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Who are The Greatest Comic Writers of All-Time?
by Tim Janson, Contributing Writer
(May 09, 2009)
Mania.com contributor Tim Janson wants to name the top 20 greatest comic writers of all time, but he needs your help!
Big Week for Fantasy Fans!
by Tim Janson, Columnist
(May 03, 2009)
Before we get into the week’s new releases and reviews, let’s cover two quick news stories this week
Enter the Dragon-Hunter
by Nick Redfern, Columnist
(May 02, 2009)
Four teenage boys are brutally dragged to their deaths by a reptilian monster that emerges from a dark, fog-bound sea off the coast of Florida.
King Arthur Vows to Liberate Stonehenge
by Stella Maris, Columnist
(May 02, 2009)
If the British judicial system has its way, King Arthur Pendragon will be forcibly evicted from Stonehenge this Sunday, just two days after the traditional Celtic Beltane celebrations.
Titan Unleashes Terminator: Salvation!
by Tim Janson, Columnist
(April 26, 2009)
HarperCollins e-books recently announced that the works of J. R. R. Tolkien are now available in e-book format for the first time ever. You can now read The Hobbit, The Fellowship of the Rings, The Two Towers, The Return of the King, and The Children of H
Bigfoot Fundamentalists
by Nick Redfern, Columnist
(April 25, 2009)
Well, last week’s Lair of the Beasts column provoked a response quite unlike any other thus far. If you are a regular reader of my posts, you’ll know that my most recent contribution to the mania.com website was on the subject of links between Bigfoot
Decoding Shakespeare
by Stella Maris, Columnist
(April 25, 2009)
Like most of us who endured the tortuous analysis of William Shakespeare's plays at school, I only ever took them at face value. A sprinkling of fauns and fairies, a gaggle of cauldron-stirring witches... and get thee to a nunnery!
LOST SYMBOL for Dan Brown
by Jarrod Sarafin, Editor
(April 20, 2009)
We now have a title for Dan Brown's next novel, the third adventure of his character Robert Langdon. The author announced today that the upcoming third novel will be called "The Lost Symbol" with a first print run of five million copies to be released in t
Pyr Releases The Blood of Ambrose
by Tim Janson, Columnist
(April 19, 2009)
Very light this week in terms of new releases. I am looking forward to James Enge’s “the Blood of Ambrose” which sounds like a winner. Let’s start the week off with some award news. The nominees for the Shirley Jackson awards have been announced
Standing with Stones by Rupert Soskin
by Stella Maris, Columnist
(April 18, 2009)
I saw my very first stone circle at the tender age of eleven. My family had just moved from Washington, DC-- the land of masonically aligned monuments--to the land of megalithically aligned monuments, in the wilds of the Yorkshire Moors.
Starlog Ceases Publication
by Tim Janson, Columnist
(April 12, 2009)
This week’s release slate is rather moderate but does include the latest Star Trek novel, written by comic book scribe extraordinaire, Peter David. I’ve excited about two of this week’s fantasy releases as well: God of Clocks by Alan Campbell, and
John Michell: A Pilgrimage to Paradise
by Stella Maris, Columnist
(April 11, 2009)
Our thoughts this Easter holiday weekend are with the prolific author John Michell, who has sadly reached the penultimate stages of a terminal illness. Regarded by some as the founder of the modern "earth mysteries" counter-culture movement, almost all of
D&D Creator Dave Arneson Passes Away
by Jarrod Sarafin, Editor
(April 10, 2009)
Dave Arneson, co-creator of the original Dungeons & Dragons game, passed away on Tuesday evening, April 7th, after waging one final battle against cancer
The Top 20 Greatest Fantasy Writers of All-Time
by Tim Janson, Columnist
(April 10, 2009)
Well after laboring on the Greatest Sci-Fi and Horror writers, I’ve finally turned my attention to my favorite genre, Fantasy! This was the most difficult list of all to do because fantasy’s lineage is so long and there are so many different sub-genre
A New Dresden Files book
by Tim Janson, Columnist
(April 07, 2009)
This week’s fantasy releases are monstrous to say the least! We have a new Dresden Files book, Turn Coat from Jim Butcher; a new Remy Chandler Novel from Thomas E. Sniegoski; the latest Drizz’t Do’Urden fantasy by Bob Saltatore is out in mass market
Fulbert's Pendulum
by Stella Maris, Columnist
(April 04, 2009)
There is something particularly magical about this time of year between the Spring Equinox and the subsequent Full Moon. Aside from the obvious religious associations, it is said that this celestial sequence provides the most auspicious conditions for aspi
A Paranormal Bigfoot
by Nick Redfern, Columnist
(April 04, 2009)
Laura was thirty-six, lived in Rochester, New York, and was employed by the Post Office when I interviewed her in 2007. She related to me the details of a distinctly odd and unsettling series of occurrences that took place back in mid-1985.
Tor Confirms Robert Jordan's STORM Split
by Jarrod Sarafin, Editor
(April 01, 2009)
After a few days of early speculation from book fans, Tor Books has officially confirmed a release date for the late Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time installment, "A Memory of Light". The publisher also confirmed that final book "Memory" will be split into th
New Fantasy From Raymond E. Feist
by Tim Janson, Columnist
(March 29, 2009)
This week brings many outstanding new releases but nothing is bigger than the latest fantasy from Raymond E. Feist, “Rides a Dread Legion”. Feist returns to the world of Midkemia and the master magician Pub, first introduced over twenty years ago in t
Knowing: Nic's Gnostic Numbers
by Professor W, Columnist
(March 28, 2009)
I seem to belong to be the very small minority who really enjoyed Nicolas Cage’s latest outing, Knowing (2009), directed by Alex Proyas (I, Robot, 2004). Many reviewers weren’t impressed and gave very low ratings to the movie. For me, the film simply w
Creatures on the Loose
by Nick Redfern, Columnist
(March 28, 2009)
Although the subject of cryptozoology is predominantly one focused upon the search for unknown animals, and those beasts that science tells us cannot exist – such as Bigfoot, the Yeti, the Chupacabras, Ogopogo, and the Loch Ness Monster – the subject a
Final Ballot for Stoker Awards
by Jarrod Sarafin, Editor
(March 26, 2009)
The final ballot list for this year's Stoker Awards have been unleashed to the media courtesy of the official website with notable Stephen King being nominated for two categories with his novel Duma Key and latest short story collection Just After Sunset .
The Final Ballot for the 2009 Hugo Awards
by Tim Janson, Columnist
(March 22, 2009)
Ah spring is finally here! I don’t normally mind the cold weather and the snow but it was a particularly brutal winter here in the north. Michigan has some of the worst roads in the world and it left my car with a dented rim from a pothole and a cracke
Creatures of the Past
by Nick Redfern, Columnist
(March 21, 2009)
One of the questions occasionally asked of me by those people who are distinctly skeptical of the idea that real-life, flesh-and-blood monsters could really be among us is: “Well, if these creatures do exist, then why have we only been hearing about them
Angels & Demons: What's on the Agenda?
by Professor W, Columnist
(March 21, 2009)
Less than two months to go now before the global launch of Angels and Demons, the second Ron Howard movie to be made from a Dan Brown novel. So, what can we expect from the new movie, the action of which precedes the events in the The Da Vinci Code?
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