Posts Tagged With: The Hobbit

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?

Review: A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin @ Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist
Review: A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin @ The Wertzone
Review: A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin @ MySanAntonio
Review: The Wise Man’s Fear by Patrick Rothfuss @ A Fantastical Librarian
Review: Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson @ Fantasy Book Review
Review: Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson @ Boom Tron
Review: Empire in Black and Gold by Adrian Tchaikovsky @ Floor to Ceiling Books
Review: The White Luck Warrior by R. Scott Bakker @ Neth Space
Interview: Lev Grossman @ If You’re Just Joining Us
Covers: Game of Thrones comic adaptation cover by Alex Ross @ The Daily Blam!
Movies: Photo of dwarfs from The Hobbit released @ Fanboy.com
Art: Where’s Waldo of Westeros maps @ Fanboy.com

Categories: Fantasy Blogosphere, News | Tags: A Dance with Dragons, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Alex Ross, Brandon Sanderson, Empire in Black and Gold, fantasy books, Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin, Lev Grossman, Mistborn, Patrick Rothfuss, R. Scott Bakker, The Hobbit, The White Luck Warrior, The Wise Man's Fear, Warbreaker, Westeros | 1 Comment

Fantasy Blogosphere: June 6, 2011

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Jeff Pelletier

Reviews of books by Terry Pratchett, Peter V. Brett, and more this week, and interviews with R. Scott Bakker and Ellen Kushner. Also, my homey Orlando Bloom is back for The Hobbit. That’s good, it will give wifey Miranda Kerr some time to herself.

Review: Discworld by Terry Pratchett @ Best Fantasy Books
Review: The Desert Spear by Peter V. Brett @ Best Fantasy Books
Review: The Thief’s Gamble by Juliet E. McKenna @ Fantasy Book Review
Review: Sword of the Gods by Bruce Cordell @ Grasping for the Wind
Interview: R. Scott Bakker @ Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist
Interview: Ellen Kushner @ io9
Movies: Orlando Bloom confirmed for The Hobbit @ Rope of Silicon

Categories: Fantasy Blogosphere, News | Tags: Bruce Cordell, Discworld, Ellen Kushner, fantasy books, Juliet E. McKenna, Orlando Bloom, Peter V. Brett, R. Scott Bakker, Sword of the Gods, Terry Pratchett, The Desert Spear, The Hobbit, The Thief's Gamble | Leave a comment

Fantasy Blogosphere: April 18, 2011

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Jeff Pelletier

Too many George R.R. Martin interviews to list here this week, but a great interview with Time magazine. New trailers for Game of Thrones, and a making of The Hobbit video emerged this week as well.

Review: The Dragon’s Path by Daniel Abraham @ Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist
Review: Goblin Tales by Jim C. Hines @ Grasping for the Wind
Interview: George R.R. Martin @ Time
Interview: Steven Erikson @ Seattle PI
Interview: N.K. Jemisin @ Fantasy Magazine
Cover: The Magician King by Lev Grossman @ Oneironomicon
Products: D&D purfume @ Fanboy.com

Game of Thrones: Poison Trailer

Game of Thrones: Epic Trailer

The Making of The Hobbit

Interview with Patrick Rothfuss Part 2

Categories: Fantasy Blogosphere, News | Tags: D&D, Daniel Abraham, Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin, Goblin Tales, Jim C. Hines, Lev Grossman, N.K. Jemisin, Patrick Rothfuss, Steven Erikson, The Dragon's Path, The Hobbit, The Magician King | Leave a comment

Fantasy Blogosphere: April 11, 2011

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Jeff Pelletier

The spotlight is shared by Pat Rothfuss and George Martin this week, the former garnering publicity following his recent release of The Wise Man’s Fear, and the latter on the forthcoming release of his HBO tv series. In addition to the barrage of coverage on these great authors, there are reviews of books by great authors that crossed this week: Glen Cook, Peter S. Beagle and Daniel Abraham.

Review: The Wise Man’s Fear by Patrick Rothfuss @ Fantasy & SciFi Lovin’ News & Reviews
Review: Surrender to the Will of the Night by Glen Cook @ BSC
Review: Sleight of Hand by Peter S. Beagle @ Grasping for the Wind
Review: The Dragon’s Path by Daniel Abraham @ SF Signal
Interview: Daniel Abraham talks The Dragon’s Path @ Omnivoracious
Interview: Steven Erikson @ Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist
Interview: Patrick Rothfuss @ Adventures in Sci-Fi
Performance: Patrick Rothfuss reads from The Wise Man’s Fear @ The Agony Column
Profile: George R.R. Martin @ The New Yorker
TV: George R.R. Martin talks Game of Thrones HBO series @ Entertainment Weekly
TV: Interview with Game of Thrones producers David Benioff and D.B. Weiss @ Entertainment Weekly
Movie: Andy Serkis to be Second Unit Director for The Hobbit @ The Hollywood Reporter
Art: Cover to 2010 A Song of Ice and Fire calendar released @ Mission Unknown!

