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Fantasy Book Critic@fantasybookcritic.bsky.social |
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We are a blog of passionate book reviewers who love anything from fantasy to sci-fi and self published works. Active since 2007. Blogger judges in SPFBO from 2015. Find us at fantasybookcritic.blogs
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Craig Schaefer
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In case anyone needs to hear this (because I did), yes, the world is burning. You are not Betraying The Cause by finding solace in stupid tv shows or video games or anything else that means nothing but makes you happy. If it gets you through and keeps you on your feet, there's the value, right there
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Mike Shel
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Here’s some teaser art for the Aching God Kickstarter (www.kickstarter.com/projects/mik...); a detail of @andrew_maleski_’s brilliant portrait of a certain long-reigning monarch that has me positively giddy…
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Reactor (formerly Tor.com)
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We are thrilled to help announce Mad Sisters of Esi, a new "meta fantasy" from @tashanmehta.bsky.social coming to North America from DAW Books! Fables, family, ghosts - this is a story you won't want to miss.
reactormag.com/daw-books-an...
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Fantasy Book Critic
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Lukasz loves UF & protags w/ a faulty moral compass. If you’re like him, then @charlessoule.bsky.social’s “Curse Words” is the comic book series for you. This delightfully irreverent series pulses w/ magic, mayhem, a hefty dose of dark humor, and it’s every bit as chaotic & entertaining as it sounds
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Fantasy Book Critic
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Thanks to Gourav Mohanty & @headofzeus.bsky.social, FBC is thrilled to reveal the cover for DANCE OF SHADOWS (Raag Of Rta #2), the fantastic sequel to Gourav’s debut SONS OF DARKNESS
Checkout it out in all its glory here (credit to Micaela Alcaino)
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DAW Books
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DAW is thrilled to welcome back Christopher Ruocchio and books 6 & 7 of the Sun Eater series! We are also pleased to share that we are bringing this series back into hardcover for fans who have more recently discovered them.
Learn more:
astrapublishinghouse.com/2024/07/02/r...
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Fantasy Cafe, aka Fantasy Book Cafe
@fantasycafe.bsky.social
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Mid-year overview of reading in 2024 with favorites so far, my favorite new-to-me author, books I'm looking forward to, and more:
www.fantasybookcafe.com/2024/07/2024...
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Jamedi
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Foul Days, by @gen-dimova.bsky.social, is an excellent dark fantasy that drinks from Slavic culture to build a fast and compelling story, highly atmospherical, and that I absolutely loved.
Those are my thoughts:
jamreads.com/reviews/foul...
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Paul "Princejvstin" Weimer📸📷🚀
@princejvstin.com
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Requiescat in pace, Martin Mull
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Nerine Dorman
@nerinedorman.bsky.social
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I'm pleased to announce that I have a short story included in Amazing Stories: Best of 2023, edited by Lloyd Penney. The, ahem, stellar lineup includes the likes of Paul Saka, Heather N. Santo, Adrian Tchaikovsky, and Norman Spinrad, among others.
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Suyi
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Wrote a little how-to for authors thinking about putting together an in-person book launch event, with notes from how I recently did mine.
suyidavies.com/essays/how-t...
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Fantasy Book Critic
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Ooh some nice clues in that tweet 👀👀👀
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Craig Schaefer
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Starting a new serial over on my lil' Patreon, a Harmony Black novella that answers the question, "Whatever happened to Site Burgundy, anyway?" First three chapters are up today and free for everyone, member or not.
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Anna Smith Spark
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A wonderful day at #Dragonfest yesterday to celebrate Jenny Hannaford's birthday. We met a dragon.
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Fantasy Book Critic
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#SPFBO Silver medalist BLACK STONE HEART by @michaelrfletcher.bsky.social is getting an absolute kickass special edition. You can checkout a glimpse of it & add it to be notified
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Fantasy Book Critic
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Fantasy Book Critic has its first #SPFBOX update, commiserations to the first 6 #SPFBO authors
Lukasz shares his thoughts on the six titles in his mini-batch #SPFBOReviews
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James Enge
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I read an old book and wrote about it. After you recover from your shock at this earthshaking news, you can follow the link to my blog and read the review.
jamesenge.com/2024/06/15/c...
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Suyi
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"Every revolution needs a delulu believer."
My latest interview with @clarkesworldmagazine.com is out this morning. I had a blast with @arleysorg.bsky.social, as always. This is the most extensive discussion of LOST ARK DREAMING I've had. Free to read: clarkesworldmagazine.com/okungbowa_in...
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Fiction Fans Podcast
@fictionfanspod.bsky.social
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We have a new bonus conversation about genre with @krystlematar.bsky.social and @maedbetweenpages.bsky.social out now! You can listen to the first half of the convo on all podcast platforms, or our $5 and up supporters can listen to the full discussion on our patreon
www.patreon.com/posts/genre-...
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Gareth L. Powell
@garethlpowell.bsky.social
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The good folks at Titan Books are giving five lucky winners the chance to win a Gareth L. Powell bundle! www.instagram.com/p/C8CXPYBOndj/
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Runalong Womble
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New Author Interview - today on the blog Amal Singh discussed the great fantasy novel The Garden of Delights and a lot more www.runalongtheshelves.net/interviews/2...
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Fantasy Book Critic
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Can’t get enough of them 🤩
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Fantasy Book Critic
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The Broken Binding is doing a special HC edition of @buehlmeister.bsky.social’s THE BLACKTONGUE THIEF & THE DAUGHTER’S WAR x.com/binding_brok...
