Tag Archives: Steven Brust

TOUGH TRAVELING — ELVES

Posted on October 23, 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 Corum, Dennis L. McKiernan, Diana Wynne Jones, Dragonlance, Drizzt Do'Urden, J.R.R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, Magician, margaret weis, Mark C. Perry, Michael Moorcock, Mithgar series, Morigu, R. A. Salvatore, raymond e. feist, Riftwar Saga, Steven Brust, Terry Brooks, The Elven Nations, The eternal champions, The Iron Tower, The Legend of Drizzt, The Tough Guide to Fantasyland, Tolkien, Tolkien's elves, tracy hickman, vlad taltos | 10 Comments

TOUGH TRAVELING – PRINCESSES

Posted on July 31, 2014 by Bookwraiths

Posted in Fantasy, Lists | Tagged best princesses in fantasy, Chronicles of the Cheysuli, David Eddings, Diana Wynne Jones, Dragonlance Chronicles, Dread Empire, margaret weis, Michael J. Sullivan, PRINCESSES, raymond e. feist, Riyrian Revelations, Steven Brust, The Belgariad, The Mallorean, Tough Traveling Thursday, tracy hickman, vlad taltos | 25 Comments

MOST DISAPPOINTING FANTASY SERIES (UPDATED)

Posted on March 28, 2014 by Bookwraiths

On this “Most Disappointing Fantasy Series List,” you will find those novels that, in my opinion, are not enjoyable reads. Now, I love fantasy: heroic fantasy, epic fantasy, and all the other varieties (Grimdark was not a personal favorite, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Fantasy, Lists | Tagged Barbara Hambly, David Eddings, disappointing fantasy books, disappointing fantasy series, epic fantasy series, fantasy I didn't like, high fantasy series, margaret weis, raymond e. feist, robin hobb, Steven Brust, Tad Williams, tracy hickman, worst fantasy, worst fantasy series | 24 Comments

Brokedown Palace More Political Than Fantastical

Posted on September 9, 2013 by Bookwraiths

My rating is 1 out of 5 stars. Brokedown Palace is a fantasy fable, as told by Stephen Brust. The tale itself is set in the Dragaeran world of Vlad Taltos in the human (Easterner) kingdom of Fenario, which borders … Continue reading →

Posted in Fantasy | Tagged animal farm, Brokedown Palace, Brust, Dragaera, Dragaeran, Fantasy literature, george orwell, Grateful Dead, Karl Marx, phoenix guard, Phoenix Guards, Steven Brust, Sugar Magnolia, vlad taltos | 2 Comments

Brust’s Phoenix Guard Too Wordy

Posted on August 29, 2013 by Bookwraiths

My rating is 2 out of 5 stars. Steven Brust is an unabashed fan of Alexander Dumas, and The Phoenix Guards is his attempt to both emulate and exceed the swashbuckling master of such classics as The Man in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Fantasy | Tagged Alexandre Dumas, Dragaera, Dzur, Dzurlord, Phoenix Guards, Steven Brust, Three Musketeers, vlad taltos | 1 Comment

Jhereg: Teenage Favorite Disappoints in Re-read.

Posted on August 13, 2013 by Bookwraiths

My rating is 2 out 5 stars. I read this novel when it was initially published in the mid-80s. It was a favorite of mine at the time, and I have always recalled it fondly. However, after completing a re-read, … Continue reading →