Tag Archives: Stephen King

TOUGH TRAVELING — NOVICES

Posted on November 6, 2014 by Bookwraiths

Every Thursday, Nathan over at Fantasy Review Barn hosts a weekly party where blogs get to follow along with Diana Wynne Jones’ hilarious book The Tough Guide to Fantasyland: The Essential Guide to Fantasy Travel listing their favorite books with … Continue reading →

Posted in Fantasy, Lists, Tough Traveling | Tagged Assassin's apprentice, best novices in fantasy, BLOODSOUNDER'S ARC, Dark Tower The Gunslinger, Daughter of the Empire, fantasy lists, Greatest Novices in fantasy books, janny wurts, JEFF SALYARDS, Louise Cooper, Magician, Peter V. Brett, raymond e. feist, Rick Riordan, robin hobb, Roland Deschain, SCOURGE OF THE BETRAYER, Stephen King, Terry Brooks, the dark tower, The Defenders of Shannara, THE DEMON CYCLE, The High Druid's Blade, The Initiate, The Lightning Thief, THE WARDED MAN, Time Master, VEIL OF THE DESERTERS | 8 Comments

TOUGH TRAVELING — MONSTERS

Posted on October 30, 2014 by Bookwraiths

Posted in Fantasy, Lists, Tough Traveling | Tagged Andy Remic, Barbara Hambly, Chronicles of the Black Company, Dargonslayer, Dragonsbane, Glen Cook, J.R.R. Tolkien, Mother of Winter, Saladin Ahmed, Shadows Linger, Stephen King, The Black Company, the dark tower, The Hobbit, The Iron Wolves, Throne of the Crescent Moon, Tough Traveling, WOLVES OF THE Calla | 12 Comments

THE LONGEST FANTASY SERIES

Posted on October 2, 2014 by Bookwraiths

Every one of you has done it: fallen in love with an epic, fantasy series that goes on and on forever. The ones that begin so grandly then morph into multi-volume nightmares that never seem to end. Even the authors … Continue reading →

Posted in Fantasy, Lists | Tagged Black Company, David Gemmell, DISCWORLD, Dragonlance, DRENAI SAGA, drizzt, ETERNAL CHAMPION, fantasy series, george r.r. martin, Glen Cook, goodkind, IMAGER PORTFOLIO, longest fantasy series, margaret weis, Michael Moorcock, MYTH ADVENTURES, pern, R. A. Salvatore, raymond e. feist, REDWALL, riftwar, ROBERT ASPIRIN, robert jordan, Stephen King, Sword of Truth, TERRY PRATCHETT, the dark tower, tracy hickman, valdemar, wheel of time | 68 Comments

TOUGH TRAVELING — COMPANIONS

Posted on September 25, 2014 by Bookwraiths

Posted in Fantasy, Lists, Tough Traveling | Tagged Alaric Morgan, Barbara Hambly, best fantasy companions, Chronicles of the Deryni, City of Stairs, Companions, D.P. Prior, Darwath, David Eddings, Glen Cook, Ingold Inglorion, Katherine Kurtz, Kevin Hearne, Lady, Lord Mhoram, Lord of the Rings, Oberon, Roland Deschain, Saltheart Foamfollower, SIGURD THE DREYLING, Stephen King, STEPHEN R. DONALDSON, The Belgariad, The Black Company, the dark tower, The Iron Druid Chronicles, The Nameless Dwarf, thomas covenant | 18 Comments

TOUGH TRAVELING — WITCHES

Posted on September 18, 2014 by Bookwraiths

Posted in Fantasy, Lists, Tough Traveling | Tagged Aes Sedai, Atticus O'Sullivan, Barbara Hambly, Best Fantasy Witches, Brandon Sanderson, Darkwar, Diana Wynne Jones, Dragon Reborn, Dragonsbane, Game of Thrones, george r.r. martin, Glen Cook, Hounded, John Aversin, Kevin Hearne, L. Frank Baum, MARIKA, Melisandra, Moraine, Rhea of Coos, robert jordan, Roland Deschain, Silth, Song of Ice and Fire, Stephen King, Susan Delgado, the dark tower, The Iron Druid Chronicles, The Wheel of Time, The Wicked Witch of the West, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Urban Fantasy | 23 Comments

TOUGH TRAVELING — TOWERS

Posted on August 28, 2014 by Bookwraiths

Posted in Fantasy, Lists, Tough Traveling | Tagged Barbara Hambly, Dennis L. McKiernan, Diana Wynne Jones, Elric of Melnibon, Glen Cook, J.R.R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, Michael Moorcock, Stephen King, The Black Company, the dark tower, The Iron Tower Trilogy, The Silent Tower, The Vanishing Tower, The Walls of Air, Theft of Swords, Tough Traveling, Tough Traveling Thursday, wizard tower | 26 Comments

WOLVES OF THE CALLA (THE DARK TOWER # 5) by STEPHEN KING

Posted on October 21, 2013 by Bookwraiths

My rating is 3 out of 5 stars. Wolves of the Calla was one of those novels that it took me a while to actually “get into” (A four month hiatus between reading attempts to be precise.), but once I … Continue reading →

Posted in Fantasy | Tagged Dark Tower The Gunslinger, Eddie Dean, Jake Chambers, Oy, Roland Deschain, Stephen King, Susannah Dean, the dark tower | 1 Comment

THE DARK TOWER (THE DARK TOWER #7) by STEPHEN KING

Posted on October 16, 2013 by Bookwraiths

My rating is 2 out of 5 stars. The quest for the Dark Tower is ending! All the weary miles, endless deaths, heroic stands, and lost loved ones is finally coming to an end for Roland Deschain of Gilead and … Continue reading →

Posted in Fantasy | Tagged Crimson King, Dark Tower, fantasy series, longest fantasy series, Lord of the Rings, Mount Doom, Roland, Roland Deschain, Stephen King, Tolkien | 9 Comments

Top 100 Fantasy & Scifi Books

Posted on August 21, 2013 by Bookwraiths

The top list as voted on by readers back in August 2011. I agree with many of the books, do not with some, and have not read most. Take a look and see what you think. http://www.npr.org/2011/08/11/139085843/your-picks-top-100-science-fiction-fantasy-books

Posted in Fantasy, Science Fiction | Tagged alan moore, Arthur C. Clarke, Fantasy literature, frank herbert, george orwell, george r.r. martin, isaac asimov, neil gaiman, orson scott card, patrick rothfuss, ray bradbury, robert a. heinlein, robert jordan, Science fiction, Stephen King | 3 Comments

The Dark Tower: The Long Road Home – Skip This & Read the Novels!

Posted on August 15, 2013 by Bookwraiths

My rating is 2 out of 5 stars. I was killing some time at a Barnes & Nobles bookstore the other day and picked this graphic novel up. I’m a sucker for anything dealing with Roland the Gunslinger, especially back … Continue reading →