Aside | Make your Own Anthology
An Aside | Mark Charan Newton announces DRAKENFELD, first volume of new book series
An Aside | Mark Charan Newton signs two book deal with Del Rey
An Aside | Mark Charan Newton’s THE REEF now available as eBook
An Aside | Mary Robinette Kowal and John Scalzi Defend NaNoWriMo
An Aside | Matthew Woodring Stover working on God of War Novel
An Aside | Meet the cast of THE HOBBIT film adaptation
An Aside | Meet the Kraken, Balon Greyjoy cast in GAME OF THRONES
An Aside | Memememe… me.
An Aside | Merry (Late) Christmas from Del Rey
An Aside | Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
An Aside | Mightier than the Sword
An Aside | Miss Snark
An Aside | More Dwarfs from THE HOBBIT
An Aside | More Fuel to the Rumours that Jackson will direct The Hobbit
An Aside | More GAME OF THRONES Season Two casting news
An Aside | More news on ‘Conquering Swords’ Anthology, including Abercrombie, Moorcock and a title change
An Aside | More News on DRAKENFELD by Mark Charan Newton
An Aside | More Wheel of Time after A Memory of Light is Published?
An Aside | Muddy Colors on the Art of Fanzines
An Aside | My 2012 Hugo Nominations
An Aside | My afternoon with Steven Erikson
An Aside | My Good Friends
An Aside | My RSS Feed
An Aside | My thoughts on the 2011 Hugo Award Winners
An Aside | My thoughts on the GAME OF THRONES MMORPG
An Aside | NASCENCE by Tobias Buckell
An Aside | Natalie Dormer joins GAME OF THRONES for season two
An Aside | Neil Gaiman’s Givin’ away a book!
An Aside | New Art from Gardens of the Moon
An Aside | New Dark Tower novel coming from Stephen King?
An Aside | New Dark Tower painting from SF great Michael Whelan
An Aside | New Elfstones coming in future Shannara novels by Terry Brooks
An Aside | New GAME OF THRONES Season 2 promotional poster
An Aside | New GAME OF THRONES Season 2 Trailer: SHADOW
An Aside | New Images from HBO’s GAME OF THRONES
An Aside | New J.R.R. Tolkien novel coming in May 2009
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An Aside | New Star Trek Trailer is Badass
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An Aside | New York Times review of THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (1954)
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An Aside | News about Tobias Buckell’s Upcoming Novels
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An Aside | News on GAME OF THRONES: GENESIS
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An Aside | No TV series for Lev Grossman’s THE MAGICIANS
An Aside | No UK release for THE SACRED BAND by David Anthony Durham
An Aside | Notes from Neil Gaiman’s American Gods
An Aside | Official ‘Wheel of Time’ portraits now available for purchase
An Aside | Official release date for A MEMORY OF LIGHT by Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson
An Aside | Official Trailer for PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES
An Aside | Official Word on A Memory of Light (THREE volumes + It’s all true)
An Aside | Official word on the Solaris sale
An Aside | On Bloggers and the Hugo Awards
An Aside | On Reviews, Newbies and William Lexner
An Aside | Orbit Books ‘thrilled’ about first eBook-only launch, I’m ‘skeptical’
An Aside | Orbit Books launches Short Fiction store… kinda
An Aside | Orbit Books now publishing Short Fiction
An Aside | Orbit Picks up Abercrombie and Three Others
An Aside | Orbit signs Kim Stanley Robinson for three novels
An Aside | Orbit’s Fall/Winter Line-up
An Aside | Orion Snags Carlos Ruiz Zafon
An Aside | Pat to Supply Blurb for Gardens of the Moon!
An Aside | Patrick Rothfuss’ THE WISE MAN’S FEAR is done!
An Aside | Paul Kearney’s Upcoming Projects
An Aside | Paul S. Kemp no longer writing for Wizards of the Coast
An Aside | Paul S. Kemp on Tie-in Novels
An Aside | Peter V. Brett sells another novella to Subterranean Press
An Aside | Peter Watts working on CRYSIS novel
An Aside | PHOENIX WRIGHT… the film?
An Aside | Piano rendition of GAME OF THRONES theme song
An Aside | PIXELS by Patrick Jean
An Aside | Poster for BRAVE, the new Pixar Movie
An Aside | Press Release: Essay Contest hosted by Pyr Books
An Aside | Progress Update on A Dance with Dragons
An Aside | PS Publishing to Release Tim Powers Biography
An Aside | Pyr bringing Tchaikovsky’s ‘Shadows of the Apt’ to the US
An Aside | Queen of the Iron Sands by Scott Lynch
An Aside | Re-reading A DANCE WITH DRAGONS by GRRM
An Aside | Read my Suvudu Cage Match!
An Aside | Release Calendar for The Wheel of Time E-books
An Aside | Review Round-up for A DANCE WITH DRAGONS by George R.R. Martin
An Aside | Review Round-up for THE WISE MAN’S FEAR by Patrick Rothfuss
An Aside | Richard Morgan on Swearing, Violence and… Gay sex?
An Aside | Richard Morgan Talks about Tolkien
An Aside | Richard Morgan working for Electronic Arts on Videogames
An Aside | Robert Jordan Has Passed Away
An Aside | Ron Howard bringing ‘The Dark Tower’ to the silver screen
An Aside | Roose Bolton cast in GAME OF THRONES
An Aside | Rothfuss gives an (encouraging) update on ‘The Wise Man’s Fear’
An Aside | Rothfuss Raises Over $100,000!
An Aside | Rules for writing from the Masters
An Aside | Saga of the First King Sweepstakes
An Aside | Saladin Ahmed sells three novels to DAW Books
An Aside | Sam Sykes Interviews… Me!
An Aside | Sanderson Hits the NYT Bestseller List!
An Aside | Sanderson to finish WoT
An Aside | Saturday Morning Watchmen
An Aside | Scalzi Pulls Back the Curtain
An Aside | Science Fiction and Fantasy Ethics, a new blog
An Aside | Scott Lynch, Steven Erikson and others to appear in ‘Conquering Swords’ Anthology
An Aside | See how the 70’s-style Special Effects for Star Wars were created
An Aside | SF Bookclub, Twitter style
An Aside | SF Signal Podcast Episode 101: Favourite SFF Novels of 2011, featuring me!
An Aside | SFFWorld’s Annual Review (2007)
An Aside | SFNovelists.com
An Aside | SFX Magazine’s Top 25 Novels
An Aside | SFX’s Top 100 Authors
An Aside | SHADOWHEART, featuring Aidan Moher
An Aside | Shadowrise by Tad Williams to be split into two volumes
An Aside | Shawn C. Speakman
An Aside | Six Word Stories
An Aside | SKYRIM review round-up
An Aside | So long, for now.
An Aside | Solaris Books sold to Rebellion
An Aside | Solaris put up for sale
An Aside | Solaris signs Kearney for two more books
An Aside | Some Cool New Blogs
An Aside | Some Stylish artwork for A Song of Ice and Fire
An Aside | Songs of the Dying Earth
An Aside | Speculative Horizons
An Aside | Speculative Horizons closes its doors
An Aside | Stannis Baratheon and Melisandre cast in HBO’s GAME OF THRONES
An Aside | Star Wars as told by someone who’s never watched Star Wars
An Aside | Starcraft II: Ghosts of the Past Trailer
An Aside | Steampunk Star Wars
An Aside | Steven Burst Writes… a Firefly novel?!
