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It is Saturday! Drink that coffee! Eat the croissant! And sit back and relax while reading some of the interesting posts made by fans of fantasy and science fiction this last week!

In unordered intention:

• Review: Jacqueline Carey’s Naamah’s Kiss by Fantasy Book Critic
• Review: James Enge’s Blood of Ambrose by A Dribble of Ink
• Review: Judith Tarr’s Bring Down the Sun by Graeme’s Fantasy Book Review
• Comment: Terry Goodkind’s Fantasy Retirement by The Wertzone
• Review: C.E. Murphy’s The Pretender’s Crown by SF Site
• Comment: Pathetic… by Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist

It is Saturday! Time to sit back, relax and read some of the interesting posts made by fans of fantasy and science fiction this last week!

In unordered intention:

• Book Review: Blood Water by Dean Vincent Carter - SciFiChick
• Interview: Mark Chadbourn - Fantasy Book Critic
• Book Review: Fire Raiser by Melanie Rawn - Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist
• Book Review: Star Wars: Omen by Christie Golden - Graeme’s Fantasy Review
• Book Review: Death-Bringer by Patrick Tilley - The Wertzone
• Cover Art: Bauchelain and Korbal Broach by Steven Erikson - A Dribble of Ink

There are a great many fans out there who put in a a lot of time and effort helping others find the most enjoyable books, reviews and interviews the internet(s) have to offer. Every week this will be a shout-out to those people if they have contributed something interesting in sci-fi and fantasy!

Know of a fan-run blog that deserves to be read but it isn’t featured here?

Let me know!

It is a very good time to be a sci-fi/fantasy reader!

Over the last few years we have seen an influx of great blogs run by fans. These blogs represent normal readers wanting to help others with their reading habits. Eventually publishers decided to get into the blog game and now there are many more tools and resources for all sci-fi/fantasy readers!

The power of the people have helped the people out!

Tor.com, one of those new blogs, has evolved recently, adding a bookstore to their website. It only includes print books at the moment but it will soon expand to include ebooks as well. The coolest thing about their new store, however, is their Special Picks section where authors and editors suggest great books for everyone to read!

Definitely check it out!

Congratulations, Tor! Lookin’ good!

No, I don’t mean China is a six-foot female warrior ala Wonder Woman.

Although he’d surely get a kick out of that!

This week, China is blogging on Omnivoracious, the Amazon blogging website. Jeff VanderMeer, no slouch himself in the realms of science fiction and fantasy, has interviewed China HERE and for the rest of the week China will blog about various other things—his thoughts on Tolkien being his first POST today.

And if you haven’t picked up The City & the City, do it! I’m deep into it and it is, quite simply, a marvelous work.

Definitely visit Omnivoracious this week and every week, as it always has great interviews, reviews and thoughts on the publishing business.

And go out and try a book written by China if you haven’t.

You won’t be disappointed!

New York, NY (Suvudu News Service) - Beginning March 30th Suvudu and author Garth Sundem will hold a week-long geek-out contest, called The Great Geek-Off, featuring trivia from the author and prizes each day.

Suvudu has confirmed today that author and mastermind Garth Sundem will be bringing his considerable skill and knowledge of all things Geek to their website for the late March event. Prizes will include copies of Sundem’s Geeks’ Guide to World Domination as well as a grand prize of a pre-paid iTunes gift card (value TBD).

Garth Sundem is the author of The Geeks’ Guide to World Domination and Geek Logik: 50 Foolproof Equations for Everyday Life. When not expounding on the dominance of Geeks and geek culture, Mr. Sundem is a popular blogger for Scientific Blogging where he writes about Pop-science, math, humor and general geek culture.

While Garth brings a wealth of knowledge to the effort, this marks Suvudu’s first attempt at world domination after many previous successful contests and sweepstakes.

As of press time, Suvudu could not be reached for comment…except via Twitter.

The Warded Man by Peter V. Brett has now made its splash on this side of the pond, in the United States.

And it seems like it was a large enough splash to create more than a few ripples!

A great deal goes into a book release, and even more goes into a great book release both here in the US and in the UK. A fantastic cover in both countries. Check. An artful book layout in both countries. Check. Excellent publicity in both countries. Check. But above all, a great yarn!

Check!

Well, some bloggers out there on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean are heralding The Warded Man and I had to share what some of them are saying! Here are some short excerpts from bloggers who have reviewed The Warded Man (titled The Painted Man in the UK) with links to their reviews, followed by some thoughts from Peat about the Wards that make up his series:

• A Dribble of Ink: “As debut novels go, Brett’s The Warded Man stands among the best.”
• Grasping For the Wind: “I cannot recommend The Warded Man highly enough.”
• Graeme’s Fantasy Book Review: “Not only did I enjoy what I’d read but I’m left in the position of eagerly waiting to find out what’s to come…”
• Dave Brenden’s Fantasy & Sci-Fi Weblog: “You will find yourself reading late into the evening, hoping beyond hope that the wards will hold, hoping that you will not be cored when you finish the novel, you may find yourself thinking that the wait for Book Two may be too long.”
• Blood of the Muse: “Let’s get this out of the way first. The Warded Man is the best debut novel since Patrick Rothfuss’ The Name of the Wind.”

Here is Peat on the magic in his book:

Read a Special Extended Excerpt with introduction from Anne Lesley Groell, Senior Editor Del Rey/Spectra.

Don’t you think it is time to read The Warded Man and see for yourself!

I read a book, I like a book, I track down that book signed by the author and sometimes even by the cover artist. It is a fun and relaxing hobby, one that keeps me out of trouble—well, mostly anyways!

Today I was surfing the internet and came across a blog I frequent periodically—A Dribble of Ink by Aidan Moher. Aidan and I have been friends for a number of years, have gone to signing events together, and during almost the entirety of that time period I’ve been trying to get him to read The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon, easily one of my favorite novels ever.

I was pleased to see today that Aidan has read the book and posted his review on A Dribble of Ink!

And he loved it.

This post is just a quick shout out to that review. If you haven’t read The Shadow of the Wind, do it! It’s great. And if you love it already like I do, Subterranean Press is releasing a beautiful edition of the book—check it out here!

I’m a huge fan of Twitter, which allows people to blog — but only up to 140 characters long at a shot (basically, one sentence). It’s perfect for people like me, who are way too lazy to blog on a regular basis, but have no problem taking 10 seconds out to let friends know the video they just saw, or the book they just finished, or what they thought of the debate.

It’s a great way to keep an eye on the thoughts of 100 (or more) people at one shot, without having to check a million URLs or scroll through pages and pages of text.

While my own Twitter page tracks the Twittering of folks of all types, many of my favorite Twitterers (yeesh…that’s an awkward word) hail from the genre author/comic realm. So for those of you unfamiliar or new to Twitter, I thought I’d give you a nice starter list of fun people to follow.

The list of Twitter-folk to follow after the jump.