Brenner’s been around for a long time. So have his books.

Originally published by DAW in the late ’80s to mid-90s, Brenner’s series of novels, The Dance of Gods, managed to find a core of dedicated fans. Unfortunately the volume of them just wasn’t enough for DAW to keep the novels in print. Fast forward several years, through the advent of the Internet, and Brenner decided it was time to give the novels another chance.

A Good friend of this blog, Chris the Book Swede, liked the first novel:

So what went wrong?
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Browsing the Subterranean Press web site (and Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist), I ran across some more artwork for the upcoming special addition of Steven Erikson’s Gardens of the Moon.

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There are a few problems, foremost among them the fact that Quick Ben and Kalam should have darker skin, but it’s a killer image nonetheless! Komarck, the artist, is quickly cementing himself as one of my favourite fantasy artists working today, Erikson sure made a good decision.

Pat also reports that “The other two sketches which were submitted to [Subterranean Press’s] Bill were of the rising of Tool, and the scene in which Quick Ben and Kalam spy on the Tiste Andii from the rooftops.”

You can find Komarck’s web site HERE.

Oh how time flies.

When I first started A Dribble of Ink, a year ago today, I had no idea what I was in for. I certainly didn’t expect to be taken seriously; nor did I expect to recieve review copies of books. There was no way I thought more than a handful of people I already knew around the web would stop by to read my drivel. Least of all did I expect to have a review blurb listed in a paperback release of one of the major epic fantasy debuts of the year, Brian Ruckley’s Winterbirth:

To celebrate this birthday, I thought it would be a good time to gather up all the stuff I’ve done over the year – Reviews. Interviews. Articles – and put it together into one easy to navigate list.

To those of you who have been around since the beginning, Thank you. To those of you have just discovered A Dribble of Ink, feel encouraged to check out some of the things A Dribble of Ink has put together that you may have missed!
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Joe Abercrombie’s upcoming novel, Best Served Cold has been delayed.

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Now that your dismay has had some time to run its course, you’ll be happy to know that it’s by only about two months or so, which ( still having about a year to wait) doesn’t make a huge difference, all things told. What is interesting, however, is Abercrombie’s post on the delay and his ideas on book delays in general. Abercrombie’s known for being candid, with a no bullshit style of telling it like it is, so his take on it is worth reading:

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Over at the Westeros Forums there was a bit forumwide vote to determine who, in their minds, were the ten best writer’s of speculative fiction. It’s an interesting list, with a lot of terrific authors, but obviously lists are subjective. One much also consider that not only are the Westeros Forums a fantasy based forum, they’re also a George R.R. Martin dedicated forum, so we shouldn’t be too surprised who made the top of the list.

That all being said, Westeros is a great forum with a lot of well read posters and, as expected, they’ve put together a solid list that any newcomer to the speculative fiction field would be smart to take a look at. You can find the thread and discussion dedicated to the list HERE.

Werthead, poster on Westeros and also the scribe of the wonderful Wertzone, tallied the votes and even wrote a bit about each of the finalists:

The List

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