An Aside | Steven Erikson completes the Malazan Book of the Fallen series
An Aside | Steven Erikson talks about writing & The Crippled God
An Aside | Suvudu chats with Terry Brooks and Christopher Paolini
An Aside | Suvudu Launches
An Aside | Suvudu members chat with China Mieville
An Aside | Sword & Sorcery EP
An Aside | SyFy? Really? (or, ‘Why Marketing Execs Shouldn’t Drink on the Job’)
An Aside | Synopsis for ‘Kraken’ by China Mieville
An Aside | Synopsis for ‘Leviathan Wakes’ by James S.A. Corey (otherwise known as Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck)
An Aside | Synopsis for ‘Shadowrise’ by Tad Williams
An Aside | Synopsis for ‘The Crippled God’ by Steven Erikson
An Aside | Synopsis for ‘The Republic of Thieves’ by Scott Lynch
An Aside | Synopsis for ‘The Way of Kings’ by Brandon Sanderson
An Aside | Synopsis for ‘Towers of Midnight’ by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
An Aside | Synopsis for Dragon Keeper by Robin Hobb
An Aside | Synopsis for EMBASSYTOWN by China Mieville
An Aside | Synopsis for PERFECT SHADOW by Brent Weeks
An Aside | Synopsis for RAILSEA by China Mieville
An Aside | Synopsis for THE SACRED BAND by David Anthony Durham
An Aside | Synopsis for Under Heaven by Guy Gavriel Kay
An Aside | Tad Williams working on Urban Fantasy series
An Aside | Tad Williams’ ‘Shadowmarch’ series to conclude in November, 2010
An Aside | Tar Valon Looks Like a Vagina. Coincidence?
An Aside | Teaser Trailer and Behind-the-Scenes look at HBO’s ‘A Game of Thrones’
An Aside | Teaser Trailer for ‘A Game of Thrones’ on HBO
An Aside | Ten minutes of HBO’s GAME OF THRONES
An Aside | Ten Rules for Writing Fiction by Daniel Abraham
An Aside | Terry Brooks chats with his Fans
An Aside | Terry Brooks’ MAGIC KINGDOM FOR SALE: SOLD! optioned for film
An Aside | Terry Goodkind returns to Fanta… er, Ayn Randian, um… Tor Books?
An Aside | Terry Goodkind’s ‘Legend of the Seeker’
An Aside | Terry Goodkind’s next novel is ‘The Omen Machine’, he designed the cover
An Aside | Terry Goodkind, meet Steven Erikson
An Aside | The (Late) Bastards and the (Tardy) Knives
An Aside | The 13th Volume of ‘The Wheel of Time’ Has a Title
An Aside | The Cover for Bloodheir
An Aside | The Cover for Salvatore’s “The Ancient”
An Aside | The cover of “The Wise Man’s Fear”
An Aside | The Dagda King
An Aside | THE DARK TOWER movie and TV series are dead.
An Aside | The David Gemmell Legend Award shortlist announced
An Aside | The DEATH STAR cost *how* much?
An Aside | The difference betweem A GAME OF THRONES and A DANCE WITH DRAGONS
An Aside | The Dirty Words of Book Reviewers
An Aside | The first official trailer for THE HOBBIT
An Aside | The first review of A DANCE WITH DRAGONS by George R.R. Martin
An Aside | The first review of THE WISE MAN’S FEAR by Patrick Rothfuss
An Aside | The first synopsis for A RED COUNTRY by Joe Abercrombie
An Aside | The Functional Nerds podcast featuring… Me!
An Aside | The Gathering Storm hits #1 on NYT Bestseller List
An Aside | The Gathering Storm, available damn near everywhere.
An Aside | The Genre Files does “The Steel Remains”
An Aside | The Graveyard Book wins the Newberry Medal
An Aside | The Heroes, a new novel from Joe Abercrombie
An Aside | The Hivemind
An Aside | The Hound cast in HBO’s A Game of Thrones Pilot
An Aside | THE LAST STORY coming to North America thanks to XSEED
An Aside | THE MILKWEED TRIPTYCH by Ian Tregillis find UK publisher
An Aside | The Monarchies of God Omnibus
An Aside | The New York Times’ embarrassing review of GAME OF THRONES
An Aside | The New Yorker’s seven essential Fantasy reads
An Aside | The Portal calls for Reviewers
An Aside | The Swivet’s Got Some Sway!
An Aside | The Top 10 SF&F Authors?
An Aside | The Trifecta of Awesomeness
An Aside | The Turkey City Lexicon
An Aside | The Warded Man Optioned for Film
An Aside | The Wise Man’s Fear by Patrick Rothfuss gets a release date
An Aside | The Wise Man’s Fear Delay Explained
An Aside | The Wise Man’s Fear Delayed… again
An Aside | The Wise Man’s Fear Release Info
An Aside | The Worst Novel I Finished in 2008
An Aside | Theatrical Trailer for Pixar’s BRAVE
An Aside | Third Teaser Trailer for HBO’s GAME OF THRONES
An Aside | Tim Holman Talks Cover Art
An Aside | Tim Powers Illustrating the next James Blaylock Book
An Aside | Tips from Vandermeer
An Aside | Tobias Buckell Cares About YOU
An Aside | Tobias Buckell Working on Halo?
An Aside | Toll the Hounds Tidbits
An Aside | Tor.com Fantasy launches… and I’m the Boss
An Aside | Tor.com hosts new Cory Doctorow novel
An Aside | Tor.com launches a store, includes other publishers
An Aside | Tor.com launches Print on Demand imprint
An Aside | Tor.com Launches!
An Aside | TOWERS OF MIDNIGHT Review Round-up!
An Aside | Trailer for ‘Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince’
An Aside | Trailer for BRAVE, the latest Pixar film
An Aside | Trailer for Neil Gaiman’s Coraline
An Aside | Trailer for Ridley Scott’s ‘Robin Hood’
An Aside | Travel to Middle Earth, posters by Steve Thomas
An Aside | Twitterized
An Aside | Two more cast for GAME OF THRONES, including Jaqen H’Ghar
An Aside | Two more categories for David Gemmell Legend Award
An Aside | Two new Brandon Sanderson novels announced
An Aside | Two photos from the set of THE HOBBIT
An Aside | Under Heaven, Guy Gavriel Kay’s next novel
An Aside | Update on ‘A Dance with Dragons’
An Aside | Update on ‘Towers of Midnight’ by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
An Aside | Updated my Blogroll
An Aside | US Release Date for Nights of Villjamur by Mark Charan Newton
An Aside | US Release for The Steel Remains
An Aside | VanderMeer on Internet Personality
An Aside | Video Interview with Peter F. Hamilton
An Aside | Vote for A Dribble of Ink!
An Aside | Vote for the David Gemmell Award!
An Aside | Wander Tad Williams’ SHADOWMARCH castle in Minecraft
An Aside | Wanna win a Hugo? It’ll only cost you $8,800!
An Aside | Want your Self-Published SFF novel reviewed?
An Aside | War of the Words: Win a publishing contract with Tor!
