One of the first posts I created on this blog was about the fantasy authors who inspired me the most. Australian author, Ian Irvine made that list along with the likes of Tolkien and Jordan. The fact that he made that list with those two shows you how much he inspired my own dabbling in fantasy fiction and how much I enjoyed his story and world-building. What follows is my review and general musings on The Worlds Cycle, an epic story which finally came to an end (or so we are led to believe) this month, with the publishing of The Sapphire Portal. This is the culmination of four main, linked series (The View From the Mirror, The Well of Echoes, The Song of the Tears, and The Gates of Good & Evil) which began in 1997.
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.
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.
The Philmarillion 
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