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Entries from January 2006

New FBS contest: ‘Shriek: An Afterword’ autographed by Jeff Vandermeer

January 31st, 2006 · No Comments

Recently Fantasybookspot.com has announced its latest contest, a draw to win a copy of Jeff Vandermeer’s latest novel, Shriek: an afterword, autographed by Jeff Vandermeer. Here is some of the buzz:
“Here is a desert island book, a tale you can lose yourself in for days, a novel of character in which the setting–the [...]

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Review of ‘The Thousandfold Thought’ by R. Scott Bakker

January 29th, 2006 · 2 Comments

I recently put up my review of R. Scott Bakker’s mind-blowing concluding installment of his Prince of Nothing trilogy, The Thousandfold Thought.

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New FBS Contest: 3 signed copies of Naomi Novik’s ‘Temeraire’

January 16th, 2006 · No Comments

I’m pleased to announce that Fantasybookspot.com along with HarperCollins UK and Naomi Novik are able to offer a contest to win a signed copy of Naomi Novik’s recently released debut Temeraire. This contest is open to all residents of the UK, and three winners will be drawn in 3 weeks, from those who answer [...]

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Winners of FBS’s January Contest Announced

January 13th, 2006 · No Comments

Fantasybookspot.com’s first contest draw has just had its first winner. I want to thank Paul S. Kemp for supplying the books and his signature to them.
We will have more coming (the next one very soon) of all varieties, a couple I already have lined up, I just haven’t decided on the format, If [...]

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Eco’s through the Grapevine: My ‘best of’ 2005

January 5th, 2006 · 10 Comments

At this time of year it’s hard to miss the overwhelming amount of ‘Best Book of 2005′ list, from a equally overwhelming variety of sources, from fans new and old, to editors, authors, respected critics, and every publication whether in print, E-zine or both sharing with us what they feel are the most outstanding books [...]

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Win Paul S. Kemp’s ‘Erevis Cale’ Trilogy

January 2nd, 2006 · 2 Comments

Nice opportunity here. For those familiar with my blog you will know that while I detest 99% of all gaming related book adaptations, I really do enjoy Paul S. Kemp’s Erevis Cale trilogy, which recently was brought to conclusion with the release of his Midnight’s Mask. I have stated before that I think [...]

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