Having enjoyed the first Chronicles of Thomas Covenant so much I could not resist diving straight into the second. Within a few pages you soon discover that this chronicles has been written as single story instead of three connected ones. How so? Well, this book does not come to a satisfying conclusion as all three [...]
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Book Review: Thomas Covenant – The Wounded Land
Posted: 4th July 2011 by Mathew Bridle in Articles, Mathew's Blog, Member's Blogs0
Rumer in concert March 25th 2011
Posted: 30th June 2011 by Allan in Allan's Blog, Articles, Member's BlogsIn March 2010 after a false start seven years earlier , Sarah Joyce signed to Atlantic Records and changed her name to Rumer . During last summer ‘Slow ‘ a haunting ballad of unrequited love was heard reqularly on Radio2 and Smooth Radio . It’s hypnotic melody and triple – tracked chorus made a strong impression [...]
Zombies vs. Nazis – A lost history of the walking dead
Posted: 29th June 2011 by Mathew Bridle in Articles, Book Review, Book Review, Mathew's BlogTags: fantasy, nazis, saga, scott kenemore, undead, voodoo, war, zombies
by Scott Kenemore with Illustrations by Adam Wallenta I must confess that when I was first asked to review this book I was not that keen as it is not something that I would readily pick up. I had no idea what to expect so when the email arrived (I had a PDF version) I opened [...]
Posted: 27th May 2011 by Mathew Bridle in Book Review, Mathew's Blog, Member's Blogs
Tags: Book Review, ebook, fanatsy, first novel, michael fraser
It took my quite some time to get into this book, but I am glad that I kept going. The story begins with a young boy rescued by a wraith which takes him and trains to be a Windchaser: a daemon hunter. Thus Darkmalian is formed. We are then jumped forward to the present day [...]
Book Review – The Power That Preserves – Stephen Donaldson
Posted: 10th May 2011 by Mathew Bridle in Articles, Book Review, Mathew's BlogTags: Book Review, fantasy, Fantasy Novel
The Power that Preserves is the third part of the Thomas Covenant series and the end of the first trilogy. Simply put: a great book. The Unbeliever comes of age at last and accepts that he has a purpose in life other than to survive. He confesses his love for the Land into the face [...]
Review – Stephen Donaldson – The Illearth War
Posted: 6th May 2011 by Mathew Bridle in Articles, Book Review, Mathew's Blog, Member's BlogsSo, Thomas Covenant has returned to his own world only to become even more hated just for being alive and having an illness that will eventually kill him if the residents don’t first. With his mind reeling at the intrusion of his ‘dream’ Covenant begins to unravel. Not surprising. He spends three weeks battling with [...]
Book Review – Lord Foul’s Bane – Stephen Donaldson
Posted: 25th April 2011 by Mathew Bridle in Book Review, Book Review, Mathew's Blog, Member's BlogsWhen Vamplit Publishing offered to take on my book they likened my style to Stephen Donaldson Author of the Thomas Covenant Chronicles and others. Now I have never heard of Stephen Donaldson so that meant little to me. I have now however acquainted myself with the author’s work and stand perplexed. Does my publisher really [...]
The Silver Cage – Mik Wilkens
Posted: 12th April 2011 by Mathew Bridle in Book Review, Mathew's BlogTags: Book Review, ebooks, Fantasy Novel, Horsham Writers, shapeshifters, werewolves
Imagine if you would two worlds joined together by Springs of Power. The Power in question allows magic to be shaped into spells and werewolves to take on the true form of the wolf. Our world, the Earth, has limited magic due to the lack of Springs. But this does not stop our business consultant, [...]
Why Do I Write?
Posted: 19th January 2011 by Mathew Bridle in General, Mathew's Blog, Member's BlogsAsk yourself this question then read this excerpt – THE SUCCESSFUL NOVELIST: A LIFETIME OF LESSONS ABOUT WRITING & PUBLISHING by David Morrell. It’s what writing is all about. Share this Post[?]
Member websites
Posted: 1st December 2010 by Mathew Bridle in Articles, GeneralTags: badly writen novels, Bev Bevan, Clive Newnham, crawley, dark rose, horsham, Mathew E C Bridle, pogrom, websites, writer's circle
Some of our members have branched out into the wonderful world of web, they are: Clive Newnham author of Pogrom visit www.clivenewnhan.co.uk and Bev Bevan author of The Dark Rose visit www.thedarkrose.co.uk and also Mathew Bridle author of Emun of Mor has finally tarted up his site www.theonesaga.com. So take a tour and let them know [...]