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Geekery Grab Bag #1: ALL THE THINGS, or: Let’s Kickstart This Sucker!

Posted: Mar 22, 2012 \| No comments \| Forum Discussion

All the things? Well, okay, so maybe not ALL the things. Just all the things IMPORTANT. And then some not-as-important things. And the...

Discount Armageddon (InCryptid #1) by Seanan McGuire

Posted: Mar 4, 2012 \| 4 comments \| Forum Discussion

Contemporary fantasy is one of the fastest growing genres within speculative fiction today. Urban fantasy, in particular, has seen an...

Touched By An Alien (Alien #1) by Gini Koch

Posted: Feb 20, 2012 \| No comments \| Forum Discussion

The first novel in the Alien/Katherine “Kitty” Katt series, Touched By An Alien is Gini Koch’s debut novel. A...

Throne of the Crescent Moon (The Crescent Moon Kingdoms #1) by Saladin Ahmed

Posted: Feb 6, 2012 \| 2 comments \| Forum Discussion

Imagine The Arabian Nights starring Iroh of Avatar: The Last Airbender, and you’ll have a sense of what Saladin Ahmed’s...

Control Point (Shadow Ops #1) by Myke Cole

Posted: Jan 1, 2012 \| One comment \| Forum Discussion

Two members of The Ranting Dragon staff, Stephan and Garrett, were able to get their hands on ARCs of one of our most anticipated...

Circle of Enemies (Twenty Palaces #3) by Harry Connolly

Posted: Dec 30, 2011 \| 2 comments \| Forum Discussion

The third installment in Harry Connolly’s Twenty Palaces series, Circle of Enemies returns us once again to the story of Ray...

Deadline (Newsflesh #2) by Mira Grant

Posted: Dec 29, 2011 \| No comments \| Forum Discussion

Deadline is the second installment in the much-lauded zombie apocalypse Newsflesh trilogy by Mira Grant, pseudonym for New York...

The Measure of Magic (Legends of Shannara #2) by Terry Brooks

Posted: Dec 27, 2011 \| One comment \| Forum Discussion

This review contains slight spoilers for The Bearers of the Black Staff. The second half of the Legends of Shannara duology by Terry...

Hellbent (Cheshire Red Reports #2) by Cherie Priest

Posted: Dec 26, 2011 \| No comments \| Forum Discussion

Cherie Priest is back with another installment in the tale of Raylene Pendle, vampire thief extraordinaire. Picking up largely where...

Fatal Alliance (Star Wars: The Old Republic #1) by Sean Williams

Posted: Dec 17, 2011 \| No comments \| Forum Discussion

Three and a half millennia before Anakin Skywalker’s fall to the dark side and the rise of Palpatine’s Galactic Empire,...

Game of Cages (Twenty Palaces #2) by Harry Connolly

Posted: Nov 4, 2011 \| 5 comments \| Forum Discussion

Game of Cages, the second installment in the Twenty Palaces series by Harry Connolly, returns to the story of ex-convict Ray Lilly...

Bloodshot (Cheshire Red Reports #1) by Cherie Priest

Posted: Oct 17, 2011 \| 2 comments \| Forum Discussion

The first in a new urban fantasy series by Cherie Priest, author of Boneshaker and Dreadnought, Bloodshot introduces us to Raylene...

The Ranting Guide to NYCC’s Literary Events

Posted: Oct 14, 2011 \| No comments \| Forum Discussion

To go along with our guide to the attending authors at this year’s New York Comic Con, we also have a guide of the literary...

The Ranting Guide to Authors Attending NYCC!

Posted: Oct 12, 2011 \| No comments \| Forum Discussion

Going to be attending this year’s New York Comic Con? We are, and so are a number of authors! Without further ado, here is a...

Throne of Jade (Temeraire #2) by Naomi Novik

Posted: Oct 5, 2011 \| No comments \| Forum Discussion

Throne of Jade is the second title in Naomi Novik’s refreshing and original Temeraire series, which centers around the French...

Child of Fire (Twenty Palaces #1) by Harry Connolly

Posted: Sep 30, 2011 \| No comments \| Forum Discussion

Magic, supernatural powers and spell books. Rogue magicians and otherworldly predators—not to mention a secret society of...

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