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STORYBIRD - pour créer des histoires. Fabula, la recherche en littérature. Exercises for Fiction Writers - Page 2. A Song of Ice and Fire. The Meereenese Blot | Analysis of A Dance with Dragons. Very good analysis ! Westeros: The 'A Song of Ice and Fire' Domain. Not A Blog. The Name of the Wind. Patrick Rothfuss video Part 2. Patrick Rothfuss discusses The Name of the Wind. Patrick Rothfuss - Official Website. Read more reviews THE POWERFUL DEBUT NOVEL FROM FANTASY'S NEXT SUPERSTAR Told in Kvothe's own voice, this is the tale of the magically gifted young man who grows to be the most notorious wizard his world has ever seen.The intimate narrative of his childhood in a troupe of traveling players, his years spent as a near-feral orphan in a crime-ridden city, his daringly brazen yet successful bid to enter a legendary school of magic, and his life as a fugitive after the murder of a king form a gripping coming-of-age story unrivaled in recent literature.

A high-action story written with a poet's hand, The Name of the Wind is a masterpiece that will transport readers into the body and mind of a wizard. The Bartimaeus Trilogy. The Bartimaeus Trilogy. To Find Books. Best Fantasy Books | #1 Guide to the best fantasy books, games, movies, and more! Top 25 Best Fantasy Books. This one is full to the brim with gritty, amoral, cynical dark humor.

A different sort of fantasy, but one that's extremely refreshing, disturbing, and entertaining -- one of the best fantasy reads to come out the past couple years. Even as we near 2015, The Prince of Thorns still stands tall among other strong fantasy books. For a dark, gritty, anti-hero driven fantasy, I felt strong Abercrombie vibes. There's a strong influence from A Game of Thrones -- and if you've ever read KJ Parker's The Engineer trilogy, you'll see some similarities in the tone and style of world.

The setting of the world is interesting too, a sort of post-apocalypse world gone to hell that sparks similarities to Jack Vance's Dying Earth world. This is the brutal story of Prince Jorg, a teenage princeling who abandoned his father's castle after witnessing the murder of his mother and brother. The narration is first person and well done at that -- I haven't been so entertained by first person narration in ages. Best Science Fiction Books | #1 Guide to the best science books, games, movies, and more! The web's #1 Guide to the best science fiction books. Comprehensive subgenre recommendation lists from the best Space Opera to the best Cyberpunk.

Top 25 Best Science Fiction Books. Love Science Fiction? Hate wasting time reading the trash? Then read this definitive guide to the Top 25 Science Fiction Books in the genre. It's been a long time in coming, but the NEW Top 25 Best Science Fiction list has been released January 2016. There's a LOT more thought put into the list here than the old list (which is still a great list) and the picks are more representative of the genre as a whole. We've also filled out every section with MORE information about why we consider each entry the best of the best.

It's a COMPLETELY NEW list from start to finish. This list presents my picks for the Top 25 Science Fiction Books. I know that just like my Best Fantasy Books list, you can’t please everyone. You can read my deeper look into the Science Fiction genre and my reasoning’s for my picks below, or you can just jump to the list. What’s Qualifies as “The Best?” This is a tricky one. These are my top 25 picks for the best science fiction books ever written.

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