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Humorous Fantasy Books: a Must-Read List
We believe that we are not going to exaggerate if we say that humorous fantasy books enrich our lives. Life is not funny, at least not all the time. We all need a little escape from it every once in a while, and luckily there are various ways to distance ourselves from the worries that…
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Horror Masters – Top 8 Writers Like Stephen King
Everyone who loves Stephen King is, more or less, a horror and dark fantasy fan. We all like the creepy and intense atmosphere in his books, but not only that – King’s narration is dynamic and it causes some kind of addiction – you just can’t stop reading it! The feeling reminds me of some…
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The Farthest Shore: Confronting Darkness and Death
The Farthest Shore is the third novel of the Earthsea cycle and combined with A Wizard of Earthsea and The Tombs of Atuan make the so-called original Earthsea trilogy. The world is in danger. People are losing their will to do anything, wizards are losing their power to practice magic and forgetting the old language. Archmage…
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The Tombs of Atuan: Complexities of Power and Identity
The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le Guin is the second book of the Earthsea cycle. The novel was published three years after A Wizard of Earthsea, the first one from the cycle. The main character and the place where everything happens are different from the first book. Ged and a broken piece of…
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A Wizard of Earthsea – Full Book Review
A Wizard of Earthsea is the first of six books that make the Earthsea cycle by Ursula K. le Guin. Asked to write a young adult fantasy novel, Le Guin agreed, and in 1968, A Wizard of Earthsea was published. It is one of the favorites among readers, and certainly the most famous. Ged Sparrowhawk…
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Exploring the Earthsea Cycle: An Essential Guide
Earthsea Cycle by Ursula Le Guin is a high fantasy series of six books. It leads us to a world made of hundreds of islands where magic is a part of people’s lives, except on the islands of Karg. The first novel of the cycle was published in 1964, the second one in 1971, and…
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Fantasy characters in Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
There are hundreds of fantasy books, movies, and TV shows, but have you ever thought about fantasy in classic literature? There are many books that do not primarily belong to the fantasy genre but are so full of fantasy elements that they definitely have their place there too – a place on the borderline, but…
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Temple of the Winds review
Temple of the Winds is the fourth part of the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind. This is a very divisive novel – a lot of people quit the series after it. There is a strong reason for that and I will elaborate on it later on but you should know that this is…
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Blood of the Fold review
Blood of the Fold is the third installment of the Sword of Truth series. The book is shorter than the previous one but in terms of general book length, it’s still pretty long, having over 600 pages in total. My first impression when I read this was that this book was overall decent. To be…
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Stone of Tears book review
Stone of Tears is the second book in the Sword of Truth series. It is a gigantic one as well – just below 1000 pages. The story continues exactly where it was left off in Wizard’s First Rule. As it turns out, what saved our heroes in the first book now threatens to destroy them…
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