An Aside | Warner Bros. options OTHERLAND by Tad Williams
An Aside | Watch Weeks, Abercrombie, Rothfuss and co. play D&D
An Aside | Websites for Writers
An Aside | Welcome back to Hobbiton, set photos from THE HOBBIT
An Aside | Wertzone Covers the Books of 2009
An Aside | What Kind of Reader Are You?
An Aside | What’s Next for Erikson?
An Aside | What’s Next For Michael J. Sullivan, author of THEFT OF SWORDS?
An Aside | What’s Next from Kearney?
An Aside | Wheel of Time Optioned for Film
An Aside | When Richard Speaks We Listen
An Aside | Whoring Myself Out
An Aside | Why The Wise Man’s Fear is still not done
An Aside | Winner of the Hugo Logo Contest
An Aside | Wizards of the Coast buys six more ‘Drizzt’ books from R.A. Salvatore
An Aside | Wizard’s Tower Press, a new eBook publisher with big ideas
An Aside | Word Count
An Aside | World Fantasy Award 2009 Nominees
An Aside | You should read this
An Aside | Your new favourite Blogs
An Aside | Ysabel by Guy Gavriel Kay Optioned for Film
An Aside | ZOO CITY by Lauren Beukes Optioned for Film
An Aside/Review | The Solaris Book of New Fantasy
An era ends, Graeme’s Fantasy Book Review closes its doors.
An excerpt from Railsea by China Mieville
An(other Cover Art) Aside | The Steel Remains by Richard K. Morgan
Ann Leckie discusses Ancillary Sword, and the success of Ancillary Justice
Ann Leckie’s Ancillary Justice optioned for television
Ann VanderMeer joins Tor.com as Consulting Fiction Editor
Announcing Tide of Shadows and Other Stories
Announcing the 2014 Hugo Award Nominees (guest starring… um, me!)
Armada is fucking terrible
Art | 70+ Illustrations from A DANCE WITH DRAGONS by George R.R. Martin
Art | A modern timeline of THE LORD OF THE RINGS
Art | Amazing Japanese poster for Pixar’s BRAVE
Art | Another great LORD OF THE RINGS timeline, by Randall Munroe
Art | Artwork from the Limited Edition of BEFORE THEY ARE HANGED by Joe Abercrombie
Art | Awesome fanmade posters for SUPERMAN: MAN OF STEEL
Art | Celebrating/Bemoaning the 1-year anniversary of LOST’s finale
Art | Fan Art, so good it makes me cry
Art | Fan Art: It Doesn’t Suck
Art | Geometric Superheroes
Art | Gorgeous GAME OF THRONES portraits
Art | Hayao Miyazaki, the Lego-man
Art | If Videogame Covers Didn’t Suck…
Art | METROID turns 25
Art | Minimalist STAR WARS Posters
Art | Modern covers for classic Science Fiction
Art | More Artwork from TERA ONLINE
Art | More LORD OF THE RINGS-themed Lego
Art | More Steampunk Star Wars
Art | More ZELDA-themed travel posters
Art | Never Before Seen Tolkien Illustrations from THE HOBBIT
Art | Paint Splatter Superheroes
Art | Paper Cut Silhouettes by Olly Moss
Art | Retro STAR WARS travel posters
Art | Return of the ~~Jedi~~ Group
Art | Star Wars meets Winnie the Pooh
Art | The Art of Chris Newman
Art | The Art of Kekai Kotaki
Art | The Art of TERA ONLINE
Art | The Artwork of Jason Chan
Art | The Artwork of Julie Dillon
Art | The entire HARRY POTTER saga in one image
Art | THE HOBBIT, in Lego form
Art | The Houses of Westeros (A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE)
Art | The kitschy castles of George R.R. Martin’s A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE by Kevin Cook
Art | THE LEGEND OF ZELDA has never looked so good!
Art | Travel to Hyrule Field
Art | Victorian-Style Star Wars Portraits
Art | When Titans Collide
Art | Wonderful concept art from Donkey Kong Country Returns
Article | A Changing of the Guard
Article | A Changing of the Guard Part III
Article | A Changing of the Guard Pt.II
Article | A Matter of Perspective
Article | A Review of Reviews
Article | Agentfail Day, a bite back at Scathing Agents
Article | An Author’s Best Friend
Article | Blogger Standards?
Article | But what about the women?
Article | Early Impressions rolling in on The Gathering Storm
Article | Fantasy Oversaturation?
Article | For Whom Do We Write?
Article | Guy Gavriel Kay wades into the ‘Martin-itis’ debate
Article | Hey, GRRM agrees with me!
Article | I Wrote a couple of Cage Matches for Suvudu!
Article | Mid-year Review
Article | My 5 favourite blogs of 2009
Article | My 5 Favourite Books of 2009
Article | My Favourite Blogs of 2011
Article | My Favourite Books of 2010
Article | My Favourite Novels of 2011
Article | My Favourite Videogames of 2010
Article | My Favourite Videogames of 2011
Article | My Seven Essential Second-step Fantasies
Article | New to Science Fiction? Start Here.
Article | Novels of the Year (2008)
Article | On finishing my first novel, Through Bended Grass
Article | On Genre Diversity (or, Why Mark Charan Newton was Right)
Article | On Meeting Blake Charlton, Robin Hobb, Peter Orullian and Todd Lockwood
Article | Peter V. Brett Responds to GRRM Articles
Article | Pile o’ Shame
Article | Pile o’ Shame Round 2
Article | Reading as a Writer
Article | Reflecting on 2008
Article | Ruminations on ‘Urban’ Fantasy
Article | So, last night I watched ALIEN for the first time.
Article | Suvudu Blogger Interview: George R.R. Martin
Article | The (multi-volume) Telling of a Story
Article | The (multi-volume) Telling of a Story: A Follow Up
Article | Those Potty-mouthed Scoundrels
Article | To Review, or Not to Review? That is the Question
Article | What Are Bloggers Worth?
Article | Where’d the Enthusiasm Go?
Article | Why Fantasy Matters
Article | Why You Should Cut George RR Martin Some Slack
Article | Zadie Smith and the crossover between mainstream and genre literature
Artist Spotlight: Get Wet with Cyril Rolando
Artwork | The first official map of George R.R. Martin’s THE FREE CITIES
Attending LonCon 3? Come on out to Blogger Voltron!
Australian-New Zealand actor lands role of Allanon in MTV’s The Elfstones of Shannara
Available Now: Unfettered from Grim Oak Press, ed. Shawn Speakman
Beautiful Concept Art from Game of Thrones
Beautiful Fan-Made Covers for The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Becoming Gandalf
Best of ’13 — A Dribble of Ink in the Hugo Award Packet!
Best of ’13 — Hugo Award Nominations & Recommendations (ver. 0.7.5)
Best of ’13 — My Favourite Books by Women
Best of ’13 — Roundup of Hugo Nominations & Recommendations around the ‘Net
Best of ’14 — My Favourite Books, Blogs, Video games, and more!
