In the Shadow of J. R. R. Tolkien
(Originally posted on August 7, 2018) The vast majority of modern fantasy sits firmly in the shadow of J. R. R. Tolkien and The Lord of the Rings. What do I mean by this? Well, if you’ve been paying any attention to fantasy books, games and movies, you ought to be able to understand it. […]
The Lords of Dus by Lawrence Watt-Evans
(Originally posted on August 9, 2016) The Lords of Dus were the first fantasy novels I ever read by Lawrence Watt-Evans–way, way back in the early 80s. I’d seen the four novels sitting on the rack at Waldenbooks for a while and finally decided to give the first one, The Lure of the Basilisk, a […]