Crooked Little Vein by Warren Ellis (U.S. import, published by HarperCollins, approx £7.99) Warren Ellis is one of the most talented and prolific graphic novelists of our age, but unfortunately outside the comic reading community he is an unknown. His work – until 2010’s RED adaptation, starring Bruce Willis – has largely been ignored with […]
WyrmeWeald: Bloodhoney by Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell (Published by Doubleday, released February 2012) I discovered this announcement just this minute (August 17th, 11.12pm) and I am excited. I’ve been waiting for the announcement of the second Wyrmeweald book since I finished the first, Returner’s Wealth (see my review). I simply cannot wait. This has […]
WyrmeWeald: Returner’s Wealth by Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell (Published by Doubleday, paperback £6.99, OUT NOW) From the creative team behind the excellent Edge Chronicles and Barnaby Grimes series comes the first in a new trilogy, WyrmeWeald: Returner’s Wealth. This is fantasy but not as you know it; set on a dustbowl planet, the style […]
Veteran bookseller Scott McCaig, of Waterstone’s Edinburgh West End, discusses the appeal of Naomi Novik’s Temeraire. Dragons have been associated with fantasy works for as long as the genre has been around, but none have been portrayed quite like Temeraire. Naomi Novik has created a world where dragons are part of the everyday life of […]