15-minute HBO Game of Thrones Preview

Game of Thrones Exclusive Preview

The Making of HBO’s Game of Thrones

Interview with Patrick Rothfuss

Categories: Fantasy Blogosphere, News | Tags: A Song of Ice and Fire, Andy Serkis, Daniel Abraham, Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin, Glen Cook, Patrick Rothfuss, Peter S. Beagle, Sleight of Hand, Steven Erikson, Surrender to the Will of the Night, The Dragon's Path, The Hobbit, The Wise Man's Fear | Leave a comment

Fantasy Blogosphere: March 28, 2011

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Jeff Pelletier

Reviews of books by Joe Abercrombie, Daniel Abraham, Mark Hodder and Scott Westerfield this week, and interviews with Joe Abercrombie, Terry Brooks, Peter Orullian and Mark Lawrence. Production begins for The Hobbit movie, Gimli gives his take on portraying a dwarf in a film (advice for The Hobbit actors), and HBO releases a slew of shorts spotlighting individual characters.

Review: The Heroes by Joe Abercrombie @ The OF Blog
Review: The Dragon’s Path by Daniel Abraham @ Fantasy Book Critic
Review: The Curious Case of the Clockwork Man by Mark Hodder @ Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist
Review: Behemoth by Scott Westerfield @ Jawas Read, Too!
Interview: Joe Abercrombie @ Omnivoracious
Interview: Terry Brooks @ Suvudu
Interview: Peter Orullian @ Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist
Interview: Mark Lawrence @ Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist
Movie: Production begins for Jackson’s The Hobbit @ Fanboy
Movie: Gimli’s Guide to Dwarving Made Easy @ Empire

Game of Thrones Character Profile: Tyrion Lannister

Game of Thrones Character Profile: Robert Baratheon

Game of Thrones Character Profile: Jaime Lannister

Game of Thrones Character Profile: Daenerys Targaryen

Game of Thrones Character Profile: Khal Drogo

Game of Thrones Character Profile: Catelyn Stark

Game of Thrones Character Profile: Bran Stark

Game of Thrones Character Profile: Robb Stark

Game of Thrones Character Profile: Jon Snow

Categories: Fantasy Blogosphere, News | Tags: Behemoth, Bran Stark, Catelyn Stark, Daenerys Targaryen, Daniel Abraham, fantasy books, Game of Thrones, Gimli, Jaime Lannister, Joe Abercrombie, Jon Snow, Khal Drogo, Mark Hodder, Mark Lawrence, Peter Jackson, Peter Orullian, Robb Stark, Robert Baratheon, Scott Westerfield, Terry Brooks, The Curious Case of the Clockwork Man, The Dragon's Path, The Heroes, The Hobbit, Tyrion Lannister | Leave a comment

Fantasy Blogosphere: March 7, 2011

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Jeff Pelletier

A Dance with Dragons gets a release date, and The Wise Man’s Fear gets released. I’m not sure what more I could ask for. Well, how about a review of The Wise Man’s Fear, 3 interviews with Patrick Rothfuss, Rothfuss reading from The Wise Man’s Fear, and the first full-length trailer for the Game of Thrones HBO series. Rockin’.

Review: The Wise Man’s Fear by Patrick Rothfuss @ Grasping for the Wind
Review: The Imager’s Challenge by L.E. Modesitt, Jr. @ Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist
Review: The Alchemist by Paolo Bacigalupi @ Grasping for the Wind
Interview: Patrick Rothfuss @ Crossed Genres
Interview: Patrick Rothfuss @ Omnivoracious
Interview: Patrick Rothfuss @ Book Banter
Interview: Daniel Abraham @ A Dribble of Ink
Interview: Daniel Abraham @ Suvudu
Interview: Scott Lynch @ Orion Publishing Group
Book News: A Dance With Dragons release date announced @ Fantasy Book News
Book News: The Wise Man’s Fear released @ Best Fantasy Books
Author news: Rothfuss adapting to success with release of The Wise Man’s Fear @ Las Vegas Review-Journal
Author news: Guy Gavriel Kay to speak at Literary Tastes Breakfast @ RUSABlog
Movies: The Hobbit movies may have different names @ Guardian.co.uk
Funny: More people in the world speak Elvish than Irish @ Independent.ie

