The author that introduced me to an ongoing love of fantasy books, David Eddings, passed away on Tuesday 2 June 2009, at the age of 77. Eddings’ two most popular series, the Belgariad and the Malloreon, are still two of the most popular bildungsroman series written, and haven’t been out of print since they were [...]
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The Lord of the Rings…the…musical??!
Posted in Books, Geek, Music, Sing-a-longs, tagged fantasy, musicals, stage shows, the lord of the rings on March 8, 2009 | 6 Comments »
It seems they’ll make a musical out of anything these days, and so of course there’s a Lord of the Rings musical that I had known nothing about. I hadn’t realized that this had finished its run in 2008, but I would have loved to go see this if only because it’s a form of [...]
Inkheart: Movie review
Posted in Movies, Review, tagged adaptation, Andy Serkis, Brendan Fraser, Cornelia Funke, Dustfinger, Eliza Bennett, fantasy, Helen Mirren, Inkheart, Silvertongue on December 17, 2008 | 4 Comments »
In Inkheart, Brendan Fraser plays Mortimer Folchart, an antique-book collector (or maybe bookbinder), who is journeying to find that one special book. He is accompanied by his daughter, Meggie (Eliza Bennett), to Italy. And that is where Folchart’s past, in the form of Dustfinger (Paul Bettany), confronts him. Ten years ago, Folchart read the book [...]
10 OTHER great fantasy book series
Posted in Books, Dungeons and Dragons, tagged Books, fantasy, series on September 4, 2008 | 8 Comments »
I’m a huge lover of fantasy novels. My personal library at home is stuffed to the gills with them, so it was with great interest that I read a post at List Universe about 10 great fantasy series. The rules of the list were that the series must be complete (there’s one cheat in the [...]
Cool fantasy images
Posted in Culture, Media, tagged fantasy on June 25, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I was on a quest to find new wallpapers when I stumbled across this lovely site full of images and even tutorials – I am in a sharing mood today so I felt like sharing the find David Revoy
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