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Been a fan of WOT for along long time. Though im not really a fan of fantasy generally, its the books themselves i like not the genre. So while ive read through Brandons Elantris to get a taste of him for the coming books(which was decent) and recently picked up misborn(which is abit better than decent, actually rather good but not genious like wot >.< imo once again) Im looking for more books that i might be interested in. Doesnt matter really if its fantasy or not, aslong as its well written. Last summer i read a good bit of Harlan Coben, about his character Myron, which was rather good. Ive also recently read two books that are named I, Cladius and The God, …

I am interested in reading any and all Mythologies from different religions and parts of the world. It started when I was young, about 13, and I first read the Iliad. I've read a few others, mostly Celtic Mythologies, I'd like to read some that I normally wouldn't pick up or perhaps works that people might consider crucial to anyone interested in mythologies. Please leave any suggestions here or PM me.

It is with great pleasure to announce that the Dragonmount Short Story Anthology vol. II is now available for purchase. http://www.dragonmount.com/Store/ Look under "Other Merchandise" The Anthology begins with "Unshed Tears" by Mark Wise and tells the story of a boy raised to kill vampires, only to find out he is related to them. The boy then hears of a way to save them... and himself. In "The Searcy Incident" by Miles Boothe, we learn the legend of an ancient spirit bent on kidnapping young girls in the dark of night. "A Place in the Sky" by Olen Rambow tells the story of true devotion in a time of crisis and how our choices affect those around us. Ga…

I'm looking for some top gaming news sources, particularly for paper and pencil games. We're going to be debuting a new gaming system at JordanCon and I need to know who I can send the release to so we can attract some smelly gamers to the convention. A quick google search tells me that RGP.net fits the bill, but I want to make sure I cover all my bases.

Millions of years hence, the Sun has grown old, bloated and red and is about to go out. In these dying days humanity, now capable of great feats of magic, shares the much-changed Earth with hostile races such as the deodands and pelgranes. This is the vivid setting of Jack Vance's Dying Earth series, four books (now usually published in one volume, Tales of the Dying Earth) which now stand as one of the cornerstones of modern fantasy. Songs of the Dying Earth is an all-star 'tribute album' by some of the biggest names in modern SF and Fantasy, featuring twenty-three stories set in the Dying Earth setting. With a lot of ground to cover, let's get straight into it: …

I need a minimum of three project leads. I have five openings but the first three are the most important. Traditional Arts Photography Food Paper Crafts Wood and Metal Crafts Photography is being semi-covered by Claire in her capacity as Digital Arts, but photography is so much more than digital and I'd like to have someone who can lead this topic by itself. We are in a digital age but we cannot forget the traditional arts and I think we can have some interesting coversations with in the Fine Arts/Traditional arts if we have a good lead. Food is something we can all relate to and I really do think this topic itself deserves a lead. Paper …

Book One: Cloud Warrior AD 2989. Nine hundred and seventy-four years ago, the Old Time ended in the War of a Thousand Suns. The cities of the United States were seared from the face of the Earth in a nuclear holocaust unleashed by the evil 'Mutes', malformed immigrants whose only desire was to destroy all that was beautiful and good about this great country. Or at least, that's what the historical databanks of the super-computer COLUMBUS say, anyway. The Amtrak Federation: a network of underground cities and overland way-stations that grew out of a few bunkers where the top-ranking politicians and generals of the United States rode out a thermonuclear war. Force…

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Venice, 1609. Galileo Galilei is a mathematician and teacher, earning money by tutoring the sons of nobles and making various inventions, such as an impressive military compass that can improve the accuracy of artillery. Unfortunately, although ferociously intelligent Galileo lacks practical experience: his compass is too complicated to use effectively in the chaos of battle and he sells only a few. His debts mount and the monetary demands on him of his family continue to grow. In the midst of this chaos Galileo learns of the development in Northern Europe of lenses which allow distant objects to be seen more closely. He quickly becomes fascinated and makes improvements t…

http://www.brandonsanderson.com/blog/806/Signing-Right-Now I am stuck in Tennessee, and my attempts at a gateway have not worked >_>. Anyone going or have gone to this. If so please post at least a synopsis (if it is allowed by Sanderson of course) or what you can remember of the reading (IF IT IS ALLOWED BY SANDERSON OF COURSE :P). I am really looking forward to this new series. A 10 book new epic fantasy by a writer who is getting more experienced every year sounds pretty damn good.

Book One: Scar Night

Hello everyone, I have read quite a few fantasy series in my time, but the Wheel of Time stands out for me. One of my favourite parts of the series is the One Power, it's uses, and how channelers (re)discover new ways to use it. I realise the One Power is a pretty unique concept, but I was wondering if anyone knew a good fantasy series with a similar power that is used throughout the series?

