POSTED ON: October 20, 2016
FILED UNDER: Books, Throwback Thursday
TAGS: Horror
By Oliver Johnson
If you are inspired by Halloween to read something creepy with a cast of a hundred carnival clowns and freaks, look no further than Bradbury’s 1962 horror fantasy masterpiece.
MOREPOSTED ON: September 15, 2016
FILED UNDER: Books, Throwback Thursday
TAGS: Guy Gavriel Kay
By Oliver Johnson
First published between 1984 and 1986, the three books of The Fionavar Tapestry (The Summer Tree, The Wandering Fire and The Darkest Road) frequently appear on lists of the top fantasy series of all time. Guy Gavriel Kay’s trilogy has been quoted as a key influence on many later writers. No wonder, as Kay had unique access to the font of modern fantasy: in 1974 he was retained by the Tolkien estate to assist Christopher Tolkien in the editorial construction of The Silmarillion. The Fionavar Tapestry emerged a decade later but though Locus magazine termed it ‘the essence of High Fantasy,’ Kay determinedly set out to explore what could be achieved in the genre beyond Tolkien.
MOREPOSTED ON: June 23, 2016
FILED UNDER: Books, Throwback Thursday
TAGS: Stephen King
By Oliver Johnson
Stephen King’s ‘American fantasy epic’ is one of the most celebrated post-apocalyptic novels of our time. It is the story of a small group, survivors of a super flu, and their quest to found a new society out of the ashes of the old while at the same time confronting a nearly omnipotent, omniscient supernatural foe.
MOREPOSTED ON: May 26, 2016
FILED UNDER: Books, Throwback Thursday
TAGS: Robert A. Heinlein, Science Fiction
By Oliver Johnson
This year marks the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of one of the last, seminal works of the Golden Age of Science Fiction: Robert A Heinlein’s 1966 Hugo Award-winning masterpiece. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress is an account of the Lunar Colony revolt against Terran overlords. As in much of Heinlein’s work, the science in this novel is a portal for debate about society and man’s place in it, his ethical responsibilities as a citizen and whether a perfect society can be created from human imperfection.
MOREPOSTED ON: June 4, 2015
FILED UNDER: Books, Throwback Thursday
TAGS: Stephen King
By Oliver Johnson
‘Compared to the dullest human being actually walking about on the face of the earth and casting his shadow there, the most brilliantly drawn character in a novel is but a bag of bones.’
MOREPOSTED ON: April 23, 2015
FILED UNDER: Books, Throwback Thursday
TAGS: Tad Williams
By Oliver Johnson
For Throwback Thursday, we invited Associate Publisher Oliver Johnson to talk about Tad Williams’ groundbreaking fantasy novel The Dragonbone Chair. Here’s what he had to say…
MOREPOSTED ON: March 19, 2015
FILED UNDER: Books, Throwback Thursday
TAGS: Classics, Robert A. Heinlein, Throwback Thursday
By Oliver Johnson
For Throwback Thursday, we invited Associate Publisher Oliver Johnson to talk about Robert A. Heinlein’s classic, controversial novel Starship Troopers. Here’s what he had to say…
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