Spooky or Jokey? 10 Favorite YA Fantasies
My teen daughters and I are all voracious readers of fantasy, and we found ourselves discussing our favorite titles in terms of which camp they'd fall into. Here's the list we made.
My teen daughters and I are all voracious readers of fantasy, and we found ourselves discussing our favorite titles in terms of which camp they'd fall into. Here's the list we made.
Lisa Parkin | Posted 04.16.2012
With The Hunger Games movie coming out in March, the frenzy for young adult fiction has reached an all-time high. For those of you who still haven't read young adult books, here are a few suggestions.
Theodora Goss | Posted 04.15.2012
Here are my choices for the top ten fantasy love stories, both ancient and modern. Fair warning: none of them involves sparkly vampires!
Ilana Teitelbaum | Posted 01.21.2012
It should have been a relief to awaken from The Pattern Scars, after all its horrors. Yet the richness of the world, the complexity of the main character, and the intensity of her tragedy evoke memories that linger for a long time.
guardian.co.uk | Damien Walter | Posted 09.25.2011
A wealthy dynasty brought to its knees by popular revolt, the highest in the land caught in a web of corruption, and at the heart of it all a powerful...
Posted 09.11.2011
Finally, after 6 years, George R..R. Martin's "A Dance with Dragons" has arrived. Book 5 has already received many glowing reviews. In honor of the...
guardian.co.uk | Alison Flood | Posted 05.25.2011
It is a match made in publicists' heaven: the grandson of JRR Tolkien and the great-great grandson of Charles Dickens have collaborated for the first ...
Jewish Review of Books | Michael Weingrad | Posted 05.25.2011
Although it might seem unlikely that anyone would wonder whether the author of The Lord of the Rings was Jewish, the Nazis took no chances. When the p...
Simon Tolkien | Posted 05.25.2011
I grew up knowing that my grandfather was a creative genius, the founder of modern fantasy, who spoke innumerable languages and knew the answers to all important questions. Who was I to try to step out of his shadow?
Posted 05.25.2011
Vampires are having a great run in books, especially teen literature, and publishers are looking not only for the next Stephenie Meyer and "Twilight,"...
tor.com | Posted 05.25.2011
Since 1965, the Nebula Awards are given each year by the Science Fiction Writers of America for outstanding works of science fiction, fantasy, or rela...
David Kudler | Posted 05.15.2012