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!!
- Review: Shadowplay by Tad Williams @ Fantasy Book Review
- Review: The Book of Transformations by Mark Charan Newton @ Fantasy Book Review
- Review: The White Rose by Glen Cook @ Fantasy Book Review
- Interview: Mark Lawrence @ Literary Musings
- Interview: Ellen Kushner @ SF Signal
- Interview: David Anthony Durham @ Fantasy Book Critic
- Event: Jim Butcher to appear in Kansas City @ The Kansas City Star
- Event: George R.R. Martin at SDCC @ Geeks of Doom
- Profile: George R.R. Martin @ NPR
- TV: Stannis Baratheon and Melisandre cast for Game of Thrones: Season 2 @ Entertainment Weekly
- Movie: The Dark Tower movie cancelled @ The Los Angeles Times
- Movie: 10 fantasy books that could replace Harry Potter @ io9