New Books in Fantasy
Episodes
Ryan Wieser, “The Glass Blade” (Kensington, 2018)
14 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Lean, mean, and a fighting machine. That could describe lovely Jessop, psychologically and physically scarred at the hands of a former Infinity Hunter...
Jo Woolf, “The Great Horizon: 50 Tales of Exploration” (Sandstone Press, 2018)
02 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hello from Gabrielle at the NBN Fantasy and Adventure channel. This podcast will be about adventure, and what could be more adventurous than traveling...
Jason Arnopp, “The Last Days of Jack Sparks” (Orbit, 2016)
15 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
A modern morality tale lurks under this fast-paced horror novel. Jason Arnopp‘s The Last Days of Jack Sparks (Orbit, 2016) consists of the diary of ...
Octavia Randolph, “Silver Hammer, Golden Cross” (Pyewacket Press, 2017)
12 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Silver Hammer, Golden Cross (Pyewacket Press, 2017) is sixth in the series of the Circle of Ceridwen series. It begins by exploring the friendship of ...
Claude Lalumiere, “Venera Dreams: A Weird Entertainment” (Guernica Editions, 2017)
25 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Pungently sensual, Claude Lalumiere‘s Venera Dreams: A Weird Entertainment (Guernica Editions, 2017), is a carnal carnival ride, circling around the...
Megan Haskell, “Sanyare: The Rebel Apprentice, Vol. 3” (Trabuco Ridge Press, 2017)
18 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Rie is a more than a hundred years old, and sometimes she feels like it, even if she looks like any other human girl. After uncovering a plot to creat...
Linnea Hartsuyker, “The Half-Drowned King” (Harper, 2017)
23 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Ragnvald Eysteinsson is returning from years raiding in Ireland under the leadership of Solvi and focused on winning a contest with his fellow sailors...
James Morrow, “The Asylum of Dr. Caligari” (Tachyon Publications, 2017)
13 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The Asylum of Dr. Caligari (Tachyon Publications, 2017) is a deft little novel, is a perfect fit for people who are not just interested in fantasy, bu...
Linda Nagata, “The Last Good Man” (Mythic Island Press, 2017)
20 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In The Last Good Man (Mythic Island Press, 2017), Linda Nagata uses a brisk and bracing writing style to immerse us into the lives of private military...
David Kushner, “Rise of the Dungeon Master: Gary Gygax and the Creation of D and D” (Nation Books, 2017)
23 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Rise of the Dungeon Master: Gary Gygax and the Creation of D and D (Nation Books, 2017) by David Kushner and illustrated by Koren Shadmi is a gorgeous...
Michael Witwer, “Empire of Imagination: Gary Gygax and the Birth of Dungeons and Dragons” (Bloomsbury, 2015)
19 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Empire of Imagination: Gary Gygax and the Birth of Dungeons and Dragons (Bloomsbury, 2015) by Michael Witwer is an exceptional biography of the co-cre...
Gabrielle Mathieu, “The Falcon Flies Alone” (Five Directions Press, 2016)
18 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Peppa Mueller has a lot going for her. The daughter of a deceased Harvard professor who gave her an eclectic upbringing, she is heir to his fortune, a...
Nicky Drayden, “The Prey of Gods” (Harper Voyager, 2017)
13 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The Prey of the Gods, published by Harper Voyager on June 13th, is Nicky Drayden‘s debut novel, though she’s published many short stories. It’s ...
David M. Ewalt, “Of Dice and Men: The Story of Dungeons and Dragons and The People Who Play It” (Scribner, 2013)
26 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
David M. Ewalt‘s book Of Dice and Men: The Story of Dungeons and Dragons and The People Who Play It (Scribner, 2013) is at once a love letter, cultu...
Assaph Mehr, “Murder in Absentia: A Story of Togas, Daggers, and Magic” (Purple Toga Publications, 2015)
19 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Assaph Mehr‘s Murder in Absentia: A Story of Togas, Daggers, and Magic (Purple Toga Publications, 2015) is Egretia, a town in a fantasy world modele...
Aliette de Bodard, “The House of Binding Thorns” (Ace, 2017)
07 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The House of Binding Thorns (Ace, 2017), Aliette de Bodard‘s novel set in a turn-of-the-century Paris devastated by a magical war, is the follow up ...
Katherine Addison, “The Goblin Emperor” (Tor Books, 2014)
08 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Katherine Addison‘s The Goblin Emperor has earned what might be termed a fantasy Grand Slam: the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel and nominations ...
Chuck Adler, “Wizards, Aliens, and Starships: Physics and Math in Fantasy and Science Fiction” (Princeton UP, 2014)
14 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
[Re-posted with permission from Wild About Math] I’ve admitted before that Physics and I have never gotten along. But, science fiction is something ...