Posts Tagged ‘fantasy’

Fantasy Novel – Nightlife by Rob Thurman

Posted: 28th July 2011 by Ondrej Dyrka in Fantasy Novel
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It’s been a while since I took a look at a single book (if you don’t take into account anything related to Dune). The fact is that even though I’m pretty caught up in even more Dune books, I am of course reading something different as well – and one of the members of the [...]

Good Reading: The Left Hand of God

Posted: 20th April 2011 by Ondrej Dyrka in Good Reading
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The Left Hand of God is a mixture of fantasy and sci-fi written by a British author Paul Hoffman. It is the first part of a trilogy bearing the same name (second book is announced to be released on August 4th, 2011). It is doubtful that any other recent book release created so much controversy [...]

Human mind is destined to have a hunger for adventure. The lives of most people, no matter whether now or 300 hundred years ago, often develop a very repetitive routine which can only result in one thing – we are bored and unsatisfied. Adventure books are one of the ways to fix that, allowing us [...]

Good Reading: American Gods

Posted: 14th March 2011 by Ondrej Dyrka in Good Reading
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In case you like not so noble heroes and twisted reality as we know it, you can hardly miss Gaiman’s contribution to the world of fiction. This American British novelist became quite famous thanks to his unique style of writing combining (black) humor, death, mysteries and old legends coming back to life. American Gods can [...]