Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
I just saw this last night and my thoughts on it are, in a word: Yes.
Not YES. Not yes. But Yes.
The movie is based off a pretty successful comic book series by Bryan Lee O’Malley, Canadian. In a…
I just saw this last night and my thoughts on it are, in a word: Yes.
Not YES. Not yes. But Yes.
The movie is based off a pretty successful comic book series by Bryan Lee O’Malley, Canadian. In a…
Michael A. Ventrella has conducted a wonderful interview with James Enge, talking about his background, his influences, his thoughts on fantasy literature and classic myth, and, of course, his novels Blood…
It’s probably not too hard to believe that a lot of authors are also avid video gamers. Why, Richard Morgan has recently been hired to write plots for video games with (I think) EA? Someday, I, too, may ascend…
William Mingin’s review, just posted on Strange Horizons, of James Enge’s Blood of Ambrose,is one of the most elegant and articulate reviews I’ve read in a long time. He manages a fairly detailed analysis of the text, while…
Monsters & Critics on James Enge’s Blood of Ambrose:
“This excellently crafted tale tells a familiar story in a world filled with magic and all emotional turmoil of a terrified youngster struggling to gain acceptance. Divided into five
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This week kicks of a discussion of James Enge’s Blood of Ambroseat Joseph Mallozzi’s Weblog.Joe kicks it off with his thoughts on the book.
“Enge’s prose is tight and efficient, devoid of the rambling, oft-unendurable meandering
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Wonderful praise from Cory Doctorow over at Boing Boing for Ian McDonald’s Desolation Road. Doctorow calls it “one of my most personally influential novel” and compares the book to Kim Stanley Robinson’s famous Mars trilogy, adding, “the…
“James Enge writes Blood of Ambrosewith a subtle elegance that disguises his extraordinary narrative skill. The humor is natural and unforced. The characterization rings true, even under the revelation of shocking realities. The horror…
Over on Fantasy Book Critic, an above average anthology” of “strength and quality.” Fabio reviews all the stories individually, almost overwhelmingly…
The Scriptorium is a great site for interesting fonts, but I didn’t expect it would be a great site for a book review! But they spotted our use of their most excellent, most unusual font, Valdemar, on the cover…
Sam Sykes is the author of The Aeons’ Gate trilogy, a vast and sprawling story of adventure, demons, madness and carnage. Suspected by many to be at least tangentially related to most causes of human suffering, Sam Sykes is also a force to be reckoned with beyond literature.
At 25, Sykes is one of the younger authors to have arrived on the stage of literary fantasy. Tome of the Undergates and Black Halo are currently published in nine countries. He currently resides in the United States and is probably watching you read this right now.
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