Convention Report: World Fantasy Con 2015

World Fantasy Convention was held at least once previously in Saratoga Springs, in (if I recall correctly) 2007. I was there for a short period of time (mainly the mass signing) but was new to this sort of convention and limited in time, so I really didn't have much chance to really be part of the experience. This time, I purchased my membership early, and Kathleen enabled me to attend all four days of the convention (though for various reasons not nearly all of the hours therein). I'm going to get the negatives (that I observed) out of the [ Continue reading... ]

On My Shelves: The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever

       1977, as I have mentioned before, was something of a banner year in my fandom experiences for me. Star Wars was released in that year; I first encountered roleplaying games, in the form of Dungeons and Dragons, in 1977; The Sword of Shannara was published in that year.        And so was Lord Foul's Bane, the first book in the Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever – a series which was first a trilogy, then two trilogies, and now a total of ten books with the addition of a final tetralogy. I have not read this final [ Continue reading... ]