The best thing about running a site like LitStack is the diversity of folks you meet. Our writers come from all walks of life; their ages vary from those still in college, to a granny or two. With this diversity comes a variety of tastes and preferences, a fact that […]
In an Entertainment Weekly interview published this week, Man Booker prize winner Marlon James opened up about the epic fantasy series he is currently working on, to be known as the Dark Star Trilogy. And get this – it’s going to be based in African mythology. An African Lord of […]
The Last Mortal Bond Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne, Book 3 Brian Staveley Tor Books Release Date: March 15, 2016 ISBN 978-0-7653-3642-2 With The Last Mortal Bond, author Brian Staveley closes the story of Adare, Kaden and Valyn, the three offspring of Sanlitun Malkeenian, former Emperor of the Annurian Empire. […]
The Summer Dragon – First Book of the Evertide Todd Lockwood DAW Books Release Date: May 3, 2016 ISBN 978-0-7564-0833-6 I first noticed Todd Lockwood as the artist who created such amazing illustrations for Marie Brennan’s “A Natural History of Dragons” series. The cover artwork alone instantly established the sense […]
On this day, December 3, in 1857, Joseph Conrad was born in Berdichev, Imperial Russia (modern
Ukraine, then a part of Poland). While he settled in England and wrote in English, he always considered himself a Pole. Heart of Darkness, one of the most famous of his 20 novels (which explores colonialism and the attitudes regarding what constitutes a barbarian versus civilized society) is considered one of the best English novels of the 20th century, as is his novel Lord Jim, which chronicles a crew’s abandonment of its disabled ship. Conrad died in England in 1924 at age 66.