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Runalong Womble
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Hello Lunchtime Crowd - a lovely author interview for you today!
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Fantasy Book Critic
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Black Sheep by @rachelharrison.bsky.social is a quirky, darkly funny, and occasionally spooky read. It’s perfect for fans of horror with a side of humor and a dash of family drama. If you’re one of them, prepare for a bumpy, twist-filled ride that will keep you entertained from start to finish.
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Fantasy Book Critic
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Many congratulations to @vajra.me & the rest of the Nebula award winners www.sfwa.org/2024/06/08/s...
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Fantasy Cafe, aka Fantasy Book Cafe
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"THE SERPENT & THE WINGS OF NIGHT was a strange, frustrating book for me. It had such potential and there were a couple of things I loved about it, but other than the beginning and ending, I found it uninteresting."
My review:
www.fantasybookcafe.com/2024/06/revi...
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Daniel M. Ford
@soundingline.bsky.social
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THE WARDEN is top 30 in its Kindle category, maybe we could get it into the Top 20 Today. What do I need to do to make that happen? www.amazon.com/Warden-Danie...
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Patrick Samphire 🏴
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If you're looking for a good replacement for Photoshop that has no monthly subscription, Affinity Photo is on half-price sale right now. That's £33.99, or £79.99 for the entire suite of tools that can be used on multiple devices.
affinity.serif.com
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Joshua J. Friedman
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It's time for publishers to add a full credits page to books to acknowledge the many people who contribute their labor, writes @maris.bsky.social
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Fantasy Book Critic
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Fantasy Cafe, aka Fantasy Book Cafe
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Review of THE SERPENT & THE WINGS OF NIGHT (The Nightborn Duet #1) by Carissa Broadbent, the first fantasy romance book in The Crowns of Nyaxia series:
www.fantasybookcafe.com/2024/06/revi...
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Marshall Ryan Maresca
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Friends! A reminder that we're nominated for Best Fancast, and I'm planning on going to Glasgow for the Hugo Awards. But I'm going to need a little help, so please share widely and support if you can!
www.gofundme.com/f/help-marsh...
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Fantasy Book Critic
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China Meiville and Keanu Reeves, yes you heard that right. A new book is on its way www.wired.com/story/china-...
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Fantasy-Faction
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Today @kitvaria-sarene.bsky.social gives us an even more in depth look at the #SPFBO judging process at FF AND and an interview with the judges! 🐉
fantasy-faction.com/2024/meet-th...
#SPFBOX #Booksky
Logo image by Tithi Luadthong.
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DAW Books
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Snag a copy of INTO THE BROKEN LANDS now! With the eBook on sale for $1.99, there's never been an easier time to try this fantastic standalone fantasy!
astrapublishinghouse.com/product/into...
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Fantasy Book Critic
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Rachel Aaron visits FBC for an indepth chat about her new series TEAR DOWN HEAVEN, we talk about HELL FOR HIRE (which releases today), its inception, why Sumerian mythology & more… plus Rachel exclusively reveals the title of book 2. All of this & more below 👇
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Fantasy Book Critic
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Checkout the brand new covers for Matt Larkin’s The Ragnarok Prophecy trilogy fantasybookcritic.blogspot.com/2024/06/excl...
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G. Willow Wilson
@gwillow.me
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The one upside to the utter mess we find ourselves in media-wise is this: if you are clever about it, it is becoming increasingly viable to operate outside the legacy media establishment. (Gift link.) www.nytimes.com/2024/05/30/b...
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Jason Sanford
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My new Genre Grapevine is out, covering the RWA declaring bankruptcy, how Babel winning the Xingyun Award is a rebuke of Hugo Award censorship, Hugo statues not being delivered to Winners, PenguiCon punishing a victim of harassment, and more genre news and info. www.patreon.com/posts/105441...
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Daniel M. Ford
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Dear #kindle readers: THE WARDEN is now on Kindle Unlimited for three months. www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B09X...
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Vajra Chandrasekera
@vajra.me
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This is happening in about three hours! Register here if you want to catch it www.cymerafestival.co.uk/book-2024-ti...
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Fantasy Book Critic
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Hope the move goes smoothly 🤞🏽🤞🏽🤞🏽
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Fantasy Book Critic
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Evocation by S. T. Gibson is not a fantasy book for people who are here for magic first; it's for people looking for a relationship drama.
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Runalong Womble
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Hello Lunchtime Crowd - some great short fiction for you today!
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David Slack
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No one disputes the industry is in a major slowdown. It’s a terrible time, and many of us are hurting
But this article’s claim that it was caused by the 2023 strikes is bullshit
The slowdown & strikes were caused by the same thing: bad business decisions at the top🧵 www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
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Queen Terrible Timy 🐼
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Today I review THE NINTH RAIN, the first book in The Winnowing Flame trilogy by Jen Williams. I buddy read this with the @wyrdandwonder.bsky.social gang :)
"The Ninth Rain is an excellent start to a trilogy that promises to be epic in the best possible way."
queensbookasylum.com/2024/05/28/t...
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Django Wexler
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Final (hopefully) update on the Jack Ryan saga -- the correct ebook is up on Amazon and again available for purchase. If you got the Tom Clancy version, you can redownload for the real thing. Same for other retailers, either now or relatively soon.
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Gautam Bhatia
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With apologies for the delay, here is the latest issue of Words for Worlds, the F-SF newsletter with an Indian slant:
gautambhatia.substack.com/p/words-for-...
feat. the Clarke Award shortlist, indigenous Australian SF, Bengali “radium age” SF, Victor Serge, & more.
Subscription link within!
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