By Peter on Nov 26, 2009 in Classical novel, Excellent book, Fiction Books, Jonathan Swift, The World of Books, World literature, book review, fantasy | 1 Comment
The world literature is full of treasures. One of them is Gulliver’s Travels, a truly remarkable and excellent book. It is a book everybody has read. But most have read it as a children’s book, and many in an edited version where some of the social critique and some of the sexual content in [...]
By Peter on Oct 23, 2009 in Classical novel, Excellent book, George R. R. Martin, bestseller, book review, fantasy | 0 Comments
A Game of Thrones is one of those big, epic fantasy stories. And this is the first book in the series by George R. R. Martin that is called A Song of Ice and Fire. And indeed – the setting is fairly typical – it is a medieval or late medieval society where knights [...]
By Peter on Mar 29, 2009 in R. A. Salvatore, book review, fantasy | 0 Comments
In Sea of Swords, R.A. Salvatore brings Drizzt Do’Urden back into the Paths of Darkness series. Here, the dark elf ranger Drizzt Do’Urden and his very gifted warrior friends go in search of a missing member of their own band, Wulfgar, and his battle axe, made by the dwarf king Bruenor Battlehammer. All of the [...]
