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Mirror of Her Dreams is book one of the two book Mordant’s Need sequence written by Stephen R. Donaldson. Unlike his Thomas Covenant books, this is a more traditional fantasy sequence in what is (at least on the surface) a traditional medieval type of fantasy world. As such it is probably much more accessible than Donaldson’s other work. It’s also much less harsh that much of his other writing.

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Sci Fi Wire has a brief inteview with author Kim Stanley Robinson about his new book Fifty Degrees Below. The book is the second in a trilogy which deals with the touchy subject of global warming. There isn’t really a lot of meat to the interview, but I did think think this quote from Robinson was quite interesting:

“My Mars novels were about global warming, in a way,” he said in…

Lord Foul’s Bane is a particularly hard book to review. The first book in The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant by Stephen R. Donaldson is sometimes unpleasant to read. Many reviews I’ve seen count that as a negative, however it was clearly part of the author’s intent. So while it may not be to every reader’s taste, I don’t think it’s fair to criticize the book for achieving the author’s intent.

Short Bio
Terry Brooks was born in Illinois in 1944. He majored in English Literature at Hamilton College and graduated from The School of Law at Washington & Lee University. Brooks published his first novel in 1977. The Sword of Shannara was the first fiction book to appear on the New York Times Trade Paperback Bestseller list and it remained there for 5 months. A practising attorney for many years, he…

The Light Fantastic is Terry Pratchett’s second Discworld novel. Once again the story revolves around the tourist Twoflower and failed wizard and reluctant guide Rincewind. However, unlike the first volume, The Light Fantastic presents us with a single cohesive story and takes the time to build on the very simplistic characters which we were presented with in The Color of Magic.

I found myself generally much more satisfied…