Breaking Dawn makes a return to the top five, while A Kiss of Shadows and The Best of Robert E. Howard Volume 1 make the cut for the first time. The Gathering Storm and The Demon Awakens stay in the to five, but drop two slots each.
by Laurell K. Hamilton
by Robert E. Howard
by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
by R.A. Salvatore
by Stephanie MeyerDon’t forget a very special Halloween edition of The Guild:
Robert Jordan/Brandon Sanderson’s new novel holds strong at number one, while R.A. Salvatore’s latest follows suit in the number two slot. Actually everything is the same as last week, except for A Touch of Dead being replaced by a book by Newt Gingrich. Newt Gingrich with a novel in the fantasy genre? Are we still on planet earth?
by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson by R.A. Salvatore
by Rosemary Laurey
by Newt Gingrich
by Keri ArthurWe’ve got a very healthy swath of reviews this week, maybe due to the fact that I spent the weekend in Serra do Cipo, so a few of these may reach back to before last weekend. Either way, you can’t lose with reviews of books by Scott Lynch, Ken Scholes, Janny Wurts, Dan Brown and plenty more. A pair of interviews with R.A. Salvatore and Andy Remic are featured, with Remic discussing his most recent novel Kell’s Legend.
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The Gathering Storm moves swiftly into the top spot, with R.A. Salvatore’s The Demon Awakens following closely behind. A new entry this week, Paradox I by Rosemary Laurey, rounds out the top three. A Touch of Dead and Full Moon Rising hang on in the four and five spots.
by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson by R.A. Salvatore by Rosemary Laurey
by Charlaine Harris by Keri ArthurR.A. Salvatore’s The Demon Awakens holds strong in the number one slot for the second week straight, while the new Wheel of Time book, The Gathering Storm, co-authored by Brandon Sanderson premiers at number three, while the release date of the book is still more than two weeks away.
by R.A. Salvatore by Charlaine Harris by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson by Keri Arthur
by Diana GabaldonThe Demon Awakens, a new R.A. Salvatore book independent of Wizards of the Coast and the Forgotten Realms saga premiers in the number one slot this week. The Time Traveler’s Wife gets knocked off, ending its twelve week reign in the top five. A Touch of Dead and Full Moon Rising move up a few spots, while An Echo in the Bone and According to Jane drop a few.
by R.A. Salvatore by Charlaine Harris by Keri Arthur by Diana Gabaldon
by Marilyn BrantA bit of Karen Miller news this week, and reviews featuring Brandon Sanderson and R.A. Salvatore’s most recent novels. We also found out who will portray the Stark sisters in HBO’s version of George R.R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones. Last but most certainly not least, Orbit has been putting out some entertaining fantasy industry stats.
The one item I think is missing from the fantasy novel cover chart is “Mysterious Hooded Figure”. This seems to be overwhelmingly the most recent popular trend in fantasy novel covers. Maybe I’ll round up a few of the covers and post for proof. For the record, out of my collection the Darksword trilogy seems to take the cake; each book cover containing swords and glowy magic, and in two cases the sword is glowing with glowy magic. Pure genius.
Admittedly, I skimped a bit on the reviews this week, as I’m just too excited about our “avatar-related” bonus videos.
I first heard about Lamentation by Ken Scholes on the Dragon Page Cover to Cover podcast, where they hailed it as the most anticipated fantasy novel of 2009. A hefty title to ignore indeed. On my most recent trip to the States, I tried to locate the novel at a Barnes & Noble, a Borders, and finally at the Logan airport book store. The clerk at the airport book store looked it up online, and told me the book was not to be released until September.
Lesson learned: don’t trust airport book store clerks who very obviously go to Amazon rather than their own database and find the release of the mass market paperback. Here are some reviews:
Lamentation @ A Fantasy Reader
Lamentation @ Blood of the Muse
Lamentation @ Fantasy Book Reviewer
And as a bonus fantasy blogosphere feature for this week, we’ve got an interview with R.A. Salvatore:
Interview, Part 1
Interview, Part 2
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