Last week I talked about Brandon Sanderson’s awesome book Warbreaker. This week I address another stand alone novel by Sanderson: Elantris. Elantris was his debut onto the science-fiction novel scene and it is a great opening novel. The story is superbly written and has a wonderful plot that deals with religion, political subterfuge, and of course,
Warbreaker is a stand alone fantasy novel by Brandon Sanderson, who you may know as the author finishing The Wheel of Time series started by Robert Jordan. That is where I first saw Sanderson’s work, and I immediately fell in love with his writing. I started devouring his books, from his first fantasy novel, Elantris, to
Every series – whether a book trilogy, TV show, etc. – has moments in it that people find amazing or fantastic, not to mention quotable. They are the defining moments of that series, the ones that you remember no matter how long it has been since you’ve watched or read that story. Unfortunately, lots of
I love vampire fiction. I am enchanted by the mythos that invariably surrounds these denizens of the night, and, in my opinion, the best part about the mythos is that it changes from author to author. Vampires are intrinsically different in each story, but still retain certain distinguishing features. Jasper Kent’s fantastic vampire novel Twelve
In this fast paced sequel to Mira Grant’s amazing post-apocalyptic zombie thriller Feed, we continue the story of the crew of “The End Times,” faced with new developments. This amazing sequel picks up the plot where the first let off and delivers. From new intrigue and plot twists to the ever changing and evolving threat
Everyone loves a good zombie story; it’s basically human nature. It seems that there is some type of subconscious desire to experience and understand what happens when humanity loses itself and becomes animalistic and base. Coinciding with this is the desire to see people overcome their baseness, their personal zombies. But what happens when zombies
Can I have everyone’s attention please? Turn off your TV, mute your iTunes, stop playing WoW, and just read this for a minute. Do I have everyone’s undivided attention? Good. Now that I do, I have a message for you; by “you” I specifically mean women who like to cosplay. Ready? Here it is. There
During Japan’s Fashion Week, designer Kunihiko Morinaga debuted his 8-Bit re-imagining of women’s clothing from his line “anrealage.” His fashion line for the fall and winter 2011/2012 season encompasses quite the range of women’s clothing: everything from professional attire and dresses to sweatshirts and athletic-wear. These contain the same pixelated feel to them, and, from far away,
April fools everybody! Wow, we sure had you going didn’t we? Iknow that the ‘new look’ was sleek, shiny, difficult to navigate around, and … white, but it just wasn’t us. Why would we want to look just like our competitors, especially when we already look awesome? Never you worry loyal readers, the Pixelated Geek