Bill Mudron’s woodblock prints inspired by Studio Ghibli will put a smile on your face
Bradley P. Beaulieu announces THE SONG OF THE SHATTERED SANDS, three-book deal with DAW
Bradley P. Beaulieu completes Twelve Kings in Sharakhai
Bradley P. Beaulieu leaves publisher, re-launches The Lays of Anuskaya as self-published series
Brandon Sanderson is releasing two new Mistborn novels in 2015 (kinda, sorta, not really)
Brandon Sanderson sells two Mistborn novels to Tor Books
Brandon Sanderson spills all of A Memory of Light‘s unrevealed secrets on Twitter
Brandon Sanderson talks A Memory of Light, reveals Wheel of Time mysteries
Brandon Sanderson’s Words of Radiance Looms on the Horizon
Brandon Sanderson, bringing back the Ace Double two stories at a time
Brent Weeks’ Lightbringer series expanded to four volumes
Brian McClellan announces delay for The Crimson Campaign
Brit Mandelo Joins Strange Horizons as Fiction Editor
C.C. Finlay joins Fantasy & Science Fiction as full-time Editor
Can’t wait for The Hobbit? Here’s an 8 minute trailer to tide you over.
Can’t wait for Scott Lynch’s The Republic of Thieves? Read (a bunch of it) right now!
Catch up on The Black Prism by Brent Weeks
Catching Fran Wilde on the Updraft
Catching up with Steven Erikson in Victoria, BC
Catherynne M. Valente’s The Melancholy of Mechagirl looks gorgeous, inside and out
Celebrate 2015 with these Gorgeous Back to the Future Posters from Andy Fairhurst
Channing Tatum to star in film adaptation of The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
Charles Vess’ rarely seen cover for The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
Charlie Jane Anders is the new Editor-in-Chief of io9
Chatting Hugos, LonCon 3, and Fandom on the Sword & Laser Podcast
Chatting with Marc Gascoigne about Angry Robot Books’ new lease on life
Chatting with Michael J. Sullivan about his half-million dollar deal for The First Empire
Check out the limited edition cover art for Ann Leckie’s Ancillary Justice
Check out these Gorgeous Covers by Jian Guo for Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe!
Child of a Well-traveled Sea
Congratulations to the Winners of the 2014 British Fantasy Awards
Contributors announced for Speculative Fiction 2014 announced
Cover Art & Details for The Awakened Kingdom by N.K. Jemisin
Cover Art & Free Readin’ | LIGHTSPEED YEAR ONE, edited by John Joseph Adams
Cover Art & Synopsis for “Gods of Risk” by James S.A. Corey
Cover Art & Synopsis for Echopraxia by Peter Watts
Cover Art & Synopsis for The Emperor of Thorns by Mark Lawrence
Cover Art & Synopsis for The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson
Cover Art & Synopsis for Tower Lord by Anthony Ryan
Cover Art & Synopsis | ‘The Omen Machine’ by Terry Goodkind
Cover Art & Synopsis | (A new cover for) The Black Prism by Brent Weeks
Cover Art & Synopsis | Wards of Faerie by Terry Brooks
Cover Art & Synopsis | A new cover for THE BOOK OF TRANSFORMATIONS by Mark Charan Newton
Cover Art & Synopsis | A Princess of Landover by Terry Brooks (UK Edition)
Cover Art & Synopsis | AND BLUE SKIES FROM PAIN by Stina Leicht
Cover Art & Synopsis | ARCTIC RISING by Tobias Buckell
Cover Art & Synopsis | Bearers of the Black Staff by Terry Brooks (Colour)
Cover Art & Synopsis | BLACK BOTTLE by Anthony Huso
Cover Art & Synopsis | Blood of the Mantis by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Cover Art & Synopsis | City of Ruin by Mark Charan Newton
Cover Art & Synopsis | Corvus by Paul Kearney
Cover Art & Synopsis | Finch by Jeff VanderMeer
Cover Art & Synopsis | Gardens of the Sun by Paul McAuley
Cover Art & Synopsis | Geosynchron by David Louis Edelman
Cover Art & Synopsis | Ghosts of Manhattan by George Mann
Cover Art & Synopsis | Nights of Villjamur by Mark Charan Newton
Cover Art & Synopsis | Red Claw by Philip Palmer
Cover Art & Synopsis | Shadow Prowler by Alexey Pehov
Cover Art & Synopsis | SHADOW’S MASTER by Jon Sprunk
Cover Art & Synopsis | Shadow’s Son by Jon Sprunk
Cover Art & Synopsis | Spellwright by Blake Charlton
Cover Art & Synopsis | THE ALLOY OF LAW by Brandon Sanderson
Cover Art & Synopsis | The City & The City by China Mieville
Cover Art & Synopsis | The Dervish House by Ian McDonald
Cover Art & Synopsis | The Dragons of Ordinary Farm by Tad Williams
Cover Art & Synopsis | THE EDINBURGH DEAD by Brian Ruckley
Cover Art & Synopsis | The Heroes by Joe Abercrombie
Cover Art & Synopsis | The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by NK Jemisin
Cover Art & Synopsis | The Infernal City by Greg Keyes
Cover Art & Synopsis | THE KING’S BLOOD by Daniel Abraham
Cover Art & Synopsis | The Last Page by Anthony Huso
Cover Art & Synopsis | The Law of Nines by Terry Goodkind
Cover Art & Synopsis | The Left Hand of God by Paul Hoffman
Cover Art & Synopsis | The Magicians by Lev Grossman
Cover Art & Synopsis | The Other Lands by David Anthony Durham
Cover Art & Synopsis | The Passage by Justin Cronin
Cover Art & Synopsis | THE PRISONER OF HEAVEN by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Cover Art & Synopsis | The Rats and the Ruling Sea by Robert VS Redick
Cover Art & Synopsis | THE SCAR by Sergey and Marina Dyachenko
Cover Art & Synopsis | The Silver Skull by Mark Chadbourn
Cover Art & Synopsis | THE SWORD & SORCERY ANTHOLOGY, edited by David G. Hartwell and Jacob Weisman
Cover Art & Synopsis | THRONE OF THE CRESCENT MOON by Saladin Ahmed
Cover Art & Synopsis | Tome of the Undergates by Sam Sykes
Cover Art & Synopsis | Under the Dome by Stephen King
Cover Art & Synopsis | Version 43 by Philip Palmer
Cover Art & Synopsis | Walking the Tree by Kaaron Warren
Cover Art & Synopsis | Zoo City by Lauren Beukes
Cover Art & Synopsis | CALIBAN’S WAR by James S.A. Corey (Daniel Abraham & Ty Franck)
Cover Art (plus a blurb) | Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie
Cover Art + Synopsis | REAMDE by Neal Stephenson
Cover Art and Aside | Neal Stephenson’s Anathem
Cover Art and Details about The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
Cover Art and Details for The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Ken Liu
Cover Art and Synopsis for Bloodfire Quest by Terry Brooks
Cover Art and Synopsis for Control Point: Fortress Frontier by Myke Cole
Cover Art and Synopsis for River of Stars by Guy Gavriel Kay
Cover Art and Synopsis for The Emperor’s Soul by Brandon Sanderson
Cover Art and Synopsis for The Forge of Darkness by Steven Erikson
Cover Art and Synopsis for The High Druid’s Blade by Terry Brooks
Cover Art and Synopsis for The Tyrant’s Law by Daniel Abraham
Cover Art and Synopsis for The Weapon Master’s Choice by Terry Brooks
Cover Art for Dream London by Tony Ballantyne
Cover Art for Abaddon’s Gate by James S.A. Corey
Cover Art for Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie
