Blaydar's Children6 reviews Stephen Tennant Silver Lake Publishing, 2001 A rich tale of heroism against the growing darkness + A rich tale of heroism against the growing darkness + Blaydar's Children + An Excellent First Novel             Riddle-Master111 reviews Patricia A. McKillip Ace Trade, 1999 The reason I kept reading fantasy + A wonderful trilogy that rereads well over the years + A Jewel Re-discovered + Beautiful + He said, she said             The Terror: A Novel221 reviews Dan Simmons Back Bay Books, 2007 A TRIUMPH of the imagination!! + Fantastic story, and much of it true + Magnífica novela + Greatest Gothic Novel of the New Millenium + Historical horror             Winter's Tale193 reviews Mark Helprin Harvest Books, 2005 Please use your imagination + Winter Magic + A truly wonderful novel Mark Helprin I am just an average person and I so thoroughly enjoyed "A Winter's Tale" that I bought it in hardcover because my paperback was getting worn out. I found the imagery to be magical and since I first read it I have found real life facts that were woven into the story. I feel sorry for ...             Ice Prophet1 review William R. Forstchen Del Rey, 1983 well done The author created a very probable future culture by extrapolating historic human behaviour. The characters are also very well modelled. In the novel are a few things wich don't seem logic to me, but my overall rating is a "well done"             Cast A Bright Shadow (Lionwolf Trilogy 1)2 reviews Tanith Lee Tor, 2005 I've lost my shadow I admit that I've never read any novels by Tanith Lee before, so this book came as a bit of a surprise. I was out of town, without any access to books when someone gave me a copy of "Cast a Bright Shadow" to read. My favourite fantasy writers are Feist, Brooks and Hobb, so I found Lee's style of ...             Ice : A Frozen World .. One Last Chance (The Wintering : Book One)1 review Stephen Bowkett Orion Children's Books (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ), 2001 Absolutly amazing It was an amazing book. The end is abrupt andl eaves you wanting to know more. Although it is not supposed to be it is amazing how alike it is to how the mind works. trapped by society into a certain way of thinking...and only a few find their way out of it,             The Left Hand of Darkness183 reviews Ursula K. Le Guin Ace Trade, 2000 On my list of must-reads . . . + Le Guin's Masterpiece + Can't put it down I probably first read this book long before many of the posters were born, but not in a vacuum-I also read all of the other Hainish novels I could find. For whatever reason, the Hainish novels have always held my attention in a way that the Earthsea books do not. I was always struck, not by the ...             A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1)1509 reviews George R.R. Martin Spectra, 2002 Four Families Fight for the Realm + Absolutely among the best I've read. Edgy stage-setting adventure creates an intriguingly cruel world + Geopolitics is muddled + Best Adult Fantasy I've Read             Winterhold Stephen Almekinder Hard Shell Word Factory, 2001 Fantasy: The story takes place in a ritual bound society, rife with court intrigues, upon a planet locked in perpetual winter. It concerns the generations old conflict between its King and Queen, and the love between a man and a woman that threatens to shatter the patterns established by the Rituals, the complex set of rules and customs that governs every aspect of life.             The Stone of Farewell (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn)81 reviews Tad Williams DAW Trade, 2005 Amazing!!!! + A Splendid Sequel to a Fantastic Series + It just keeps getting better + Beautifully written, still somewhat of a let down. + Tad Williams is extraordinary in his ability to conquer veteran fantasy readers with new and exciting images and stories.             Assassin's Apprentice (The Farseer Trilogy, Book 1)340 reviews Robin Hobb Spectra, 1996 Beautiful, Tragic, and Epic + Every Once Upon A Time, A Great... + Innovative page turner + excellent fantasy             The Call of the Wild and White Fang (Unabridged Classics)17 reviews Jack London Sterling, 2004 Call of the Wild Revisited + Hardcover Enthusiast + Call Of The Wild Review Picked up this book while in Alaska and throughly enjoyed it....as with most men, had read it or heard of it as a boy, but put it aside or didn't remember it...Surprisingly good, especially while in Alaska, but one doesn't have to be in Alaska to appreciate and enjoy this book. Yes, it's about a ...             The Winter King (The Arthur Books #1)156 reviews Bernard Cornwell St. Martin's Griffin, 1997 Arthur as flesh and bone + Camelot this is NOT. VERY different from other Arthur tales. + #! in The Arthur Books + Good intro to a great trilogy             Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod144 reviews Gary Paulsen Harvest Books, 1995 Excellent, very well written book! + Unexpectedly good + Tons of fun + Very Enjoyable             Doomsday Book437 reviews Connie Willis Spectra, 1993 4.5-Star title, really hard to find fault + Very competent time travel tale This is the first book by this author I have read. She writes a time-travel story while maintaining a present-time plot and thread, which is no easy challenge. Eifelheim, which I read recently, had notable problems with this Then and Now 2-thread structure. Some spoilers will appear in this ...             The Anvil of Ice (Winter of the World, Vol 1)14 reviews Scott Michael Rohan Avon Books, 1995 Great Read!! + More than believable + Where not in Tolkienville anymore... + Great Book Bad Cover Art             Snow-walker11 reviews Catherine Fisher Eos, 2004 A Snowy Surprise: Norse Fantasy Tales + Fun and Different + Couldn't Put It Down + This Book Is GREAT!             The Last Light of the Sun (Northland series)56 reviews Guy Gavriel Kay Roc Trade, 2005 Where's the sequel?? + last light of the sun + read by the last light of the sun... + All in Threes, all in a Circle + Kay's Ray of Light             The Snow Queen50 reviews Joan D. Vinge Aspect, 2001 Top Sci-Fi favorite book + Epic Saga in the vein of Dune + Very complex! + The start of an epic cycle + Very Good, but . . .