The Fantasy Hive - A U.K. Wonderland
A hub for all things fantasy (plus some SF). Book reviews, games, author interviews, features, serial fiction- you name it. The Fantasy Hive is a collaborative site formed of unique personalities who just want to celebrate fantasy. Btw, the SFF novel to the left by one of our members, Warwick Gleeson, was a "Top 150 Best Books" Kirkus pick in 2019.
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Two books to go – which will be our finalist? Just two of our six excellent semi-finalists are left in the running for our SPFBO-7 Finalist nomination. Illborn by Daniel T. Jackson and Shadows of Ivory by T.L. Greylock and Bryce O’Connor Today we will start by posting separate reviews for both books (Shadows of Ivory at 3.00 pm BST Illborn at 3.15 pm BST) so that they both get their moment in the spotlight. Then, at 4.00 pm BST today we will post the announcement of which one we selected as our finalist. It was close. In the meantime though, please enjoy the judges’ thoughts on Illborn. Illborn Daniel T. Jackson Long ago, The Lord Aiduel emerged from the dese…
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SHADOWS OF IVORY – by T.L. Greylock and Bryce O’Connor (SPFBO 7 Semi-finalist review)
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Two books to go – which will be our finalist? Just two of our six excellent semi-finalists are left in the running for our SPFBO-7 Finalist nomination. Illborn by Daniel T. Jackson and Shadows of Ivory by T.L. Greylock and Bryce O’Connor Today we will start by posting separate reviews for both books (Shadows of Ivory at 3.00 pm BST Illborn at 3.15 pm BST) so that they both get their moment in the spotlight. Then, at 4.00 pm BST today we will post the announcement of which one we selected as our finalist. It was close. In the meantime though, please enjoy the judges’ thoughts on Shadows of Ivory. Shadows of Ivory T.L. Greylock and Bryce O’Connor An undying kin…
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Daniel Rigby is a BAFTA-winning actor, comedian and writer who works across theatre, TV and film. He is an acclaimed stand up and live comedy performer. Daniel’s television credits include Undercover, Big School, and Black Mirror: The Waldo Moment. In 2011, he won the Leading Actor BAFTA for his portrayal of Eric Morecambe in BBC2’s Eric and Ernie. Daniel has also worked extensively in the theatre, performing as Alan Dangle in the original cast of the hit stage show One Man, Two Guvnors, and as Ian in Holes. In 2015 Daniel starred in Dave’s first original sitcom ‘Undercover’. More recently Daniel has starred in the BBC’s ‘Watership Down’, ITV drama ‘Jericho’, and in the …
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Welcome to the Fantasy-Hive’s SPFBO 7 SEMI-FINALIST WEEK. Just to remind you our team of five judges, me (Theo), Belle, Peter, Scarlett and Calvin have spent the last five months: Sampling our batch of thirty self-published fantasy books to (at least) the 20% mark Identifying twelve worthy quarterfinalists Running six quarter-finals, a couple of which went to extra-time, to choose our six semi-finalists All five of us reading all of the chosen-semi-finalists All five of us putting the six semi-finalists in our own personal rank order Adding up those rankings to decide which of semi-finalists we will put forward to the next stage of SPFBO competition, joining nine othe…
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Bess Brenck Kalischer – The Mill: A Cosmos (1922, translated by W. C. Bamberger 2021) “The concave mirrors were so oddly dimmed. The big city pierced me. All the flesh had fallen from it. Travel posters were pasted about its skeleton. The dwarves’ dwelling, a goblin-contemplation. No sooner had I read this, which made my stomach turn, than I suddenly also had eyes on the inside, as rockets flew out of the posters and every shell that burst was a little story.” Bess Brenck Kalischer was a German expressionist poet. The Mill: A Cosmos is her only novel. It was published in German in 1922 but has remained unpublished in English until now, thanks to a translation by W. C. …
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