Fantasy Vs. Urban and Patrick Rothufss's new show

I just finished watching the first episode of The Storyboard, Patrick Rothfuss's new Youtube program on the Geek and Sundry channel. The topic for the show was "Urban Fantasy: Threat or Menace?" which I thought was an interesting choice since Rothfuss doesn't actually write urban fantasy books. But he did have on the show Jim Butcher (who was not at all like how I imagined him) Emma Bull and Diana Rowland, to discuss the topic with. I enjoyed...

The Magician King (The Magicians, Bk 2) by Lev Grossman

Usually, if I don't enjoy a book there is very little chance that I'm going to bother reading the sequel. But I had a whole weekend ahead of me with nothing to read so when my neighbour offered me his copy of The Magician King I took it out of desperation. It's not that I hated the The Magicians, the first book in Lev Grossman's The Magicians series, but I can't say that I really enjoyed it. It was just too grim and gritty for my taste, and I...

New Scifi & Fantasy Releases: Week of August 5-11

Science Fiction  When Diplomacy Fails Michael Z. Williamson Publisher: Baen Release Date: August 7 Alex Marlow and Ripple Creek Security's best personal security detail return to action. This time, they really don't like their principal, World Bureau Minister Joy Herman Highland–a highly-placed bureaucrat with aspirations to elected office. Even worse, Highland’s assistant wants to publicize every movement and action for his boss’s...