Posts Tagged With: Frank Frazetta

Fantasy Blogosphere: August 29, 2011

Posted on August 29, 2011 by Jeff Pelletier

An absolute tempest of fantasy fiction this week, with reviews, interviews and top 10’s forming the perfect storm. Reviews of a pair of new novels, and a pair of classics, interviews with a few new authors, and a classic, and top 10 lists from a new author and a classic. At the eye of the storm you’ll find George R.R. Martin and Tad Williams live at the Fox Theater. Batten down the hatches and dig in.

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Fantasy Blogosphere: March 14, 2011

Posted on March 14, 2011 by Jeff Pelletier

The Game of Thrones HBO series buzz continues to build, with a new poster, a new artisans video and an interactive audio experience all hitting this week. Reviews of The Heroes and The Runestaff, and interviews with Mark Charan Newton, Michael Stackpole, Peter V. Brett and Cherie Priest. Stephen King announces a new Dark Tower book to come next year, and fantasy as a genre is continuing to grow.

Game of Thrones HBO Series Poster

New HBO Game of Thrones Artisans Video

First Conan the Barbarian Trailer

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Fantasy Blogosphere: December 20, 2010

Posted on December 20, 2010 by Jeff Pelletier

A few good reviews this week, including Dragon Haven by Robin Hobb, but the real story is the number of quality interviews crossing this week. Patrick Rothfuss, Tracy Hickman, Brandon Sanderson, James Barclay, N.K. Jemisin and Peter V. Brett all offer their wisdom to the fantasy blogosphere this week. The cover for Tchaikovsky’s 7th novel in the Shadows of the Apt series, Heirs of the Blade was released this week, and its gorgeous. News on The Dark Tower movie, Moorcock’s Elric series, and the Frank Frazetta feud. A trailer for the forthcoming The Heroes by Joe Abercrombie dropped this week, check it out below.

Book Trailer: The Heroes by Joe Abercrombie

Caricature of J.R.R. Tolkien

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Fantasy Blogosphere: July 25, 2010

Posted on July 25, 2010 by Jeff Pelletier

This week we’ve got a review of one of my favorite fantasy reads so far this year: Lamentation by Ken Scholes. Also check out the interview with Jim Butcher over at SciFiNow. A classic Frazetta sold for 1.5 million over the past week, and Tor made the cover art of Brandon Sanderson’s A Way of Kings available as desktop wallpapers, so grab ’em while they’re hot!

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Fantasy Blogosphere: May 16, 2010

Posted on May 16, 2010 by Jeff Pelletier

Reviews take a back seat this week as we mark the passing of a legend. Legendary fantasy and comic book artist Frank Frazetta has died at age 82, and the world has lost one of its most famed fantasy artists in one single moment. Below you’ll find the obituary from Boston.com, along with a few galleries of some of Frank’s art, which I’ve enjoyed over the years. He’s the only artist for which I’ve ever downloaded fantasy art and used it as my desktop background image. He’ll truly be missed.

On a lighter note, Jones soda has created a variety of D&D Spellcasting sodas, which I strongly advise you check out. Also, Under Heaven by Guy Gavriel Kay is getting some good press this week, and Joe Abercrombie has some surprising news regarding the launch date of his forthcoming The Heroes. Giddy up.

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Fantasy Blogosphere: May 2, 2010

Posted on May 2, 2010 by Jeff Pelletier

When it rains it pours, and this week we bypass any book reviews for updates from Patrick Rothfuss and George R.R. Martin on their next books, A Wise Man’s Fear and A Dance with Dragons. Big events seem to come in threes, and in a week where we get updates from two of fantasy fiction’s heavy hitters, we also get wind that Stephen King’s The Dark Tower series is to be adapted by Ron Howard as a movie trilogy. There’s other stuff going on, but honestly, these three items take the cake for probably the week, the month, and up until this point, the year. So I’ll stop now, go check ’em out!

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Fantasy Blogosphere: April 25, 2010

Posted on April 25, 2010 by Jeff Pelletier

Peter V. Brett has been all the talk for the past few weeks, and this week we feature another review of The Warded Man on the tails of news that the book that was written on the F train may be produced as a 3D film. Not bad, Pete. We’ve also found a pair of fantastic interviews with heavyweights Guy Gavriel Kay and Patrick Rothfuss, and wrap up the serious talk this week with Terry Goodkind’s announcement of a new book deal with Tor.

On the flip side we finally have closure in the Frazetta/Frazetta’s Kids smackdown, and if you’re looking to improve your fantasy vocab, keep taps on Stephen Till’s blog.

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Fantasy Blogosphere: March 28, 2010

Posted on March 28, 2010 by Jeff Pelletier

If you’re looking for a few good book reviews, you’ve come to the right place this week. I’d really like to check out Shadowrise and The Stormcaller when I find some time to fit them into my reading schedule. Also this week, a pair of interviews: video of Raymond E. Feist commenting on his 30 book series, his methods of character development, and how he feels fans have received his work over the years, as well as a transcript of an interview with the great Peter S. Beagle. We continue to follow the development of the Firefly comic series (solely because Patton Oswalt is hilarious), and we cap the week with news about Frank Frazetta and the family feud that has been surrounding his work for years.

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