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Isles Of The Emberdark by Brandon Sanderson (book review).
Some of the more prolific SF authors have, almost as an afterthought, tried to fit their novels and short stories into a timeline…
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May 2026
ReviewScifi
Tailored Realities by Brandon Sanderson (book review).
Titles of books are always tricky. An author wants something memorable, so readers who enjoy the book can easily recommend it to friends.…
January 2024
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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Brandon Sanderson’s take (film review).
Let’s swing into the wild web of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, with our film-reviewing fantasy author Brandon Sanderson in the hot chair. This…
November 2022
NewsFantasy
Rings of Power: Amazon Prime’s Tolkien, how good, how bad? Brandon Sanderson’s take (video).
Fantasy author Brandon Sanderson knows a thing or two about sorcery, orcs, and proto-halflings. Well, perhaps not the Traveller Hobbits, but for everything…
August 2022
ReviewScifi
Skyward Flight by Brandon Sanderson and Janci Patterson (book review).
‘Skyward Flight’ is the omnibus edition of three ‘Skyward’ novellas: ‘Sunreach’, ‘ReDawn’ and ‘Evershore’, all of which are related to Brandon Sanderson’s ‘Skyward…
August 2020
ReviewScifi
Legion: Skin Deep by Brandon Sanderson (book review).
‘Legion: Skin Deep’ by Brandon Sanderson is the second novella in the ‘Legion’ trilogy. Stephen Leeds can remember exactly everything he has seen…
July 2020
ReviewFantasy
The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson with illustrations by Ben McSweeney (book review).
In ‘The Rithmatist’ by Brandon Sanderson, sixteen year-old Joel Saxon is a student at the prestigious Armedius Academy nursing a secret ambition to…
June 2020
ReviewFantasy
Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson (book review).
In ‘Warbreaker’ by Brandon Sanderson, tensions between the countries of Idris and Hallendren have almost reached boiling point. With the intention of delaying…
November 2018
ReviewScifi
Legion: The Many Lives Of Stephen Leeds by Brandon Sanderson (book review).
“That was fantastically, amazingly brilliant,” I said as he closed the cover on ‘Legion: The Many Lives Of Stephen Leeds’ by Brandon Sanderson.…
September 2018
ReviewScifi
Snapshot by Brandon Sanderson (book review).
I’m used to passing Brandon Sanderson’s massive tomes and was surprised when practically the novella-sized, ‘Snapshot’, passed into my hands. At least I…
March 2015
ReviewFantasy
Words Of Radiance (Book Two of The Stormlight Archive) by Brandon Sanderson (book review).
For many, the term fantasy conjures up imaginary world where magic takes the place of science and the level of technology tends towards…
March 2014
ReviewFantasy
A Memory Of Light (The Wheel Of Time book 14) by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson (book review).
A polite notice: this review contains spoilers! The book was published a year ago and I can’t imagine any circumstance where someone who…