Showing items 1 - 25 of 1,214
Lair of the Beasts: Hounds of Horror
by Nick Redfern, Contributor
(March 13, 2010)
As some readers of Lair of the Beasts may very well know, the British Isles have a long and weird heritage of sightings – particularly in centuries long gone – of monstrous, phantom black dogs. Usually reported as being huge in size and sporting glowin
Weekly Book Buzz: First Production Still From HBO’s Thrones
by Tim Janson, Columnist
(March 07, 2010)
Well of course as everyone knows HBO is adapting Geore R.R. Martin’s epic fantasy “Game of Thrones” into a TV show. Just this week HBO released the first production still from the pilot episode.
Lair of the Beasts: Alligators on the Rampage
by Nick Redfern, Contributing Author
(March 05, 2010)
Most people reading this will, I’m sure, have heard of the old and enduring legends of marauding alligators roaming the sewers of New York, and feasting upon the occasional hobo and vagrant. True or not, the tales certainly make for fascinating and engag
Weekly Book Buzz: The Raistlin Chronicles by Margaret Weis
by Tim Janson, Columnist
(March 01, 2010)
Several high profile new releases this week including the latest Remy Chandler urban fantasy, Charles De Lint’s the Mystery of Grace, and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by the author of Pride, Prejudice and Zombies. Let’s dig right in!
Lair of the Beasts: Creatures on the Rampage
by Nick Redfern, Contributing Author
(February 27, 2010)
For decades, numerous people throughout the British Isles have reported people seeing large unidentified cats roaming the country that are very often described as “black-panthers,” pumas and leopards. Of course, it scarcely needs to be said that Britai
Weekly Book Buzz: Final Ballots for the Nebula and Stoker Awards
by Tim Janson, Columnist
(February 21, 2010)
We lead the week with awards news as the final ballots for both the Nebula and Bram Stoker Awards were announced this week. Here are some of the highlights.
Lair of the Beasts: The Creature of the Canal
by Nick Redfern, Contributing Author
(February 20, 2010)
Within the controversial field of cryptozoology and monster-hunting, there are some stories and tales that become near-legendary in nature. Some of them even take on mythical status, and become known far and wide. Others, meanwhile, remain very much locali
Cameron Writing AVATAR Prequel
by Jarrod Sarafin, Editor
(February 17, 2010)
While it's been confirmed that director James Cameron is planning a feature film trilogy on Avatar, it seems he also plans to write a prequel novel based on his characters. Producer Jon Landau has revealed to MTV that Cameron is fleshing out a prequel nove
Weekly Book Buzz: The New Dead Zombie Anthology
by Tim Janson, Columnist
(February 14, 2010)
First we have The Ruling Sea by Robert V. S. Redick, the sequel to the heralded Red Wolf Conspiracy as fantasy combines with historical adventure for a high seas blast. This is sure to be a best-seller! Also out is a double dose of Piers Anthony’s Xant
Lair of the Beasts: Creatures of the Night
by Nick Redfern, Contributing Author
(February 12, 2010)
Just recently, I contributed a section to a great new book - Real Vampires: Night Stalkers and Creatures from the Dark Side by Brad Steiger - on the blood-sucking monster of Puerto Rico known to one and all as the Chupacabras. And, having now digested the
Weekly Book Buzz: Kage Baker Loses Her fight With Cancer
by Tim Janson, Columnist
(February 07, 2010)
…We reported a few weeks back that Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Award nominee Kage Baker was gravely ill with cancer. Sadly, Baker lost her fight January 31, at age 57. Baker’s most noted works were The Empress of Mars (2008), The Anvil of the Wor
Lair of the Beasts: The Island of Blood
by Nick Redfern, Contributing Author
(February 06, 2010)
Back in the latter part of 2005, I traveled to the island of Puerto Rico for a week with good friend and Canadian film-maker, Paul Kimball, of Halifax, Nova Scotia’s Red Star Films. Along with Paul’s crew – which was comprised of his brother Jim, Joh
Weekly Book Buzz: The Latest Anita Blake Novel
by Tim Janson, Columnist
(January 31, 2010)
Leading new releases this week is “Flirt” the latest Anita Blake novel from Laurell K. Hamilton. While I’ve not been a big fan of the series in general, Hamilton has to be given credit for being the modern Godmother of urban fantasy, particularly as
Lair of the Beasts: Walking with Monsters
by Nick Redfern, Contributing Author
(January 30, 2010)
Neil Arnold is one of Britain’s leading and well-respected full-time seekers of mysterious animals and monstrous beasts – a cryptozoologist, in other words.
