Recent Posts Tagged With 'fantasy'

• Book Review - The White Dragon by Anne McCaffrey (a Pern novel)

  Posted on Wednesday April 8th, 2009 at 10:25 in fantasy, anne mccaffrey, pern, novels of pern, the white dragon

  Overview Centuries ago, humans colonised a planet called Pern. In these centuries genetically-engineered creatures called Dragons (due to their similarity to the mythical creatures of earth) were developed to combat an unthinking but deadly enemy cal...

• Book Review - DragonQuest by Anne McCaffrey

  Posted on Saturday April 4th, 2009 at 07:41 in fantasy, anne mccaffrey, dragonquest

  Many turns ago, the planet of Pern was colonised by humans. Metal was scarce on this world, so the fuel for the diggers soon ran out, and these were thereafter cannibalised for parts, and after some time were forgotten. The ships that brought the fir...

• Book Review - Sourcery

  Posted on Wednesday March 11th, 2009 at 12:04 in fantasy, comedy, discworld, terry pratchett, sourcery

  Discworld for Beginners…Discworld is a place of magic, mystery, madness, and occasionally murder. This manages to incorporate all of these elements into the story, more or less in the above order. It’s a place where mythical creatures such as uni...