Cover Art for Bands of Mourning by Brandon Sanderson
Cover Art for Blood of Dragons by Robin Hobb
Cover Art for Cibola Burn by James S.A. Corey
Cover Art for City of Blades by Robert Jackson Bennett
Cover Art for Death’s End by Cixin Liu
Cover Art for Drakenfeld by Mark Charan Newton
Cover Art for Emilie and the Hollow World by Martha Wells
Cover Art for Empire Ascendant Kameron Hurley
Cover Art for Fool’s Quest by Robin Hobb
Cover Art for Fool’s Quest by Robin Hobb (North American Edition)
Cover Art for Gemini Cell by Myke Cole
Cover Art for God’s War by Kameron Hurley (Del Rey UK)
Cover Art for Half a War by Joe Abercrombie
Cover Art for Half the World by Joe Abercrombie
Cover Art for Happy Hour in Hell by Tad Williams
Cover Art for Karen Memory by Elizabeth Bear
Cover Art for Kingmaker, Kingbreaker by Karen Miller
Cover Art for Luck of the Draw by Piers Anthony
Cover Art for Nemesis Games by James S.A. Corey
Cover Art for Price of Valor by Django Wexler
Cover Art for Red Country by Joe Abercrombie (UK)
Cover Art for Requiem by Ken Scholes
Cover Art for Rogues, edited by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois
Cover Art for Shattered Pillars by Elizabeth Bear
Cover Art for Skyborn by David Daglish
Cover Art for Speculative Fiction 2012, The Years Best Online Reviews, Essays and Commentary, edited by Landon and Shurin
Cover Art for Speculative Fiction 2014
Cover Art for Steles of the Sky by Elizabeth Bear
Cover Art for The Abominable by Dan Simmons
Cover Art for The Blinding Knife by Brent Weeks
Cover Art for The Bloodfire Quest by Terry Brooks (UK)
Cover Art for The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling
Cover Art for The Dark Defiles by Richard Morgan
Cover Art for The Darkling Child by Terry Brooks
Cover Art for The Daylight War by Peter V. Brett
Cover Art for The Daylight War by Peter V. Brett (UK Edition)
Cover art for The Death of Dulgath by Michael J. Sullivan
Cover art for The Folly of the World by Jesse Bullington
Cover Art for The House of Shattered Wings by Aliette de Bodard
Cover Art for The House of Shattered Wings by Aliette de Bodard
Cover art for The Last Mortal Bond by Brian Staveley
Cover Art for The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
Cover Art for The Mortal Tally by Sam Sykes
Cover Art for The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
Cover Art for The Prisoner of Heaven by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Cover Art for The Skull Throne by Peter V. Brett
Cover Art for The Spider’s War by Daniel Abraham
Cover Art for The Thorn of Emberlain by Scott Lynch
Cover Art for The Twilight Dragon by Shawn Speakman
Cover Art for The Very Best of Tad Williams
Cover Art for The Widow’s House by Daniel Abraham
Cover Art for Three Moments of an Explosion by China Mieville
Cover Art for Trial of Intentions by Peter Orullian, art by Kekai Kotaki
Cover Art for Unfettered, edited by Shawn Speakman
Cover Art for Willful Child by Steven Erikson (#WTF)
Cover Art for Witch Wraith by Terry Brooks
Cover Art for Witch Wraith by Terry Brooks (UK)
Cover Art for A MEMORY OF LIGHT by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson?
Cover Art for George R.R. Martin’s The World of Ice & Fire
Cover Art for RED COUNTRY by Joe Abercrombie (US)
Cover Art of the Year goes to… Hooded Man by Paul Kane
Cover Art | ‘A Transatlantic Tunnel, Hurrah!’ by Harry Harrison
Cover Art | ‘Before they are Hanged’ by Joe Abercrombie (UK Paperback)
Cover Art | ‘Brayan’s Gold’ by Peter V. Brett
Cover Art | ‘By Light Alone’ by Adam Roberts
Cover Art | ‘Canticle’ and ‘Antiphon’ by Ken Scholes
Cover Art | ‘Infernal Devices’ and ‘Morlock Night’ by K.W. Jeter
Cover Art | ‘Knife of Dreams’ by Robert Jordan (eBook edition)
Cover Art | ‘Side Jobs’ by Jim Butcher
Cover Art | ‘The City and The City’ by China Mieville
Cover Art | ‘The Cole Protocol’ by Tobias Buckell
Cover Art | ‘The Deed of Paksenarrion’ trilogy by Elizabeth Moon
Cover Art | ‘The Dragon’s Path’ by Daniel Abraham
Cover Art | ‘The River of Shadows’ by Robert V.S. Redick
Cover Art | ‘The Unremembered’ by Peter Orullian
Cover Art | ‘The Way of Kings’ by Brandon Sanderson
Cover Art | ‘Virga: Cities of the Air’ and ‘Pirate Sun’ by Karl Schroeder
Cover Art | Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor
Cover Art | Railsea by China Mieville
Cover Art | The Inexplicables by Cherie Priest
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Guy Gavriel Kay announces Children of Earth and Sky
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In Discussion: James S.A. Corey on the Television Adaptation of The Expanse
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Joe Abercrombie unveils Half a King (Cover Art & Excerpt)
John Joseph Adams and Hugh Howey announce The Apocalypse Triptych
John Scalzi announces Morningstar, a… videogame for tablets?
John Scalzi reveals cover art and synopsis for Lock In
John Scalzi signs $3.4 million, 13 book deal with Tor Books
John Scalzi wins the Internet, upsets insecure white dudes
Join the A DRIBBLE OF INK Diablo III Community!
Jonathan Strahan Announces Fearsome Journeys, an Anthology with an All-Star cast
Julie Crisp leaves Tor UK, opens private consultancy
K.J. Parker is Tom Holt.
Kameron Hurley and Tor reveal The Geek Feminist Revolution
Kameron Hurley Discusses The Mirror Empire, the first volume of the Worldbreaker Saga
Kameron Hurley sells The Broken Heavens to Angry Robot Books
Kekai Kotaki’s One Thousand and One Knights
Ken Liu, award-winning short story writer, announces his first novel, The Chrysanthemum and the Dandelion
Kowal’s Hugo-winning Story Rises to the Stars
Laketown, Legolas, and Kate Austen about in the new trailer for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Lee Harris leaves Angry Robot Books, joins the Tor.com Imprint as Senior Editor
Lego + Star Wars = Drop Dead Gorgeous
Let’s Celebrate: Avatar: The Last Airbender
Let’s Celebrate: Final Fantasy VI is 20 years old!
Let’s Celebrate: The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien.
Let’s talk about science fiction books by women
Let’s talk about the cover for Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson
Let’s Try This Again: Cover Art for Willfull Child by Steven Erikson
Lev Grossman reveals The Magician’s Land
Locke Lamora is dying. So, here’s the cover copy for The Republic of Thieves by Scott Lynch
Lou Anders sells three book series to Crown Books (Random House)
Luke, Leia, and Han confirmed forStar Wars: Episode VII, awkward love triangle speculated
Marc Simonetti’s Mistborn
Marc Simonetti’s Astounding Discworld Art
Mark Lawrence’s Prince of Thorns and sequels optioned for Film/TV
Martha Wells Announces Four Raksura Novellas, coming 2013
Matthew Stover’s Acts of Caine arriving in the UK. Cover art (extremely) questionable.
