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Pauline N Peril flees for her life down a rocky mountain path. To her left and right are pits of deadly red hot lava. Behind her are the minions of the evil Count von Cloakenstache. Pauline has discovered the count’s evil plans of evil, and is desperate to deliver them to the rebellion before it […] The post Jeopardy questions, how to endanger characters appeared first on Fantasy Book Review ..read more

Last year, I finished two grand, epic science fiction sagas almost at the same time. Though they had some major differences (not the least because one was a book, the other a film), they also had some astounding similarities, both climaxes involved space battles with enormous space fleets above the villain’s home planet, following the […] The post Getting authors out of trouble: When deus ex machina does not suck! appeared first on Fantasy Book Review ..read more

Unpopular opinions! Why do you think what you thinkLast week I received an email from Amazon telling me about all the things they wanted me to buy. What struck me about this email however, was that whatever the product, the only accolade anything was given, from books, to music, to clothes, to cinema tickets to […] The post Unpopular opinions! Why do you think what you think appeared first on Fantasy Book Review ..read more

The following is Part Five of a five-part series of Jesse Teller’s reviews for the modern classic, Penny Dreadfuls. Sometimes it is not what you learn, but where you learn it that has the greatest effect. Learn to paint from a friend, you can make a picture. Learn to paint from a master, you can make […] The post Jesse Teller’s series review of Penny Dreadfuls: Part Five appeared first on Fantasy Book Review ..read more

The following is Part Four of a five-part series of Jesse Teller’s reviews for the modern classic, Penny Dreadfuls. Sometimes it is not what you learn, but where you learn it that has the greatest effect. Learn to paint from a friend, you can make a picture. Learn to paint from a master, you can […] The post Jesse Teller’s series review of Penny Dreadfuls: Part Four appeared first on Fantasy Book Review ..read more

The following is Part Three of a five-part series of Jesse Teller’s reviews for the modern classic, Penny Dreadfuls. Sometimes it is not what you learn, but where you learn it that has the greatest effect. Learn to paint from a friend, you can make a picture. Learn to paint from a master, you can […] The post Jesse Teller’s series review of Penny Dreadfuls: Part Three appeared first on Fantasy Book Review ..read more

The following is Part Two of a five-part series of Jesse Teller’s reviews for the modern classic, Penny Dreadfuls. Each Monday we will spotlight a new installment of the series. Sometimes it is not what you learn, but where you learn it that has the greatest effect. Learn to paint from a friend, you can […] The post Jesse Teller’s series review of Penny Dreadfuls: Part Two appeared first on Fantasy Book Review ..read more

The following is Part One of a five-part series of Jesse Teller’s reviews for the modern classic, Penny Dreadfuls. Each Monday we will spotlight a new installment of the series. Sometimes it is not what you learn, but where you learn it that has the greatest effect. Learn to paint from a friend, you can […] The post Jesse Teller’s series review of Penny Dreadfuls: Part One appeared first on Fantasy Book Review ..read more

Having been reviewing fantasy books for well over a decade now – and having been with Fantasy Book Review since 2008 – I have read a great many books: As of early 2020 I have written over 375 reviews for FBR. When Fantasy Book Review developed its new Top 100 Fantasy Books list it fell […] The post My Top 30 Fantasy Books, by Joshua S Hill appeared first on Fantasy Book Review ..read more