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Wanna Bet? When Gambling and Fantasy Overlap
Been around Tor.com a while? You might know me as the adaptation-pining, animation-loving, TV intro–exploring contributor who just surpassed 50 posts on the site (pats self on back). You might not know...
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Rhythm of War Reread: Chapter One Hundred Nine
Last week’s chapter was a heart-breaker, so it’s nice to have this one as a little bit of a break from the angst. Lots of things are happening here, and bigger things are on the horizon, but...
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Rhythm of War Reread: Chapter One Hundred Ten
Lyn: Happy Thursday, Cosmere chickens! I’m back from my two week trip to Ireland and Scotland (I bet you didn’t even realize I was gone, did you? We were sneaky and I did my work on the reread chapters...
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Rhythm of War Reread: Chapter One Hundred Eleven
Oh my storms, my Cosmere Chickens, this is a heck of a ride. This is a very long chapter and we’ve got a lot to cover here, from new Radiant Oaths being sworn, revelations about Heralds and spren and...
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Sazed Is a Reminder That Everything You Create Matters
I’m a writer. In the fantasy world I’m currently building, I made scholarship a religion. I was frustrated by the lack of meaning I often found in my studies and disheartened to see how many of my...
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Rhythm of War Reread: Chapter One Hundred Twelve
Happy Thursday, Cosmere Chickens! Are you ready for some CRAZY ODIUM ACTION? I sure hope so, because Dalinar’s clearly not, poor guy. We’ve got a LOT to cover (though not quite as much as last week...
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Rhythm of War Reread: Chapter One Hundred Thirteen
Greetings, Cosmere Chickens! Our chapter this week’s going to be a frustrating one on one account and a sad one on another. We’ll be seeing the end of a villain-turned-hero in Navani’s section, and an...
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Rhythm of War Reread: Chapter One Hundred Fourteen
Well, our Cosmere Chickens, we’re nearing the end now. The Sanderlanche has passed, we’re solidly in denouement territory, and things are winding down. I’d wanted to post the link to Brandon’s...
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Rhythm of War Reread: Chapter One Hundred Fifteen
Salutations and happy reread Thursday, our Cosmere Chickens! Things are still winding down, but Sanderson still has some revelations for us, so read on as we continue wading through the denouement...
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Pirates and Worldhoppers Ahoy! Brandon Sanderson’s Tress of the Emerald Sea
If you’ve ever thought to yourself: “You know what I have a distinct lack of in my life? Fantasy books about pirates. But not just pirates. Pirates sailing on a series of oceans of increasingly...
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Rhythm of War Reread: Chapter One Hundred Sixteen
Happy reread Thursday, Cosmere Chickens. We’re so close to the end now that we can almost taste it, and I can’t speak for Paige, but I have mixed feelings about that. I love these rereads, I love...
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Rhythm of War Reread: Chapter One Hundred Seventeen
Happy reread Thursday, Cosmere Chickens! In today’s installment (the penultimate one, at least for now), we travel back fourteen months to witness the end for one of our previous POV characters,...
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Rhythm of War Reread: Epilogue
Well, our Cosmere Chickens, sadly all good things must come to an end, and so must this reread. In this final chapter, we get a stunning moment in which Hoid of all people is bested, proving that he’s...
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Cosmere Cashmere: Finding the Best Fit for Sanderson’s Cosmere Planets
Sometimes, endlessly singing the praises of your favorite fictional universes can pay off. Such was the case with Brandon Sanderson’s Cosmere, when a friend who doesn’t read a whole lot finally picked...
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Pairing Five Fantasy Worlds With the Perfect Soundtrack
I’ve often wished life had background music. The universe couldn’t give me that, so it gave me the next best thing: fantasy music and ambience playlists on YouTube. While there’s nothing like picking...
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Welcome to the Elantris Reread: Prologue Through Chapter Two
Lyn: Hello, Cosmere Chickens, and welcome to a brand-spankin’ new reread featuring your resident Sanderson rereaders! This time around we’re diving into Brandon’s very first (published) novel,...
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The Not-So-Frugal Witch’s Non-Spoiler Review of The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook...
Greetings, frugal and not-so-frugal witches and wizards! In these times of financial instability, you may be asking yourself, “Is The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England worth the...
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Elantris Reread: Chapters Three and Four
Lyn: Hello again, most lovely-some and glorious of Cosmere chickens! Oh… I’m sorry, the ren faire is leaking again. ::ahem:: Let me try that again! Greetings, Cosmere chickens, and welcome to another...
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Elantris Reread: Chapters Five and Six
Good day, Cosmere Chickens, and welcome to another exciting installment of the Elantris Reread! Well… maybe not that exciting. Admittedly, not a lot happens in these chapters—but we do learn a lot...
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Elantris Reread: Chapters Seven and Eight
Greetings, Cosmere Chickens, and welcome back to Elantris! Don’t mind the slime, there’s plenty of wonderful things to do here. Uh. Right? Surely there must be… Oh. Hold on a moment, I’m getting a...
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