Max Gladstone announces upcoming Pathfinder Tales novel
Meet Shark’s Den, the Chinese artist illustrating some of the best SFF covers in the world
Melanie Rawn begins work on The Captal’s Tower
Meme | A Book Reviewers Meme
Meme | Top 48 SF Movies Based on a Novel
Michael R. Underwood discusses his first epic fantasy: Shield and Crocus
Michael Whelan painting cover for A MEMORY OF LIGHT by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
Michael Whelan Provides Cover Art for Dragonwriter, a New Anne McCaffrey Tribute anthology
Michael Whelan to paint covers for Tad Williams’ The Last King of Osten Ard
Michael Whelan’s cover art for A Memory of Light by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
Mini Reviews – An Explanation
Mini-review | Cockeyed by Ryan Knighton
Mini-review | Grander than the Sea by T.A. Pratt
Mini-review | In Between Dreams by Christopher Barzak
Mini-review | King Tales by Jeff VanderMeer
Mini-review | Reins of Destiny by Janny Wurts
Mini-review | Shadowplay – Tad Williams
Mini-review | The Lies of Locke Lamora – Scott Lynch
Mini-review | The Prince of End Times by Hal Duncan
Mini-review | The Tower of Shadows – Drew Bowling
Mini-review | Tornado of Sparks by James Maxey
Mini-review | Who Slays the Gyant, Wounds the Beast by Mark Chadbourn
Mira Grant’s Feed and sequels optioned for film
More Details on The Last King of Osten Ard by Tad Williams, including a UK publisher
More Details on Joe Abercrombie’s Next Trilogy, coming… sometime.
MTV’s Elfstones of Shannara adaptation finds its Amberle Elessedil
MTV’s The Elfstones of Shannara casts two more: Wil Ohmsford and Ander Elessedil
My 2013 Hugo Nominations & Recommendations
My early thoughts on the Game of Thrones RPG
My Final 2015 Hugo Awards Ballot & Recommendations
My LonCon 3 (2014 WorldCon) Schedule
My Thoughts on the 2013 Hugo Nominations
N.K. Jemisin announces The Awakened Kingdom, a sequel to the Inheritance trilogy
N.K. Jemisin sells ‘Post-apocalyptic Epic Fantasy’ trilogy to Orbit Books
Neil Gaiman is writing an American Gods pilot for HBO
New A Song of Ice and Fire novella coming in May 2013
New cover art for Memory, Sorrow and Thorn by Tad Williams
New Covers for Nights of Villjamur and City of Ruin by Mark Charan Newton
New Covers for Robin Hobb’s Farseer Trilogy
New trailer unveils The Legend of Korra season 3
New UK covers for Cherie Priest’s Clockwork Century novels
No More Avatars
Not the Only Girl in the Game
Official Announcement: A Dribble of Ink nominated for two 2014 Hugo Awards
Oh, hey, A DRIBBLE OF INK turned five today!
Oh, you know, just a little weekend reading…
On Shadowmarch and “Special Needs in Strange Worlds”
On Fanzines and the 2014 Hugo Awards Nominees
On Hugo Eligibility & the Best of A Dribble of Ink ’12
On Hugo Eligibility & the Best of A Dribble of Ink ’13
On Mars, no one can hear you break down hydrazine into its component properties
On the Power of Fantasy Fiction: ‘A Single Dream is More Powerful than a Thousand Realities’
One to Look Out For: Company Town by Madeline Ashby
One to watch out for: Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
One to watch out for: Range of Ghosts by Elizabeth Bear
One to watch out for: Sharps by K.J. Parker
One to watch out for: The Killing Moon by N.K. Jemisin
One to watch out for: Three Parts Dead by Max Gladstone
Ooh, a map for Red Country by Joe Abercrombie
Orbit Books announces two new novels from Ann Leckie
Orbit Books reveals Shades in Shadow, a short story collection by N.K. Jemisin
Orbit Books Reveals The Crown Tower by Michael J. Sullivan
Patrick Rothfuss Sells New Trilogy to DAW Books
Peter V. Brett completes The Daylight War
Pixel Art Perfection: Heart Machine’s Hyper Light Drifter
Polyamorous Pacifists and Sentient Plant-monsters Collide in The Mirror Empire
Progress Update for The Last King of Osten Ard by Tad Williams
PSA: The Prisoner of Heaven by Carlos Ruiz Zafon on the lam, hits bookshelves early
Pulp-tastic Cover Art for Railsea by China Mieville
Quote of the Day: Robert Jordan on The Wheel of Time
RAPTURE
Read 50 Pages of The Daylight War by Peter V. Brett
Read an excerpt from Orb, Sceptre, Throne by Ian Cameron Esslemont
Read an excerpt from Tide of Shadows and Other Stories
Read an Excerpt from Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson
Read an excerpt from A MEMORY OF LIGHT by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
Release Week Round-up: Tide of Shadows and Other Stories
Revealing the artwork for Twelve Kings in Sharakhai by Bradley P. Beaulieu!
Review & Free Readin’ | Hooves and the Hovel of Abdel Jameela by Saladin Ahmed
Review + Free Readin’ | ‘The Stable Master’s Tale’ by Rachel Swirsky
Review + Free Readin’ | The Horrid Glory of Its Wings by Elizabeth Bear
Review The Dragon Reborn by Robert Jordan
Review of ‘Gods of Risk’ by James S.A. Corey
Review of A Memory of Light by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
Review of A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan
Review of After the Apocalypse by Maureen McHugh
Review of Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
Review of Ascension by Jacqueline Koyanagi
Review of Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie
Review of Bloodfire Quest by Terry Brooks
Review of Blue Remembered Earth by Alastair Reynolds
Review of Broken by Susan Jane Bigelow
Review of Conservation of Shadows by Yoon Ha Lee
Review of Crossroads of Twilight by Robert Jordan
Review of Crown of Swords by Robert Jordan
Review of Generation V by M.L. Brennan
Review of God’s War by Kameron Hurley
Review of Herald of the Storm by Richard Ford
Review of Infidel by Kameron Hurley
Review of King of Thorns by Mark Lawrence
Review of Knife of Dreams by Robert Jordan
Review of Libriomancer by Jim C. Hines
Review of Lord of Chaos by Robert Jordan
Review of Love Minus Eighty by Will McIntosh
Review of Mage’s Blood by David Hair
Review of No Return by Zachary Jernigan
Review of One Small Step: An Anthology of Discoveries by Tehani Wessely
Review of Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence
Review of Prometheus, directed by Ridley Scott
Review of Raising Steam by Terry Pratchett
Review of Range of Ghosts by Elizabeth Bear
Review of Redshirts by John Scalzi
Review of Shattered Pillars by Elizabeth Bear
Review of Steles of the Sky by Elizabeth Bear
Review of The Acacia Trilogy by David Anthony Durham
Review of The Alchemist of Souls by Anne Lyle
Review of The Blinding Knife by Brent Weeks
Review of The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon
Review of The City’s Son by Tom Pollock
Review of The Desert of Souls by Howard Andrew Jones
Review of The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
Review of The Fires of Heaven by Robert Jordan
Review of The Gathering Storm by Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson
Review of The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente
Review of The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan
