The Fantastic Books Podcast: Fantasy and Sci-Fi Book Reviews

Apr 04 2024 126 ep. 62 mins 17
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A Fantasy and science-fiction book club featuring reviews and read-along's by married couple, Sam and Ana. We cover both well-loved fantasy book series and novels by new, self-published, or indie authors. http://www.fantasticbookspod.com

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Author Interview: Tom Wouters

Apr 04 2024 52 mins  
We're joined by fellow Kingkiller Chronicle fan, Tom Wouters, to discuss his debut book: Blood of the First Men. Drawing upon his DnD dungeon master's background, Tom brings together many fantastic and original races into an expansive world with a physics-based magic system. His story follows Eldi as he quests to reunite with his people, yet Eldi is drawn to darker and male

Fantasy Chat: The Lord of the Rings with Aaron

Mar 28 2024 87 mins  
We're joined by our friend and Amazon best-selling author Aaron N. Hall to discuss all things Lord of the Rings! We have so much fun chatting about our first experiences with the series, the movie and video game remakes, favorite characters, what magical items we'd like to own, best book scenes, and more! -- Find Aaron N. Hall at his website: https://www.aaronnhall.com/

The Narrow Road Between Desires by Patrick Rothfuss

Mar 14 2024 37 mins  
We return to the Kingkiller Chronicles and Patrick Rothfuss' newest novella, The Narrow Road Between Desires, which Sam describes as "A Day in the Life of Bast." It's a slightly shorter episode for a slightly shorter book, but we theorize a lot about Fae magic, including Grammarie and Glammourie, and foreshadowing through Embrils. We also discuss The Lightning Tre

The Sapien Empire: Chapters 23-27 with Nathan

Feb 22 2024 60 mins  
The grand finale of The Sapien Empire is here and Jarim and Shindo have their work cut out for them. They have challenges internally with some Rustraisers, they have to wrangle Tersona in with her wayward cattle ranch plans, and they have to confront Engine. Listen along to see how much Shindo and Jarim have accomplished in their 13 years as leaders of the Domain and what is in sto

The Sapien Empire: Chapters 19-22 with Nathan

Feb 15 2024 61 mins  
The stakes are ever higher for the Domain as they face internal and external threats. Tersona begins to undermine the power of Shindo and Jarim by setting up her own secret ranch and making deals with the Rustraisers. Engine rallies his Rustraisers to attack the offgridders and the new outposts. The offgridders lose faith in the Domain, while Jarim loses faith in herself after the

The Sapien Empire: Chapters 16-18 with Nathan

Feb 08 2024 63 mins  
The Domain continues to grow as Shindo and Jarim make more and more improvements to their society. Offgridders have started to arrive at the edges, hoping to escape the Interior and gain admittance to the Domain. Jarim thinks they present a problem, but as always, Shindo challenges the norm and sees these newcomers as a potential. Unfortunatley for Jarim and Shindo, they attract th

The Sapien Empire: Chapters 11-15 with Nathan

Feb 01 2024 67 mins  
The tables for civilization are turning even further as Jarim and Shindo decide to take matters into their own hands. In the Archive, they utilize The Crown, an artifact from the Forelapse, to bolster their search. Rarher than bring them to Krez, it inspires Jarim to make a bid for the title of Arch Lord-Chief. With Shindo's help, they escape the Archive in a monstrous creation

The Sapien Empire: Chapters 6-10 with Nathan

Jan 25 2024 65 mins  
The stakes absolutely change in these chapters! Shindo works hard under Vibrun's orders to create a walking tank...except what he creates is a whole new situation for the Wolves' Den. After tragedy strikes, he teams up with Jarim to defeat Vibrun and throw the Domain into chaos. The tow then seek refuge in a place Shindo never thought possible. -- Find Nathan Ogloff &

The Sapien Empire: Chapters 1-5 with Nathan

Jan 18 2024 68 mins  
We take our first dive into Nathan Ogloff's post-apocalyptic world following the downfall of civilization in the All Silence. Shindo, a talented inventor called the Machinewright, lives in this world at the mercy of Arch Lordchief Vibrun Magrite. Shindo has been tasked with creating horrific war machines, but has other, kinder plans up his sleeves. Meanwhile, Arch Lordchief Vib

Mistborn: Chapter 38-Epilogue

Jan 11 2024 49 mins  
It's the final showdown! Vin has a dramatic entrance into the glass room at Kredik Shaw as she confronts the Lord Roler. She does her best to stop him, but the eleventh metal isn't as helpful as she first thought, and the Lord Ruler is extremely powerful. Thankfully, Marsh makes his triumphant return, though he has been changed into an Inquisitor, and together, he and Vin d