Ray Bradbury Rejects eReaders

Ray Bradbury Rejects eReaders

A Lovecraft Dream - short animation movie

Cthulhu Week: The Tentacles That Bind by Eric Pollarine : An Homage to LOVECRAFT's Birthday

Did you know that H.P. Lovecraft was born on August 20th in 1890? We love him and our homage to his work has just begun!  Here is a great article written by the reviewer Eric Pollarine for Flames Rising. Read on: 

"Next up for Cthulhu Week is a little something from Flames Rising reviewer Eric Pollarine. Eric takes a look at some of his favorite fiction, music and movies and talks about how these folks have been influenced by H. P. Lovecraft and just what that means to him as a horror fan."

Read the article at Flames Rising 

Michael Komarck does TOR's e-book cover for THE KNIFE OF DREAMS on the WoT

I love the WoT ( you might have figured it already) but the one thing I never liked about it was the first Orbit's covers. If I did not know the books were amazing before seeing those covers I would never picked those books up from a bookstore shelf. The covers look childish and I truly have no patient for young adult fantasy books ( My apologies to all Harry Potter and such fans but I just can't stand that type of fantasy literature - in my book, fantasy literature is a very serious and profound type of  art, the characters and plots always so rich and meaningful, bringing us the memories of lost values and imaginary realities that I cannot compute with schools of wizardry and teenage dragon tamers- big respect to the authors but not my cup of ale ). Anyways, so you just have an idea of the type of covers Orbit did for WoT that I dont like, here is one example:

Although those Orbit covers for the first Wheel of Time books are considered collectibles nowadays, I just don't like them. Now the "new" Orbit covers I really love, they can make even the most demanding fantasy reader wonder about what's inside those black mysterious covers. Here's one :

But enough about the past and lets focus on the present. Tor is publishing the e-book versions of the entire WoT saga and is inviting great fantasy digital artists to do them. This post is intended as a praise for the new Knife of Dreams e-book on Tor, by the artist Michael Komarck. It displays Min and Rand Al Thor battling one of the forsaken, Semirhage. Don't you love it?

Here's an excerpt from Tor's article about this cover :

" Knife of Dreams, volume eleven in Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time, will be available in ebook form on August 24th. In celebration of Jordan’s work, we have commissioned fourteen artists to interpret one of the Wheel of Time books in their own style. (Previous editions can be seen here. The first seven ebooks can be purchased here.)(...)"


"At this point in the series Rand’s physical and mental stability is breaking down. Komarck’s tight composition and unconventional angles make the viewer feel that imbalance. Komarck engages you by making you feel slightly uncomfortable, almost wishing you could take a step back to regain your composure." 

To see more of Michael Komarck’s illustrations visit his website.

Trailer: Shades of Milk and Honey by Mary Robinette Kowal

On our To Read List...the author's description of the book is delightful and so is the trailer. I am in love.

Visit the official website here Shades of Milk and Honey

Win a Free ARC of Joe Abercrombie's THE BLADE ITSELF

The blogger at Fantasy Hot list is offering an Advanced Reading Copy of the Joe Ambercrombie's new book, The Blade Itself. Here is an excerpt  from the blog post advertising this offer : 

 "Thanks to the folks at Subterranean Press, I have one ARC of the limited edition of Joe Abercrombie's The Blade Itself up for grabs! For more info about this title: Subpress.

This from Subterranean Press:

The ARCs contain the full-color illustrations by Alexander Preuss, including a pull-out gatefold of the endsheets, the first time we can recall having included them in an ARC in this fashion.

The rules are the same as usual. You need to send an email at reviews@(no-spam)gryphonwood.net with the header "ABERCROMBIE RULES." Remember to remove the "no spam" thingy. "

View the original post here : http://fantasyhotlist.blogspot.com/

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Send us your articles, your conspiracy theories about the political issues of the Empire on Star Wars, show us a philosophical dissertation on the emotional struggles of the first elves to walk the Middle Earth and never got to Valinor; whatever, you got the point. If you feel like sharing, do it.

We do not promise we will write reviews on every book sent to us or publish every guest posts and/or articles and/or stories but we welcome and are happy and thankful for every submission. email us @ reviewmyfantasy@gmail.com

Who Wants Some Free Books?

James at Speculative Horizons is being invaded by his pile of to read books and he is giving away a few of them. The offer is global and all you have to do is email James and wait for him to select the winner, randomly. Take a look at the giveaway page and good luck. The books on offer are :

Wolfsangel by M. D. Lachlan (ARC)

The Quantum Thief by Hannu Rajaniemi (ARC)

The Thief-Taker's Apprentice by Stephen Deas (ARC)

Dog Blood by David Moody (MMPB)

The Japanese Devil Fish Girl by Robert Rankin (ARC)

Go try your luck at Speculative Horizons 

How to Become a Mars Overlord - Short Story

The LightSpeed magazine of Fiction features some great free fiction, check out this one by the author, Catherynne M. Valente. She is also the author of over a dozen works of fiction and poetry, including Palimpsest (a finalist for the 2010 Hugo Award), the Orphan’s Tales series, and the crowdfunded phenomenon The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Own Making, which won the Andre Norton Award. How to Become a Mars Overlord is a scifi short story that you can read or listen to at the above link: How to Become a Mars Overlord