Review of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Review of The Killing Moon by N.K. Jemisin
Review of The King’s Blood by Daniel Abraham
Review of The Oathbreaker’s Shadow by Amy McCulloch
Review of The Path of Daggers by Robert Jordan
Review of The Prisoner of Heaven by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Review of The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
Review of The Republic of Thieves by Scott Lynch
Review of The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan
Review of The Sorcerer’s Luck by Katharine Kerr
Review of The Summer Prince by Alaya Dawn Johnson
Review of The Troupe by Robert Jackson Bennett
Review of The Tyrant’s Law by Daniel Abraham
Review of The Violent Century by Lavie Tidhar
Review of Thieftaker by D.B. Jackson
Review of Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed
Review of Towers of Midnight by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
Review of Wards of Faerie by Terry Brooks
Review of We See A Different Frontier, ed. by Fabio Fernandes and Djibril al-Ayad
Review of Winter’s Heart by Robert Jordan
Review of Witch Wraith by Terry Brooks
Review of Child of Light, published by Ubisoft
Review of the Batman Trilogy, directed by Christopher Nolan
Review Round-Up: A Memory of Light by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
Review | ‘In The Stacks’ by Scott Lynch
Review | ‘The Girl Who Plucked Red Flowers Beneath the Queen’s Window’ by Rachel Swirsky
Review | ‘The Sea Troll’s Daughter’ by Caitlin R. Kiernan
Review | ‘Walls of Paper, Soft as Skin’ by Adam Callaway
Review | A Reflection on The Ten Thousand by Paul Kearney
Review | A Shadow in Summer by Daniel Abraham
Review | Acacia: The War with the Mein – David Anthony Durham
Review | Altered Carbon by Richard Morgan
Review | Bearers of the Black Staff by Terry Brooks
Review | Before They Are Hanged – Joe Abercrombie
Review | Blood of Ambrose by James Enge
Review | Blood Ties by Pamela Freeman
Review | City of Ruin by Mark Charan Newton
Review | Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII
Review | Crystal Rain by Tobias Buckell
Review | Dark Wraith of Shannara by Terry Brooks
Review | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows *No Spoilers*
Review | Harry Potter Books 1-6
Review | Last Argument of Kings by Joe Abercrombie
Review | LEVIATHAN WAKES by James S.A. Corey
Review | My thoughts on GAME OF THRONES
Review | Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Review | Nights of Villjamur by Mark Charan Newton
Review | OF BLOOD AND HONEY by Stina Leicht
Review | Old Man’s War by John Scalzi
Review | Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Review | PLANESRUNNER by Ian McDonald
Review | Ragamuffin by Tobias Buckell
Review | READY PLAYER ONE by Ernest Cline
Review | Red Seas Under Red Skies – Scott Lynch
Review | Sandkings by George R.R. Martin
Review | SHADES OF MILK AND HONEY by Mary Robinette Kowal
Review | SHADOWHEART by Tad Williams
Review | SHADOWRISE by Tad Williams
Review | Spellwright by Blake Charlton
Review | Spin by Robert Charles Wilson
Review | Storm Front by Jim Butcher
Review | The Adventures of the Princess and Mr Whiffle by Patrick Rothfuss
Review | The Alchemy of Stone by Ekaterina Sedia
Review | THE ALLOY OF LAW by Brandon Sanderson
Review | The Ancient by R.A. Salvatore
Review | The Angel’s Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Review | The Baker’s Boy by J.V. Jones
Review | The Blade Itself – Joe Abercrombie
Review | The Book of Joby by Mark J. Ferrari
Review | The Born Queen by Greg Keyes
Review | The Desert Spear by Peter V. Brett
Review | THE DRAGON REBORN by Robert Jordan
Review | THE DRAGON’S PATH by Daniel Abraham
Review | The Drawing of the Dark by Tim Powers
Review | The Elves of Cintra – Terry Brooks
Review | THE EYE OF THE WORLD by Robert Jordan
Review | The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson
Review | The Fool Jobs by Joe Abercrombie
Review | The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
Review | The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi
Review | The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Review | THE GREAT HUNT by Robert Jordan
Review | The Gypsy Morph by Terry Brooks
Review | The Happiest Days of Our Lives by Wil Wheaton
Review | The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson
Review | The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin
Review | The Last Colony by John Scalzi
Review | THE LAST PAGE by Anthony Huso
Review | The Magicians by Lev Grossman
Review | The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate by Ted Chiang
Review | The Name of the Wind – Patrick Rothfuss
Review | THE NIGHT CIRCUS by Erin Morgenstern
Review | The Pastel City by M. John Harrison
Review | The Prince of Mist by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Review | The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Review | THE SHADOW RISING by Robert Jordan
Review | The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut
Review | The Sword-edged Blonde by Alex Bledsoe
Review | The Ten Thousand by Paul Kearney
Review | THE TIGER’S WIFE by Tea Obreht
Review | The Warded Man by Peter V. Brett
Review | The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson
Review | THEFT OF SWORDS by Michael J. Sullivan
Review | THRONE OF THE CRESCENT MOON by Saladin Ahmed
Review | TROIKA by Alastair Reynolds
Review | Use of Weapons by Iain M Banks
Review | Winterbirth by Brian Ruckley
Review | Zoe’s Tale by John Scalzi
Reviewing The Tainted City by Courtney Schafer and Chimera by T.C. McCarthy
RIP Ray Bradbury (1920 – 2012)
RIP Tanith Lee (1947 – 2015)
RIP, Anne McCaffrey (1926 – 2011)
RIP, Darrell K. Sweet
RIP, Neil Armstrong, 1930-2012
Robert Jackson Bennett discusses his first secondary world fantasy, City of Stairs
Robin Hobb announces The Fool’s Assassin
Robin Hobb working on new ‘Fitz & Fool’ novel
Saga Press Reveals The Stars Are Legion, a new space opera from Kameron Hurley
Saved by the Hound: Game of Thrones characters in the ’80s & ’90s
Scott Lynch is auctioning off a (one-of-a-kind) Proof of The Republic of Thieves
Scott Lynch reveals 2014 release date for The Thorn of Emberlain
Scott Lynch’s The Republic of Thieves Has a Release Date. For real this time.
Seth Rogen is working on a film about the ’90s Console Wars (Nintendo vs. Sega)
Shawn Speakman announces Unfettered, feat. Rothfuss, Sanderson, Abraham and many more
Shawn Speakman on Unfettered, its UK sale to Orbit Books, and his next anthology(!)
Shockingly, Christopher Tolkien hates the Lord of the Rings films
Short Story Sale: A Night for Spirits and Snowflakes to Sword & Laser
Sky’s the limit
So long, and thanks for all the books
So, I wrote this thing with Peter V. Brett…
So… about those elves. Peter Jackson discusses The Desolation of Smaug
Solaris Books reveals Djinnthology, edited by Mavesh Murad and Jared Shurin
Spanish Actress cast as Eretria in MTV’s adaptation of The Elfstones of Shannara
SpecFic ’12 Contributors Announced, Includes… Me!
Speculative Fiction 2012 is out now!
