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Waylander - A Drenai Saga
There are many fantasy realms to explore today, all with their own world structure, hierarchy of power, battles, and individual characterisation. An engaging fantasy world should be well developed, otherworldly, with three-dimensional characters, a great plot, a good versus evil dynamic, and elements of magic.
By Paul Douglas4 years ago in Geeks
One World to Rule Them All
I remember first stumbling across the fantastical works of Tolkien when I was 8 years old. While other children in my class were reading the latest Jacqueline Wilson novels, I was riding through the plains of Rohan with the Rohirrim, I was defending the walls of Minas Tirith, I was part of the strongest fellowship ever created and I walked with them every step from the green meadows of Hobbiton, to the fiery slopes of Mount Doom.
By T. Freya Taylor4 years ago in Geeks
Book Review: "The Break Down" by B.A Paris
When I read a thriller, I like to see all of the key elements. There needs to be someone with a secret that they cannot tell anyone because it would ruin them. There needs to be someone having some sort of affair with someone else. There needs to be someone who is either injured or dying or on their last leg. There needs to be a person who is under a hell of a lot of pressure to do something and there needs to be, at the heart of it, something deeply unsettling and wrong. I personally love these kinds of books. I call them my ‘comfort books’ because you just know that you are going to feel a whole lot better after you come to a conclusion after reading the whole thing in one sitting. A coworker of mine used to think it was silly for someone ‘with a literature and film degree’ to be reading these kinds of books but I say read what you feel like. At the moment I have been reading more of these types of books because I just have not been feeling my usual classics lately, and that is okay. One day I will return to them again, just not now. For now, it is all about the thrillers, and the chick-flick thrillers at that.
By Annie Kapur4 years ago in Geeks
Fan(dom) Favorite: Challenge Accepted
I grew up on number 4, Privet drive and in the Hogwarts castle, battling Voldemort alongside Harry, Ron, and Hermione. I solved mysteries with Nancy Drew. As a freshly-minted adult, I empathized with Bella Swan, always feeling out of sync as if I hadn't found my place in the world. I watched in awe in my early twenties as Clary Fray took up the hunt for her mother by becoming a Shadow Hunter.
By Grace Reilly4 years ago in Geeks
Wizard For Hire
About five years ago I found a new series to read. It blended two of my favorite genres, fantasy and detective novels. That series was The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher. It centers around a wizard living in Chicago effectively working as a private detective and assisting the Chicago PD with their stranger cases. I devoured the books, burning through the series at what for me was an unprecedented pace. Averaging three to four books a month until I had caught up. Since then whenever a new book in the series is released, I will drop whatever I am currently reading and consume the latest adventure of Harry Dresden. It’s gotten to the point where it’s like checking in with old friends for me, seeing what Harry and the gang are up to now.
By SirCrispix4 years ago in Geeks
The Greatest War that took place - the Mahabharata (the Great Indian War)
There are many fantasy worlds out there but I think the best fantasy world would be that of the Mahabharata (the Great Indian War). Written more than a thousand years ago by Ved Vyasa it chronicles the war between two royal families - a bloody war that took place over 18 days and claimed thousands of lives. Ved Vyasa wrote this epic that has 90,000 couplets and is considered to be the longest epic in the world.
By Anshuman Kumar4 years ago in Geeks
Narnia is a most beloved fantasy land
"The Chronicles of Narnia" is a beloved series of seven fantasy novels by British author C. S. Lewis. This collection is considered to be 'one of the best fictional fairytales in the world of literature." Narnia in popular culture is considered to be an imaginary land filled with talking beasts and wondrous, magical creatures. The books were initially published between 1950 and 1956 and illustrated by Pauline Baynes.
By Cheryl E Preston4 years ago in Geeks