First Full-Length Game of Thrones Trailer

Patrick Rothfuss reads from The Wise Man’s Fear

Categories: Fantasy Blogosphere, News | Tags: A Dance with Dragons, Daniel Abraham, fantasy books, Game of Thrones, Guy Gavriel Kay, L.E. Modesitt, Paolo Bacigalupi, Patrick Rothfuss, Scott Lynch, The Alchemist, The Hobbit, The Imager's Challenge, The Wise Man's Fear | Leave a comment

Fantasy Blogosphere: January 14, 2011

Posted on February 14, 2011 by Jeff Pelletier

Reviews of A Game of Thrones, Gauntlgrym and The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack this week, along with interviews of Mercedes Lackey, Cherie Priest and Mark Charan Newton. Check out the best moments from Red Dwarf, the passing of Brian Jacques, and Joe Abercrombie appearing in TIME magazine.

Review: A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin @ Daemen’s Books
Review: Gauntlgrym by R.A. Salvatore @ Curled Up
Review: The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack by Mark Hodder @ Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist
Interview: Mercedes Lackey @ The Dragon Page
Interview: Cherie Priest @ The Functional Nerds
Interview: Mark Charan Newton @ The Ranting Dragon
TV: Game of Thrones HBO series press, collectible novels @ Fine Books & Collections
TV: Gaiman & Pratchett’s Good Omens to be adapted for tv @ Examiner National
TV: The Best 5 Moments from each of the Red Dwarf crew @ Topless Robot
Movies: First interviews with the cast of The Hobbit @ Stuff.co.nz
Video Games: First Elder Scrolls V screen shots @ Geeks of Doom
Author News: Brian Jacques, Author of Redwall books, has died @ NPR
Author News: Joe Abercrombie appears in TIME magazine @ Orbit
Author Blogs: China Mieville on fantasy, science fiction and politics @ ISR
Author Blogs: Joe Abercrombie on the ingredients of good fantasy @ Orbit
Funny: Everything I learned about marketing, I learned from D&D @ Community Marketing

Categories: Fantasy Blogosphere, News | Tags: A Game of Thrones, Brian Jacques, Cherie Priest, China Meiville, D&D, Elder Scrolls V, fantasy books, Gauntlgrym, George R.R. Martin, Good Omens, Joe Abercrombie, Mark Charan Newton, Mark Hodder, Mercedes Lackey, Neil Gaiman, R.A. Salvatore, Red Dwarf, Redwall, Terry Pratchett, The Hobbit, The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack | Leave a comment

Fantasy Blogosphere: October 24, 2010

Posted on October 24, 2010 by Jeff Pelletier

The fantasy blogosphere is abuzz this week with great reviews of The Heroes by Joe Abercrombie, the Swords and Dark Magic anthology, Stoneweilder by Ian C. Esslemont, and more. Authors were busy this week with interviews with Brandon Sanderson, Raymond E. Feist, Gail Z. Martin, R.A. Salvatore and Brent Weeks. The cover for The Crippled God by Steven Erikson was released, Martin Freeman confirms his role as Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit, and R.A. Salvatore is giving away his first Drizzt novel, Homeland, as a free eBook.

Review: The Heroes by Joe Abercrombie @ Speculative Horizons
Review: I Shall Wear Midnight by Terry Pratchett @ Escape Pod
Review: Swords and Dark Magic by Various @ Grasping for the Wind
Review: The Magicians by Lev Grossman @ Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist
Review: Stoneweilder by Ian C. Esslemont @ Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist
Review: The Spirit Thief by Rachel Aaron @ Graeme’s Fantasy Book Review
Review: Warrior Priest by Darius Hinks @ Graeme’s Fantasy Book Review
Review: Elves: Once Walked With God by James Barclay @ SFFWorld
Review: The Black Prism by Brent Weeks @ Bookworm Blues
Interview: Brandon Sanderson @ Grasping for the Wind
Interview: Brandon Sanderson @ SciFiNow
Interview: Raymond E. Feist @ Absent Willow Review
Interview: Gail Z. Martin @ Patricia’s Vampire Notes
Interview: R.A. Salvatore @ The Tome Show
Interview: R.A. Salvatore @ Elitist Book Reviews
Interview: Brent Weeks @ A Dribble of Ink
Covers: The Crippled God by Steven Erikson @ Del Rey
Movies: Martin Freeman Confirmed as Bilbo Baggins for The Hobbit @ Geeks of Doom
Movies: Revisiting The Black Cauldron @ Slate
eBooks: Free: Homeland by R.A. Salvatore @ SF Signal

