The third book in the Inheritance Cycle (which began with Eragon) now has a title: Brisingr. The release is set for midnight on September 20th, 2008, though it seems to me that most of Christopher Palioni’s readers will wait for morning: the series is popular, but not Harry Potter popular.
Also, the sequel to The [...]
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Inheritance “Cycle” now four books
Fantasy series in general seem to have a habit of mysteriously expanding, I’ve noticed, and this time it’s Christopher Paolini’s Inheritance trilogy - uh, I mean, cycle. It’s going to be four books now.
I’ve always been extremely critical of Eragon and Eldest, and this latest development makes me even less excited about the [...]
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Dumbledore is gay
No, really. He was in love with Grindelwald - a revelation that reportedly led to several minutes of cheering from the audience.
More information in the link, but J.K. Rowling finished by saying: “I had to give you something to talk about for the next ten years… just imagine the fan fiction now.”
And, honestly, my first [...]
Ursula K. Le Guin - “Powers” reading
I just got back from Ursula K. Le Guin’s reading of Powers at the University Bookstore in Seattle. Exciting, no?
Pictured above: Duane giving the introduction. Duane is the University Bookstore’s fantasy specialist, sort of. I don’t know his official job title. He is very awesome, however.
And here’s Ursula Le Guin; after reading a passage of [...]
Wise Man’s Fear cover!
Hi, Blog.
It’s me, Thorn. I’m not dead, despite what you may think. It’s just that I haven’t been posting much, and somehow not posting becomes more and more of a habit the longer it goes on.
Fortunately, the cover of Wise Man’s Fear by Patrick Rothfuss (the sequel to The Name of the Wind) just came [...]
Tidbits: July 23rd 2007
My full post on the Friday-night Harry Potter parties is coming, but some pictures are up on Flickr. There’s a set for Chapters, which I stopped at from around 9:00-10:00pm, and a set for the party at the VanDusen Botanical Garden (put on by Vancouver Kidsbooks) from 11:00pm-12:30am.
In the US, Harry Potter and the Deathly [...]
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More on Harry Potter
The New York Times reviewed Deathly Hallows
JK Rowling and her publishers weren’t happy (neither was Leaky)
I don’t think anyone could say the review’s content ruined the book for them. If the New York Times obtained a copy of the book, how can you blame them for writing about it? Wouldn’t keeping quite to please a [...]
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Deathly Hallows leaked
So, I was reading the social news site Digg a minute ago. And Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is on the internet now.
Many of the sites where it was posted quickly removed it, but since hundreds of people already have it, I think there are bound to be copies floating around over the next [...]
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