On 16th September 2007, the world lost one the greatest fantasy authors of all time. After a battle with cardiac amyloidosis, James Oliver Rigney Junior, better known as Robert Jordan, the author of The Wheel of Time was woven out of the Pattern. Today, thirteen years on from his death, I’m going to discuss my thoughts on the legacy of The Creator himself.
He came like the wind, like the wind he touched everything, and like the wind he was gone.
It’s a very, very, rare occasion these days that you will open a fantasy novel and not see a map. In fact, it’s got to the point now that if there isn’t one you will probably find yourself thinking “Dude, where’s my map?”. I love maps, regardless of them being real or being made-up for a story, so I’m going to ramble on about them for a while here. In true Blue Peter style, here’s one I made earlier;
Memory, Sorrow and Thorn by Tad Williams is widely considered to be one of the greatest Epic Fantasy series ever, which makes the fact that I haven’t bothered reading it until now all the worse. What follows are my thoughts and spoiler free review of the first book in that series: The Dragonbone Chair.
The vast majority of the time I sit down to write my work in progress (WIP) I end up getting distracted and doing very little. In fact, this blog was the result of the Angel Dark Lord of Procrastination resting her wing gently on my shoulder bludgeoning me with her Hammer of Dithering. Though to be fair, at least the blog leads me to actually write something every now and again. Like today, for example. I’m going to discuss all the things I end up doing, rather than actually writing my WIP.
Today’s review is The Girl and the Stars (Book one of the Book of the Ice series). Lawrence’s previous series include The Broken Empire, The Red Queen’s War, and the The Book of the Ancestor.
Today’s review is The Light of Other Days by Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter. This is a novel outside of my comfort zone in that it is firmly in the genre of Sci-fi and I usually stick to fantasy. Yes, I know Dune is technically sci-fi, but it also has quite a fantasy vibe to it – this one is pure sci-fi. There won’t be any plot spoilers here.
Today I’m going to provide a brief review of The Farseer Trilogy by Robin Hobb. This series is generally considered to be one of the all time greats of modern fantasy fiction. Spoilers are not included.
Today I am going to provide a review of The Winnowing Flame Trilogy by Jen Williams. The trilogy consists of The Ninth Rain, The Bitter Twins and The Poison Song. I will be talking about my thoughts on the ending, but I won’t be giving away any specific information that could be considered as spoilers.
Today is World Book Day. So, here is one my favourite passages from a book. A message of hope in the face of overwhelming darkness. No prize for guessing which series this is from.
I’ve been taking a break in my quest to reread The Wheel of Time as of late. I had to, otherwise I would have burned myself out, just like an inexperienced Aes Sedai may have done channelling too much of the One Power. I’ve finished book 5, and reading some non-Robert Jordan books in the meantime.
While The Wheel of Time remains my favourite fantasy series, it can become overwhelming if you try to read the fourteen massive tomes too quickly. There are just so many characters and plots that it is easy to get a bit lost. I am enjoying it, but now I’ve had a bit of a break, I’ve realised there is something that has been bugging me throughout the reread.
The Philmarillion 
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