Categories: Fantasy Blogosphere, News | Tags: Bilbo Baggins, Brandon Sanderson, Brent Weeks, Darius Hinks, Elves: Once Walked With God, Gail Z. Martin, Homeland, I Shall Wear Midnight, Ian C. Esslemont, James Barclay, Joe Abercrombie, Lev Grossman, Martin Freeman, R.A. Salvatore, Rachel Aaron, Raymond E. Feist, Steven Erikson, Stoneweilder, Swords and Dark Magic, Terry Pratchett, The Black Cauldron, The Black Prism, The Crippled God, The Heroes, The Hobbit, The Magicians, The Spirit Thief, Warrior Priest | Leave a comment

Fantasy Blogosphere: October 17, 2010

Posted on October 17, 2010 by Jeff Pelletier

Slews of reviews and interviews this week, with the New York Comic Con concluding yesterday. Check out the interviews with Joe Abercrombie, Peter V. Brett, Scott Westerfield, R.A. Salvatore and James Enge. A few great book reviews, including Before They are Hanged and Acacia. Also, don’t miss the cover of Mark Charan Newton’s The Book of Transformations, or the news on The Hobbit movie.

Review: Before They are Hanged by Joe Abercrombie @ The Little Red Reviewer
Review: Acacia by David Anthony Durham @ Fantasy Book Review
Review: The Reluctant Mage by Karen Miller @ Elitist Book Reviews
Review: City of Ruin by Mark Charan Newton @ Bookworm Blues
Review: The Food of the Gods by H.G. Wells @ Graeme’s Fantasy Book Review
Review: The Half-Made World by Felix Gilman @ Fantasy Book Critic
Review: The King’s Bastard by Rowena Cory Daniells @ Fantasy Book Critic
Review: Flesh and Bone by Jefferson Bass @ Worlds in Ink
Interview: Joe Abercrombie @ Suvudu
Interview: Peter V. Brett @ Suvudu
Interview: Scott Westerfield @ Suvudu
Interview: R.A. Salvatore @ Suvudu
Interview: James Enge @Paul Jessup
Covers: Mark Charan Newton’s The Book of Transformations @ Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist
Movies: The Hobbit movie is finally happening @ Fanboy

Categories: Fantasy Blogosphere, News | Tags: Acacia, Before They are Hanged, City of Ruin, David Anthony Durham, Felix Gilman, Flesh and Bone, H.G. Wells, James Enge, Jefferson Bass, Joe Abercrombie, Karen Miller, Mark Charan Newton, Peter V. Brett, R.A. Salvatore, Rowena Cory Daniels, Scott Westerfield, The Book of Transformations, The Food of the Gods, The Half-Made World, The Hobbit, The King's Bastard, The Reluctant Mage | Leave a comment

Fantasy Blogosphere: September 19, 2010

Posted on September 19, 2010 by Jeff Pelletier

Lots of tv and film news this week, with a few new Game of Thrones HBO series videos appearing, and Stephen King talking about The Dark Tower film and tv series. In addition, a fairly large-scale buzz surrounded Brandon Sanderson’s The Way of Kings, as he concluded his tour for the novel. The Game of Thrones trailers look amazing, and I’m really pleased with the casting. Its going to be awesome. Wrap up this week with a new episode of The Guild. See you next week fantasy blogospherians!

Review: The Thief-Taker’s Apprentice by Stephen Deas @ Fantasy Book Critic
Review: Sword of Justice by Chris Wraight @ BSC Review
Interview: Brandon Sanderson on The Way of Kings @ Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist
Interview: Brandon Sanderson on The Way of Kings @ Grasping for the Wind
Interview (video): Brandon Sanderson The Way of Kings reading and Q&A @ Suvudu
Interview: Stephen King thinks Twilight cast should star in The Dark Tower @ Entertainment Weekly
Interview: Terry Pratchett @ SFX
Photos: The Way of Kings photo shoot @ Omnivoracious
Film: The Black Cauldron 25th Anniversary @ The Wall Street Journal
Film: Ron Howard’s plans for The Dark Tower@ Fanboy
Film: Stephen King’s The Dark Tower optioned by Universal @ Fantasy Book Review
Film: Martin Freeman turns down Hobbit role @ Fantasy Book Review
Television: HBO’s Game of Thrones coverage @ IFC

Game of Thrones HBO Series Trailer, with George R.R. Martin Interview

New Game of Thrones HBO Series Trailer

The Guild: Season 4, Episode 9: Pirate Paddy

Categories: Fantasy Blogosphere, News | Tags: Brandon Sanderson, Chris Wraight, HBO Game of Thrones, Martin Freeman, Ron Howard, Stephen Deas, Stephen King, Sword of Justice, Terry Pratchett, The Black Cauldron, The Dark Tower, The Guild, The Hobbit, The Thief Taker's Apprentice, The Way of Kings, Universal | Leave a comment