Tag Archives: Flashback Friday

FLASHBACK FRIDAY — THE LORDS OF DUS by LAWRENCE WATT-EVANS

Posted on April 17, 2015 by Bookwraiths

Flashback Friday is something I’ve been doing here at Bookwraiths for a while now; a time when I can post my thoughts about books and graphic novels that I’ve read in the past and never gotten around to reviewing. With … Continue reading →

Posted in 3 Stars, Fantasy, Flashback Friday, High | Tagged best overlooked fantasy series, fantasy series, Flashback Friday, Lawrence Watt-Evans, overlooked fantasy books, The Book of Silence, The Lords of Dus, The Lure of the Basilisk, The Seven Altars of Dusarra, The Sword of Bheleu, underappreciated fantasy books, underappreciated fantasy series | 3 Comments

FLASHBACK FRIDAY — DARKWAR by GLEN COOK

Posted on April 3, 2015 by Bookwraiths

As most of my friends know, I am a Glen Cook fan, have been since I was a teenager in the 1980s and read The Black Company. That quintessential grimdark fantasy (before there was even the term) blew my mind, … Continue reading →

Posted in 4 Stars, Cross-Genre, Fantasy, Flashback Friday, High, Science Fiction | Tagged 80s fantasy, Darkwar, fantasy scifi genre benders, Flashback Friday, Glen Cook, overlooked 80s fantasy books, scifi fantasy novels, The Black Company, underappreciated fantasy books, underappreciated fantasy novels | 2 Comments

FLASHBACK FRIDAY — JHEREG (VLAD TALTOS #1) by STEVEN BRUST

Posted on November 21, 2014 by Bookwraiths

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again “There is nothing harder than reviewing one of your teenage favorites once you grow up.” And, unfortunately, Jhereg isn’t an exception to this fact. Like many longtime fantasy fans, I first … Continue reading →

Posted in 2 Stars, Fantasy, Flashback Friday, High, Swashbuckling, Sword and Sorcery | Tagged 1980s fantasy series, Dragaeran, Dragaeran friends, elves by another name, Fantasy world, Flashback Friday, Hawk, Jhereg, longest running fantasy series, Steven Brust, Ursula K. Le Guin, vlad taltos | 5 Comments

FLASHBACK FRIDAY: THE IVANHOE GAMBIT (TIME WARS #1) by SIMON HAWKE

Posted on October 10, 2014 by Bookwraiths

During my teen years back in the early 1980s, my reading consisted of D&D modules/rule books, comics (mainly Marvel), “Choose Your Own Adventure” books, and Star Wars novels. Everything else I sort of stayed away from. But then one day … Continue reading →

Posted in 4 Stars, Flashback Friday, Science Fiction, Time Travel | Tagged BEST 1980S SCIENCE FICTION SERIES, BEST TIME TRAVEL SERIES 1980S, Flashback Friday, SIMON HAWKE, THE IVANHOE GAMBIT, TIME TRAVEL SERIES, TIME WARS | 6 Comments

FLASHBACK FRIDAY: DARWATH by BARBARA HAMBLY

Posted on August 29, 2014 by Bookwraiths

Flashback Friday is a new thing here at Bookwraiths: a time when I can post my thoughts about books and graphic novels that I’ve read in the past and never gotten around to reviewing. With the hectic schedule of day … Continue reading →