For a while, there seems to be have been some flack flying around claiming that Geralt is a direct clone of Elric. I’ve not paid it much mind, personally. I have been a long standing fan of Moorcock’s Eternal Champion books. I only got into the Witcher after watching the Netflix show, then buying WitcherContinue reading “Elric of Melniboné ≠ Geralt of Rivia”
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Finished. At Last.
Lets Review: The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan Nearly eight hundred pages of description, dialogue, action, edge-of-the-seat tension and infected nightmares. And that list doesn’t even scratch the surface of what Jordan has offered. It has taken me just over three weeks to read this book with all of Life happening around meContinue reading “Finished. At Last.”
She-Ra: Season 4 News!
The DreamWorks team announced the release date for the next season of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power. I’ve been a bit of a fan of the show on Netflix and reviewed it a little while ago. Instead of being shorts like the last season, the fourth season is 13 episodes long focusing on, inContinue reading “She-Ra: Season 4 News!”
5 Games from Fantasy Stories
Pages Below the Vaulted Sky asks an interesting question: Where are the sports in our fondest fantasy stories? It took me a while, and some prompting from others to compile a list of 9 games or recreations played in books I had read… So the following list does draw on a diverse array of fantasyContinue reading “5 Games from Fantasy Stories”
Let’s Review: The Final Empire
Here is an admission: I have never before read anything by Brandon Sanderson. Nothing at all. Nada. Nowt. But I had heard lots and lots about how good his work was. Hell’s bells – he was even chosen to finish Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series. So, with a sense of anticipation, I spent aContinue reading “Let’s Review: The Final Empire”
The Last Dragon
Dragons have always captivated me. From an early age, I was enamoured with them to the extent that they decorated the walls of my bedroom. In my tireless quest for entertainment, I discovered something on Youtube that I wanted to share with you all – the pseudo-science of how dragons might once have actually beenContinue reading “The Last Dragon”
The Origin of: Orcs
They wage war across Middle Earth, servants of Sauron; they build alliances with demons, then shirk them to build a political dominion over the World of Warcraft; they serve deities and try to remember their heritage in Skyrim; they haunt the mountains and wild places, fighting among themselves until the day comes that a leaderContinue reading “The Origin of: Orcs”
The Death of Smaug
In my brief skitter through YouTube at the weekend, I stumbled across this gem of a video. As some of my longer followers might remember, back in July, I reviewed the Hobbit. So, while still fresh in my mind, I came across this gem from Hello Future Me, an animation of the part of theContinue reading “The Death of Smaug”
How to make a map using Inkarnate
In my current work in progress, Kingdom of the Lion, I have been getting very involved in writing the tale of Pryad as he turns from a powerless street urchin from the dark alleys of Ur into something else much more powerful. But in doing so, I’ve found some not-at-all-useful historical maps of the FertileContinue reading “How to make a map using Inkarnate”
Lets Review: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (I promise I’m over 18!).
This review has been sitting in my drafts folder for over a week, waiting to be finished. This has turned out to be harder than I envisioned for a couple of reasons. First, the completed draft doesn’t seem to have saved for whatever reason – a pity, but not the end of the world. Secondly,Continue reading “Lets Review: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (I promise I’m over 18!).”
Imagine Erratically 