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Hi everyone. I'm not sure where to post this, but here will be a good start. I'm going to be making the prologue of TEOTW into an animation short. This project was attempted here some years ago, so I thought it would be a good place to recruit some help. My goal is to reproduce the scene exactly as it is described in the book. This will be a 3d animation. If any of you talanted artists would like to assist, please let me know. Dan

Hi, Heading on a few weeks holiday's to the sun soon, and would like to take a few stand alone fantasy (or sci-fi, why not!) novels or short trilogies with me. Don't want to get into a big series or anything yet. I'm re-re-reading WOT at the mo in anticipation of TGS, but I'm hitting the Perrin books and don't want that baggage with me on holidays. So, I'm planning on buying Mistborn 3 but I think I'll have it finished quickly enough (I've read all of Sanderson's books already, otherwise they would have been perfect to bring along) Can anybody recommend any books or 2/3 book series? Like David Gemmel style stuff (I've only read Legend and don't know …

I have been reading some other series recently.A lot of them, but I only liked a few of them. Many people posted their own suggestion here, specially the series they liked to read. So I am feeling obligated to post my own best choices. While at it, I am very regretfull to say that, AMOL is no longer my first to read due list.The long wait and arrival of two new very good series has drove it off my mind. It is sad, because WOT was at my top list for a long long time. But if it just so happens that, AMOL and Jack Campbells 5th book of "The lost Fleet" appear at the same time, I will read "The lost fleet" first. Really sad, but it can't be helped. So there goes my suggestion…

If you have your sig hosted by Cleo you need to find a new home for it. Your sigs will be removed if they cause an error the page they are on. So please move anything hosted at joniwarden.com so that we do not have to remove your sig completely. Thank you. Mat

Robin Hobb's new novel, The Dragon Keeper, Book 1 of the Rain Wilds Chronicles duology, is now available in the UK (or at least it was in my local bookshop today). This is one novel divided in half due to length, with Book 2 to follow next year. It is a follow-up to her earlier three trilogies set in the same world, with a specific focus on the events of The Liveship Traders series. As far as I can tell, most of the characters and storylines are new, however. American fans have an eye-wateringly long wait though as the book is not due to be published in the USA until 26 January 2010. In this case, fans who do not want to wait may find an online trip to the Book Depos…

A review: Paul Ali, a young British writer with Muslim parents but who calls himself a secularist, has written and published a comic novel in the tradition of P.G. Wodehouse. The book attracted some minor attention and made him a very small amount of money. One passage, in which the protagonists joke about what would happen if the Prime Minister was assassinated, has attracted the attention of the Hostile Activities Research Ministry. After learning that Ali visited Saudi Arabia on holiday recently, HARM arrests Ali as a suspected terrorist and sets about finding the truth from him...by any means necessary. As Ali is interrogated, he escapes from the degradation…

He died at an age of 50. I'm just listening to Michael Jackson music while I'm writing this. I must admit I never expected that he would die so soon. It really came as a shock.

Is there any one else here that actually like the Sword of Truth books and do not believe they are just a rip off of WoT. I am getting sick of people bagging it. P.S. I know that RJ himself had negative thoughts about it.

I'm not sure if anyone has seen this guy's work, but it is the best WoT artwork that I've seen outside of the cover art. He's done a lot of the characters and I thought I'd pass this along. Not everything is WoT related but a lot of it is. Just scroll down the page and give it a look. Good stuff. http://www.seamassketches.blogspot.com/ If you know of any other good WoT art post a link on this thread. Thanks.

I've read the first 2 books, currently hunting for the last. Anybody else read 'em? What do you think of them? The plot is definitely not as branched and complex as WoT but maybe that's what I like about them. No spoilers for any of the books please!

British SF author Alastair Reynolds has signed a £1 million ($1,634,500-odd) contract to stay with Gollancz for his next ten novels, to be published over the next ten years. This is one of the biggest SF contract deals I've heard of, maybe the biggest since Arthur C. Clarke's staggering deal in 1997 for 3001: The Final Odyssey. Given the state of publishing in general and SF in particular, this deal is a colossal show of faith by Gollancz and its parent company, Orion, in Reynolds' work. Well-deserved, as Alastair Reynolds is definitely one of the most interesting, innovative and constantly entertaining SF writers out there, and also appropriate as the news comes in …

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St. Louis, 1857. Abner Marsh is the owner of the Fevre River Packet Company, running several steamboats up and down the upper Mississippi and its tributaries. But, during a particularly harsh winter, he loses all but one of his ships. In some financial difficulties, he encounters an unexpected saviour when a European, Joshua York, offers to bail him out and fund the construction of a grand new steamboat. Marsh's career and company is saved, and he is soon the captain of the Fevre Dream, the greatest side-wheeler to ever run the river. The ship begins its maiden voyage to New Orleans, but as the ship travels south, rumours begin to circulate about the unusual Mr. York, who…

I'd like to announce some exciting changes for the Warder's Guild! Barmacral is the new Sword Captain, so everybody please welcome him; he has some great plans for the future of the Warder's Guild! We also have changed the board structure, so the Warders now have a public board for everybody at DM to see! Just click on the WT Org board and then visit the Warder's Guild child board. We'd like for everybody to come and give the Warders some love! See you there! Claire

To the east of the great mountains lies the kingdom of the Dells, torn and divided with major lords rebelling against the king and the people still scarred by the activities of king's late father and his powerful advisor, Cansrel. Both are long dead, but Cansrel's daughter, named Fire for her hair, is still alive and a figure of hate and envy. In the Dells many creatures exist with special properties. Known as 'monsters', these creatures are identified by their unusual colours and strange abilities, many of them related to mental powers. Fire is the only human of this type alive, with the ability to affect people's minds and know their intentions. The temptation to a…