by Jim Stitzel | Aug 24, 2007 | General
Brandon Sanderson has read the final Harry Potter installment. He had, in part, this to say about it: bq. Initial thoughts: I liked it, as I’ve liked all of the other HP books. However, it lacked the charm of the books that occurred inside of Hogwarts. (Source:...
by Jim Stitzel | Mar 12, 2007 | General
_”The finest novel of fantasy to be written in many years.”_ ~Orson Scott Card Brandon Sanderson’s debut novel Elantris is a fresh and remarkably cunning approach to fantasy fiction. Prince Raoden, heir to the throne of Arelon, suddenly finds himself...
by Jim Stitzel | Jan 10, 2007 | General
This “entry by Brandon Sanderson”:http://www.brandonsanderson.com/blog.php?date=1168239600 stands in sharp relief to my little “mini-rant”:http://open-dialogue.com/blog/2006/12/31/adverse-book-sizes/ the other day. Coupled with “Bryan...
by Jim Stitzel | Jan 1, 2007 | General
I’ve got a rather well-rounded speculative fiction reading list to start off the new year, courtesy of my wife and sister. Wanna see it? “_Forever Odd_”:http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&EAN=9780553588262&itm=1...
