Yearly Archives: 2007

The cover art to be used on Eldon Thompson’s third novel has just been released and I think it’s pretty damn cool.

The Divine Talisman by Eldon Thompson

The painting (click on it to see a bigger version) was done by Kovecks, who also handled the artwork for Eldon’s first two novels.

Eldon is a good friend of mine and I’ve always been a big fan of his covers! If you’re into epic, coming-of-age fantasy with some nice twists on the formula, be sure to check out Eldon’s first two novels, The Crimson Sword and The Obsidian Key!

You can check out my interview with Eldon HERE.

Brandon SandersonBeing reported at, well, basically every SF/F web site worth mentioning, Brandon Sanderson, author of Elantris and the soon-to-be-finished Mistborn Trilogy has been selected by Robert Jordan’s wife and editor, Harriet Popham Rigney, to finish Robert Jordan’s magnum opus, The Wheel of Time

Jordan, whose real name was James Oliver Rigney, Jr., passed away during the completion of the final volume of his genre defining, multi-volume series. Since his death, fans have been in the dark about the fate of the final novel and how it would see completion.
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Stephen Hunt, author of The Court of the Air and bigwig behind the SF Crowsnest, recently approached me hoping to include my blogger interview (PART ONE | PART TWO) in the December issue of his megahuge online magazine.

The November issue saw over 700k readers and over 39 million hits. That’s big business and I jumped on the opportunity to spread the word about all the bloggers I gathered together for the interview.

You can find the interview HERE. But be sure to check out the rest of the issue, there’s a lot of great stuff in there!

The Book of Joby by Mark J. Ferrari

The Book of Joby

AuthorMark J. Ferrari

Trade Paperback
Pages: 640 pages
Publisher: Tor Books
Release Date: August 21st, 2007
ISBN-10: 0765317532
ISBN-13: 978-0765317537

Interview: HERE
Excerpts: HERE


In the past, I’ve been pretty vocal in naming Patrick Rothfuss’ The Name of the Wind (REVIEW) as not only the Fantasy Debut of the year but also the Fantasy Book of the year. I was sure, even when I read it several months ago, that nothing would come along to supplant it from that lofty height.

I was wrong.
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