Weekly Book Buzz: The Latest Iron Man Novel
by Tim Janson, Columnist
(January 24, 2010)
Lots of strong releases out this week in both books and graphic novels. These include the new Connor Grey novel from Mark Del Franco, a new Iron Man adventure, and two new Star Wars Graphic novels from Dark Horse.
Lair of the Beasts: Beware of the Devil Dogs
by Nick Redfern, Contributing Author
(January 23, 2010)
In his absolutely definitive book Explore Phantom Black Dogs, the author and researcher Bob Trubshaw wrote the following: “The folklore of phantom black dogs is known throughout the British Isles. From the Black Shuck of East Anglia to the Mauthe Dhoog o
Weekly Book Buzz: The Art of Charles Vess Review
by Tim Janson, Columnist
(January 17, 2010)
Not a lot on the docket this week unless you are a comic book fan in which case there are several very interesting genre releases including Image Comics’ Soul Kiss, DC Comics’ Dead Romeo, and Desperado’s Deadworld: Slaughterhouse. I’ve mentioned b
Lair of the Beasts: Killer-Werewolves
by Nick Redfern, Contributing Author
(January 16, 2010)
Living approximately halfway between the cities of Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas, I very often find myself on the receiving end of stories, tales and accounts relating to sightings of weird and unidentified creatures deep within the heart of the Lone State.
Weekly Book Buzz: Kolchak: Tales of the Nightstalker
by Tim Janson, Columnist
(January 10, 2010)
We also have a new urban fantasy Spellbent for review which was surprisingly good. I say surprising because we’re seeing so many of these urban fantasies/paranormal romances out lately and most are indistinguishable from the rest. Spellbent only tight
Lair of the Beasts: Monsters in 2010
by Nick Redfern, Contributing Author
(January 09, 2010)
Well, as yet another year passes by and a new one duly begins, what, you may ask, does 2010 hold for us in terms of cryptozoology and the search for unknown animals, such as Bigfoot, the Abominable Snowman, the Loch Ness Monster, the Chupacabras, Ogopogo a
Weekly Book Buzz: New Novels of Recluse, Darkover, and Vlad Taltos
by Tim Janson, Columnist
(January 03, 2010)
2010 is getting off to an explosive start of top flight new releases. On the fantasy side we have a new Recluse novel, a new Darkover novel, a new Vlad Taltos Novel from Steven Brust, and new releases from Wizards of the Coast. Over in Sci-Fi, we’ve go
Lair of the Beasts: A Monstrous Book
by Nick Redfern, Contributing Author
(January 02, 2010)
A couple of years ago, Britain’s Center for Fortean Zoology – currently the world’s only full-time organization that investigates and searches for such mysterious animals as the Abominable Snowman, the Loch Ness Monster, Ogopogo and the Chupacabras
The Weekly Book Buzz: The Robert E. Howard Chronicles Now Available
by Tim Janson
(December 29, 2009)
I hope everyone had a great Christmas and my best wishes for a Happy New Year. It’s a bid release week in terms of numbers although not a lot of top end releases.
PORTABLE GRINDHOUSE Review
by Chad Derdowski, Contributing Writer
(December 23, 2009)
"It took me back to the glory days of childhood, when the VCR was the pinnacle of technological achievement" - Grade: A+
Keep Watching the Skies Book Review
by Tim Janson, Critic
(December 20, 2009)
The 1950s was the golden age for Sci-Fi films. It’s the era that gave us a multitude of giant monsters, alien invasions, and treks into outer space. From the cerebral The Day the Earth Stood Still, to the sublime The Thing from Another World, to the do
LOGIN
REGISTER
RSS
HOME
