#fantasy Articles


Book Review - Stonewielder by Ian C. Esslemont

This is the third book in the Malazan world. The previous ones by Ian are Night of Knives and The Return of the Crimson Guard. Beware, this post will/may contain spoilers. I'm now roughly 41% through the book (reading it on my Kindle) and I must say that the …


Fantasy Book Review - Steven Erikson - The Crippled God - Part 1

Warning: this post contains spoilers if you haven't read Dust of Dreams or the previous books in the series Malazan Book of the Fallen. This post is part of a series, I will create additional one throughout the book (basically I'm just testing which is best: use one post and …

Buying Kindle in Finland

On the 28th I purchased it around 1900. Today on the 30th at 0820 it arrived in the airport in Helsinki. Also yesterday somebody called and said it would come this week. Update: It's now on the way to my work! Got it around 12 or so. Less than 48 …

Fantasy Book Review - Steven Erikson - Dust of Dreams

Grabbed this book a week or two ago and have been steadily pulling myself through it. Not done yet, some 300 pages left. I have crappy memory so if I write down what's going on right now, maybe that will help me remember the book later :) It is the 9th …

Science-Fiction and Fantasy Books in Helsinki

Where to find them? Where are some good second hand shops, new book shops, any tips on buying from the Internet. Number 1: the library. The library system here in Finland is actually quite awesome. You can go to their website and search and reserve books (costs 50c this year …

Fantasy Book Review - George R.R. Martin - A Game of Thrones

Warning, this article may contains spoilers (I am trying to be sublime about them though) and have written them in white text just to be on the safe side. Terminology According to Wikipedia these books are in these subgenres: High Fantasy - lots of fantasy stuff going on - like magic and …

Book Review - The Hunter's Trilogy by R.A. Salvatore

Another great thing about being around home is to go find a proper library, I even found a fantasy/sci-fi shelf in the English part of the library on Rikardinkatu. I have been on the lookout for some new long series to get my hands into but just I just …