Science Fiction & Fantasy
by Arley Sorg
Updraft books, the Subterranean Press edition of Martha Wells’
The Murderbot Diaries, C. L. Clark’s
The Unbroken, Tamsyn Muir’s
Gideon the Ninth and
Harrow the Ninth, and many more. Among other accolades, he was a Jack Gaughan Award winner in 2016, has been a Chesley Award nominee every year since 2017, has been a Spectrum Award finalist twice, received Hugo nominations for Best Professional Artist for 2020 and 2021, and was a World Fantasy Award finalist in 2020 for Best Artist.
Arnold was born in Atlanta, Georgia and grew up in a small town nearby. He interned at a software company to make money before figuring out what he wanted to do. He took an art class at LaGrange College and realized that art was absolutely for him. He then signed up for a two-year illustration program at Portfolio Center in Atlanta. In 2012 he dropped the program to take a job illustrating for Bento Box Entertainment, which lasted roughly a yea
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Fantasy author Peter V. Brett returns to the world of his very popular Demon Cycle novels with
The Desert Prince, which kicks off a new series that’s aimed at both seasoned Brett fans
and newcomers alike. Today, io9 has a sneak peek at the cover and one of the book’s opening chapters, so read on for more!
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First, here’s the plot description:
Fifteen years have passed since the end of the war with demons, creatures of darkness who have hunted the night and plagued humanity since time out of mind. The heroes of mankind’s hour of need have become legend, and those who remain struggle to escape their shadows.
Robin Hobb is one my favorite fantasy writers; I’m talking Mount Rushmore / Elite status. But there is another writer behind that name, Megan Lindholm. I’ve never read anything with the name Megan Lindholm on the book, but I’ve been seeking out her books in the used book shops I’m able to visit. When Grim Oak Press announced they would be releasing an illustrated anniversary edition of
Wizard of the Pigeons, I knew I wanted to get a copy. What I discovered is that Megan Lindholm may possess some of the same abilities as a writer around powerful narrative and lovely prose, but she is quite different from Robin Hobb. The novel features a character named Wizard, a homeless Vietnam veteran in Seattle struggling to come to grips with inner demons, his past, and how he can move on despite those elements.