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Fantasy Blogosphere: July 25, 2011

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Jeff Pelletier

If you’re lucky enough to be inside with air conditioning right now, you’ll likely have more time than usual to browse the interwebs. Luckily, the fantasy blogosphere is chock full of goodies this week, with reviews of books by Tad Williams, Mark Charan Newton and Glen Cook, and interviews with Mark Lawrence, Ellen Kushner and David Anthony Durham. A few big fantasy film happenings: Harry Potter concludes and io9 looks at potential fantasy series to replace it, and The Dark Tower gets cancelled. Bring on the Dragonlance feature film!!

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Amazon’s Top 5 Fantasy Books, July 24, 2011

Posted on July 24, 2011 by Jeff Pelletier

A Dance with Dragons continues its reign with its third week in first place, and George R.R. Martin owns the top 5 again this week.

  1. A Dance with Dragons (Kindle) by George R.R. Martin
  2. A Game of Thrones (Kindle) by George R.R. Martin
  3. A Clash of Kings (Kindle) by George R.R. Martin
  4. George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire 4-Book Boxed Set (Paperback) by George R.R. Martin
  5. A Dance with Dragons (Hardcover) by George R.R. Martin
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Fantasy Blogosphere: July 18, 2011

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Jeff Pelletier

In case you haven’t been watching our Amazon’s top 5 fantasy books over the past few months, USA Today has summarized nicely: Record sales for George R.R. Martin’s A Dance with Dragons. It shows, as A Dance with Dragons is being reviewed in more mainstream publications, and the author himself is popping up to discuss the novel all over the interwebs. If you squint enough, you may be able to see the reviews of books by Ari Marmell, N.K. Jemisin, Steven Erikson and Brent Weeks amid the Dance maelstrom. Tack on a pair of interviews with Lev Grossman and Tracy Hickman, and I’d say this week will leave you with a belly full of fantasy.

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Amazon’s Top 5 Fantasy Books, July 17, 2011

Posted on July 17, 2011 by Jeff Pelletier

A Dance with Dragons, Kindle version, moves into first place this week, and the 4-book boxed set swaps places with A Clash of Kings, but George R.R. Martin retains his iron grip on the top 5 fantasy books on Amazon.com.

  1. A Dance with Dragons (Kindle) by George R.R. Martin
  2. A Dance with Dragons (Hardcover) by George R.R. Martin
  3. A Game of Thrones (Kindle) by George R.R. Martin
  4. George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire 4-Book Boxed Set (Paperback) by George R.R. Martin
  5. A Clash of Kings (Kindle) by George R.R. Martin
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Fantasy Blogosphere: July 11, 2011

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Jeff Pelletier

A Dance with Dragons teeters on the brink of release, and the fantasy blogosphere is flooding with reviews now that the embargo on reviews is lifted. Also this week, we found reviews of books by authors Patrick Rothfuss, Brandon Sanderson, Adrian Tchaikovsky and R. Scott Bakker, as well as an interview with Lev Grossman. Some cool fantasy art appeared this week as well, with the cover for the Game of Thrones dropping, and a really cool new map of Westeros. Photos from The Hobbit movie are starting to cross the blogosphere as well. Enough to get excited about yet?

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Amazon’s Top 5 Fantasy Books, July 10, 2011

Posted on July 10, 2011 by Jeff Pelletier

Is this real, or am I just dreaming? It still seems a bit unreal, but A Dance with Dragons is set to drop in t-minus two days, and the anticipation has propelled the Kindle version to second place, right under its twin brother, Mr. Hardcover. Martin continues to dominate the top 5, leading me to believe this year might be the fall of urban fantasy. Minimally, 2011 has already seen urban fantasy yield the first 6 months to fantasy; we’ll see if Martin continues his dominance for the second half of the year.

  1. A Dance with Dragons (Hardcover) by George R.R. Martin
  2. A Dance with Dragons (Kindle) by George R.R. Martin
  3. A Game of Thrones (Kindle) by George R.R. Martin
  4. A Clash of Kings (Kindle) by George R.R. Martin
  5. George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire 4-Book Boxed Set (Paperback) by George R.R. Martin
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Fantasy Blogosphere: June 27, 2011

Posted on June 27, 2011 by Jeff Pelletier

Reviews of books by all-star authors Brandon Sanderson, Tad Williams, Terry Pratchett, the amalgamation that is Robin Hobb/Megan Lindholm, Mark Charan Newton, Peter Orullian, and others. Also first pics from The Hobbit film.

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Amazon’s Top 5 Fantasy Books, June 26, 2011

Posted on June 26, 2011 by Jeff Pelletier

George R.R. Martin rules the top 5 again this week, spanning 3 types of book media in this instance: digital, paperback and hardcover books by the author all appear.

  1. A Game of Thrones (Kindle) by George R.R. Martin
  2. George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire 4-Book Boxed Set (Paperback) by George R.R. Martin
  3. A Clash of Kings (Kindle) by George R.R. Martin
  4. A Dance with Dragons (Hardcover) by George R.R. Martin
  5. A Storm of Swords (Kindle) by George R.R. Martin
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Fantasy Blogosphere: June 20, 2011

Posted on June 20, 2011 by Jeff Pelletier

Best Fantasy Books with an onslaught of reviews of some of my favorite books: The Lies of Locke Lamora, The Blade Itself, A Game of Thrones, and more. The reviews don’t stop there though, with reviews of books by Brent Weeks, China Mieville, Stephen King, R. Scott Bakker, Peter Orullian and more. Pat of Fantasy Hotlist posts part one of an interview of R. Scott Bakker. Rockin’.

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Amazon’s Top 5 Fantasy Books, June 19, 2011

Posted on June 19, 2011 by Jeff Pelletier

Winter Sea slips down to third place, and George R.R. Martin reclaims first place, and continues to dominate 4 of the 5 slots in the top 5.

  1. A Game of Thrones (Kindle) by George R.R. Martin
  2. George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire 4-Book Boxed Set (Paperback) by George R.R. Martin
  3. Winter Sea (Kindle) by Susanna Kearsley
  4. A Clash of Kings (Kindle) by George R.R. Martin
  5. A Storm of Swords (Kindle) by George R.R. Martin
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