Posts Tagged With: Robert Jordan

Fantasy Blogosphere: September 12, 2010

Posted on September 12, 2010 by Jeff Pelletier

Holy schnikes! Where to begin this week? How about reviews of books by Tad Williams, Mark Chadbourn, Mark Charan Newton, Paul Hoffman, and Jo Graham? Or maybe interviews with R.A. Salvatore, Guy Gavriel Kay and Naomi Novik? Not to your liking? Try The Way of Kings tour schedule, Stephen King’s The Dark Tower becoming a film trilogy and a tv series and the babes of Dragon*Con on for size. Still not happy? Will a new trailer for Towers of Midnight please you? No? Ok, then check out The Guide to Writing Fantasy and Science Fiction, answer the question of what hobbits, robots and yahoos have in common, and check out The Guild: Season 4, Episode 8. Thirsty for more? Well, you’ll have to look elsewhere, I’m spent.

Trailer: Towers of Midnight by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson

The Guild: Season 4, Episode 8: Busted

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Amazon’s Top 5 Fantasy Bestsellers, September 11, 2010

Posted on September 11, 2010 by Jeff Pelletier

Alas, Brandon Sanderson’s solo work drops off the top five this week, and his remaining co-authored novel, Towers of Midnight, is placed in a No Mercy sandwich. So goes the battle for fantasy fiction.

  1. No Mercy (Kindle) by Sherrilyn Kenyon
  2. Towers of Midnight (Hardcover) by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
  3. No Mercy (Hardcover) by Sherrilyn Kenyon
  4. Dead in the Family (Kindle) by Charlaine Harris
  5. Breaking Dawn (Kindle) by Stephanie Meyer
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Amazon’s Top 5 Fantasy Bestsellers, September 5, 2010

Posted on September 5, 2010 by Jeff Pelletier

It only lasted a week, but boy was it sweet. Although Tolkien and Brooks drop off the Amazon top 5 list this week, we get another fantastic offering: Brandon Sanderson’s The Way of Kings is released, and fills 2 of the top 5 slots with both the hardcover and Kindle editions, giving Sanderson 60% majority holdings of the top 5. Sweet.

I should mention that I’ll be making the distinction between Kindle, hardcover, and any other versions going forward, since they are separate items and should be accounted for as such. And there’s no better way to kick it off than with a double dose of Sanderson goodness.

  1. Towers of Midnight (Hardcover) by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
  2. The Way of Kings (Kindle) by Brandon Sanderson
  3. Dead in the Family (Kindle) by Charlaine Harris
  4. Breaking Dawn (Kindle) by Stephanie Meyer
  5. The Way of Kings (Hardcover) by Brandon Sanderson
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Amazon’s Top 5 Fantasy Bestsellers, August 28, 2010

Posted on August 28, 2010 by Jeff Pelletier

Amazon’s top 5 fantasy bestsellers, August 28, 2010: The Return of the Awesome? For the first time in recent memory, the top 5 fantasy bestsellers on amazon.com are not dominated by vampire/teen novels! And it only took the king, the Elvis of fantasy, J.R.R. Tolkien to dethrone the fad. Not a bad trio to round out the top three really, with Towers of Midnight holding strong, and Terry Brooks’ latest Shannara novel (Kindle version) rounding out the top 3. I’m so happy I’m not sure what to do with myself now.

  1. The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun by J.R.R. Tolkien & Christopher Tolkien
  2. Towers of Midnight by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
  3. Bearers of the Black Staff: Legends of Shannara by Terry Brooks
  4. Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris
  5. Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer
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Amazon’s Top 5 Fantasy Bestsellers, August 21, 2010

Posted on August 21, 2010 by Jeff Pelletier

Towers of Midnight vaults into first place this week. Woot! Other notables in the top 25 include Bearers of the Black Staff by Terry Brooks at number 21, The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson at number 22, and amazingly A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin comes in at 24, after being published in 1996!

  1. Towers of Midnight by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
  2. Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris
  3. Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer
  4. Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
  5. Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris
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Amazon’s Top 5 Fantasy Bestsellers, August 14, 2010

Posted on August 14, 2010 by Jeff Pelletier

In a week where Charlaine Harris owns three of the top five slots, Towers of Midnight makes a grand entrance in the number three spot. Other notables in the top 25 this week are Bearers of the Black Staff by Terry Brooks coming in at number 20, and Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson barely making the cut at number 25.

  1. Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris
  2. Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer
  3. Towers of Midnight by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
  4. Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris
  5. Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
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Fantasy Blogosphere: February 7, 2010

Posted on February 7, 2010 by Jeff Pelletier

We’ve got a boatload of reviews this week, covering everything from more recent titles like The Gathering Storm and Dragon Keeper to young classics such as A Storm of Swords, The Hero of Ages and The Lies of Locke Lamora. The Stormcaller by Tom Lloyd also looks promising, having potentially been looked over in a year when other authors like Scott Lynch were making their big debuts. The Dragon Page recently intervieweed Gail Z. Martin, and Ursula K. Le Guin continues to fight for her rights against Google. We cap off a stellar week with news of an inmate in Wisconsin being prohibited from playing D&D in prison. What will inmates want next, a renaissance festival on prison grounds?

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Fantasy Blogosphere: December 27, 2009

Posted on December 27, 2009 by Jeff Pelletier

Reviews of Robert Jordan/Brandon Sanderson’s latest continue to pop up across the blogosphere, and we feature a few additional reviews this holiday weekend, covering the latest by R.A. Salvatore and Scott Westerfield. Ursula K. Le Guin makes some headlines by denouncing Google’s quest to digitize everything in print, and a couple of promising big budget fantasy films are in store for us in 2010. I get excited for anything from Tim Burton, and his adaptation of Alice in Wonderland looks very promising.

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Amazon’s Top 5 Fantasy Bestsellers, December 19, 2009

Posted on December 19, 2009 by Jeff Pelletier

Everything holds strong from last week, giving Breaking Dawn six weeks straight in the top five, two of those spent in the number one slot. This marks the book’s return to the top 5, due to the popularity of New Moon, the new Twilight movie being released about six weeks ago.

  1. Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer
  2. Wit’ch Fire by James Clemens
  3. The Gathering Storm by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
  4. The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
  5. An Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon
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Amazon’s Top 5 Fantasy Bestsellers, December 12, 2009

Posted on December 12, 2009 by Jeff Pelletier

Breaking Dawn stays strong and moves into the number one slot this week, knocking Wit’ch Fire into the second spot. The Gathering Storm powers its way into 10 weeks straight in the top five. The Time Traveler’s Wife remains strong, and An Echo in the Bone makes a return to the top 5; its first appearance since early October.

  1. Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer
  2. Wit’ch Fire by James Clemens
  3. The Gathering Storm by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
  4. The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
  5. An Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon
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