Spend the weekend in Wonderful Bounds of Allison Strom’s Art
Steven Spielberg to direct film adaptation of Ready Player One
Stylish Disney Posters by Rowan Stocks-Moore
Susanna Clarke’s Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell coming to BBC
Sword & Laser announces The Sword & Laser Anthology for 2013
Syfy is taking Robert Charles Wilson’s Hugo-winning novel for a Spin
Synopsis | SPELLBOUND by Blake Charlton *UPDATED*
Tad Williams completes The Witchwood Crown
Tad Williams returns to the world of Memory, Sorrow and Thorn after 21 year absence, in The Last King of Osten Ard
Tad Williams’ The Witchwood Crown delayed until 2016
Talkin’ Rockets, Tide of Shadows, self-publishing, and the state of blogging with Tor.com
Talkin’ Rockets, Hugo Awards and LonCon3 with Foz Meadows, Justin Landon, and the Rocket Talk Podcast
Telltale Games announces ‘multi-year, multi-title partnership’ with George R.R. Martin and Game of Thrones
Telltale Games breathing digital life into Bill Willingham’s Fables series
Terry Brooks announces new, standalone Shannara novel
Terry Brooks confirms that an end for Shannara isn’t the end for the long-running series
Terry Brooks’ The Elfstones of Shannara coming to a TV near you?
Terry Goodkind to self-publish his next novel, The First Confessor
Terry Pratchett handing Discworld reins to his daughter
The 2012 Hugo Award Winners, my thoughts
The 5 Most Influential Books in My Life
The Daggerspell Reread and Review Series: Part One
The Daggerspell Reread and Review Series: Part Two
The Daggerspell Reread and Review Series: Wrap-up
The Jurassic Park 4 that almost happened.
The Jurassic World trailer is here and it is glorious
The Sword & Laser Anthology revealed: Cover, Contributors, and a discussion with Veronica Belmont
The Artwork of Jian Guo, and his stained-glass vision of the Lord of the Rings
The Best of A Dribble of Ink ’14
The Desolation of Tolkien: A review of The Desolation of Smaug
The drool-worthy SDCC teaser poster for Jurassic World
The End Has Come: An Interview with Ben Winters
The End Has Come: An Interview with Carrie Vaughn
The End Has Come: An Interview with Chris Avellone
The End Has Come: An Interview with David Wellington
The End Has Come: An Interview with Elizabeth Bear
The End Has Come: An Interview with Hugh Howey
The End Has Come: An Interview with Jake Kerr
The End Has Come: An Interview with Jamie Ford
The End Has Come: An Interview with Jonathan Maberry
The End Has Come: An Interview with Ken Liu
The End Has Come: An Interview with Leife Shallcross
The End Has Come: An Interview with Megan Arkenberg
The End Has Come: An Interview with Mira Grant
The End Has Come: An Interview with Nancy Kress
The End Has Come: An Interview with Robin Wasserman
The End Has Come: An Interview with Sarah Langan
The End Has Come: An Interview with Seanan McGuire
The End Has Come: An Interview with Tananarive Due
The End Has Come: An Interview with Will McIntosh
The first synopsis for The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
The grace of kings has many forms
The Imagined Realms of Julie Dillon
The Manifesto
The original 151 Pokemon, re-imagined by 151 different artists
The Rise of Chu: Chatting with Wesley Chu about returning to Angry Robot Books and his new series, The Rise of Io
The Super Giant Artwork of Jen Zee
Theo Prins turns his eye to the world of Tyria and the vast expanses of Guild Wars 2
These Game of Thrones portraits by Olly Moss are too adorable (*Spoilers*)
These noir portraits of Mario characters freak me out.
This Emperor’s new clothes look a lot like the old ones
Thoughts on the 2012 Hugo Award Shortlist
Thoughts on the 2013 Hugo Awards, All and Sundry
Tidbit of the Day: I slayed, then became, Diablo
Tobias Buckell and Tor Books announce a re-launch of the Xenowealth series
Tobias Buckell sells two Young Adult novels to Tor Starscape
Todd Lockwood’s first painting for Wards of Faerie Terry Brooks
Tolkien’s Rivendell recreated with 200,000 LEGO bricks
Tor reveals The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson
Tor.com announces major changes, new short fiction imprint
Tor.com releases Some of the Best From Tor.com, 2013 Edition
Tor.com reveals Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
Travel to Zendikar and beyond with the gorgeous Art of Veronique Meignaud
Travel | Amsterdam to Prague
Travel | Bratislava and Beyond!
Travel | Photos – Holland, Czech Republic, Slovakia
Travel | Photos from Dublin and Paris
Travel | The Road Goes Ever On and On
UK Cover Art and Synopsis for A Memory of Light by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
Update on The World of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin
Ustream to air entirety of 2012 Hugo Award Ceremony
Victor Milan’s The Dinosaur Lords has the most amazing cov— *RAWR* *CHOMP*
Videogames | 1up.com and EGM (more or less) Shuttered
Videogames | Area5.tv
Videogames | Box Art for Borderlands
Videogames | Chrono Trigger DS Announced… kinda
Videogames | Diablo III Officially Announced
Videogames | Dragon Quest X Coming to the Wii
Videogames | DRAGON QUEST X looks like crap, fans still unhappy
Videogames | Dungeons & Dragons Online goes Free-to-Play
Videogames | Free Adventure Games at Good Old Games
Videogames | Game of the Year
Videogames | Good Old Games
Videogames | My Favourite Game of 2009
Videogames | Passage
Videogames | Persona 4 Coming to North America
Videogames | Spore
Videogames | Teaser Artwork for next Wii Zelda
Videogames | Torchlight by Runic Games (or The Rebirth of Diablo)
Videogames | XBox Live Gamertag
Videogames | XSEED bringing Lunar PSP remake to North America
Visit the fascinating fantasy worlds of Li Shuxing
Voyager bringing Becky Chambers’ The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet stateside in 2015
Wanna play D&D with Rothfuss, Brett, Sykes, and other Fantasy authors? Get out your wallet.
Was Robert Jordan a Sellout?
Watch the second trailer for The Hobbit!
Weekend Reading: Can You Tell a Female Author From a Male?
Weekend Reading: Character Agency in SFF, or “Can’t You Just Give a Damn?”
Weekend Reading: Could The Hunger Games really happen?
Weekend Reading: Handicapping the Hugos
Weekend Reading: Women in Science Fiction & Fantasy
Weekly short fiction coming to Tor.com
Welcome to the new A Dribble of Ink!
What The Lord of the Rings might’ve looked like on the NES
What if The Hobbit was only one film?
What if Disney adapted Game of Thrones?
What if Scott Lynch’s Gentlemen Bastards sequence was a television cartoon?
What If: Gorgeous concept art for Hayao Miyazaki’s Pippi Longstocking, The Strongest Girl in the World
What it’s like to watch Game of Thrones with people who haven’t read the books.
What’s next for Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn?
What’s next for Saladin Ahmed after Throne of the Crescent Moon?
When Harry Potter and Akira collide
Who needs Science Fiction when you’ve got this in your backyard?
Why the Wheel of Time is so long, an infographic
Why wasn’t Shallan on the cover of Brandon Sanderson’s Words of Radiance?
Women Fighters In Reasonable Armor
Wonderful, Stylized Maps of GRRM’s ‘A Song of Ice and Fire’
You like Fantasy Maps? We got Fantasy Maps.
You want over-sexualized? I present the cover for Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance by Lois McMaster Bujold
Your milage may vary on this Otherbound adventure
“Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality” by Anthony Huso
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