# fantasy book (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 5 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover fantasy book. Page: Feed: --- ## [How to Choose the Perfect Home Decor for Your Business](https://www.emphas.is/how-to-choose-the-perfect-home-decor-for-your-business/) _2026-08-19 · Full Editorial · Emphas.is_ Choosing the right home décor can have a major impact on how customers perceive your business. Whether you operate an The post How to Choose the Perfect Home Decor for Your Business appeared first on Emphas.is . ## [Breathing New Life Into Your Older Car: Why Upgrading Your Oil Makes All the Difference](https://www.emphas.is/breathing-new-life-into-your-older-car-why-upgrading-your-oil-makes-all-the-difference/) _2026-08-17 · Full Editorial · Emphas.is_ There’s a unique sense of pride that comes with keeping an older vehicle on the road. When you finally watch The post Breathing New Life Into Your Older Car: Why Upgrading Your Oil Makes All the Difference appeared first on Emphas.is . ## [Inside “Pillywiggin Awakening: The Complete Story Arc” by Debbie Bishop](https://www.emphas.is/inside-pillywiggin-awakening-the-complete-story-arc-by-debbie-bishop/) _2026-08-14 · June · Emphas.is_ An immersive fantasy where magic, strategy, and survival collide in a world unlike any other. A Fresh Take on Epic The post Inside “Pillywiggin Awakening: The Complete Story Arc” by Debbie Bishop appeared first on Emphas.is . ## [Magic, Myth, and Obsession: The Best Fantasy Books of 2025-2026 Everyone Will Be Talking About](https://audiobooksinfo.substack.com/p/magic-myth-and-obsession-the-best) _2026-08-14 · Best Books & Audiobooks_ Late night rants on three upcoming fantasy books that kept me up until sunrise. ## [Stop Buying 800-Page Doorstops You Will Never Finish](https://audiobooksinfo.substack.com/p/stop-buying-800-page-doorstops-you) _2026-08-11 · Best Books & Audiobooks_ Four fast, weird, absolutely addictive books for people who secretly hate reading right now ## [Review: A TRADE OF BLOOD by Robert Jackson Bennett](https://realmsofmymind.wordpress.com/2026/08/10/review-a-trade-of-blood-by-robert-jackson-bennett/) _2026-08-10 · Realms of My Mind · Realms of My Mind_ Publisher: Del ReyPage Count: Release Date: August 4th, 2026Series: SHADOW OF THE LEVIATHAN, BOOK 3Rating: 4/5 Stars – Really Liked It! Warning: Possible light spoilers ahead for earlier books in the series. You can read reviews for those books here: THE TAINTED CUP, A DROP OF CORRUPTION A TRADE OF BLOOD is another superb fantasy... Continue Reading → ## [Shadows, Bloodlines, and Silent Rooms](https://audiobooksinfo.substack.com/p/shadows-bloodlines-and-silent-rooms) _2026-08-08 · Best Books & Audiobooks_ Why today's most popular thrillers and horror novels trade slick mechanics for visceral dread ## [Forbidden Knowledge: The Banned Masterpieces That Changed the Way We Think Forever](https://audiobooksinfo.substack.com/p/forbidden-knowledge-the-banned-masterpieces) _2026-08-06 · Best Books & Audiobooks_ Why the books that once panicked censors remain our most dangerous, necessary mirrors ## [Introduction to the Libertarian Party, by Wes Benedict - Stranger than SF](https://strangerthansf.com/reviews/benedict-introductiontothelibertarianparty.html) _2026-07-31 · Stranger than SF_ Nonfiction Book Review There's a little bit about libertarianism, but this is mostly about the Libertarian Party. I learned more about Wes Benedict and how one talented and motivated activist can turn around a defunct and ineffective party. I wish we'd elected Wes Benedict the LNC Chair in 2026. But I'm sure Evan McMahon will do a fine job. ## [What Should I Read Next? The Definitive Master List of Books That Will Reshape Your Mind](https://audiobooksinfo.substack.com/p/what-should-i-read-next-the-definitive) _2026-07-30 · Best Books & Audiobooks_ Forget the sanitized bestseller lists. Here are four strange, razor-sharp books that will permanently alter how you view reality. ## [One OS for your AI workforce (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/u8SIS3vOli6k) _2026-07-30 · **Sponsored**_ Build, direct, and supervise an AI workforce from a single operating workspace. ## [The Changeling, by A. E. van Vogt - Stranger than SF](https://strangerthansf.com/reviews/vanvogt-changeling.html) _2026-07-30 · Stranger than SF_ Science Fiction Book Review ★★☆☆☆ Started strong, ended weak. ## [Tower at the Edge of Time, by Lin Carter - Stranger than SF](https://strangerthansf.com/reviews/carter-towerattheedgeoftime.html) _2026-07-29 · Stranger than SF_ Sword and Planet Book Review ★☆☆☆☆ This is the worst book I've read all year. It's an Edgar Rice Burroughs pastiche, except instead of placing the story in Africa or on the planet Mars, Lin Carter chooses the entire galaxy and the whole of Time as the settings. Thane of the Two Swords Our hero is Thane of the Two Swords, who we meet as he's approached by Prince Chan of Shimar and his dwarf servant… ## [Review: A FORSAKEN PROPHECY by Stacey McEwan](https://realmsofmymind.wordpress.com/2026/07/29/review-a-forsaken-prophecy-by-stacey-mcewan/) _2026-07-29 · Realms of My Mind · Realms of My Mind_ Publisher: Saga PressPage Count: 480Release Date: July 14th, 2026Series: THE ARTISAN TRILOGY, Book 2Rating: 4/5 Stars – Really Liked It! Warning: Possible light spoilers ahead for earlier books in the series. You can read reviews for those books here: A FORBIDDEN ALCHEMY A FORSAKEN PROPHECY is an excellent sequel full of all the angst and... Continue Reading → ## [The Raw 3 AM Ultimate Anti-Bullshit Guide to the Greatest Books Alive](https://audiobooksinfo.substack.com/p/the-raw-3-am-ultimate-anti-bullshit) _2026-07-28 · Best Books & Audiobooks_ kip the dry collegiate textbooks. Read the glorious, feral stuff that actually wrecks your soul. ## [The Sky is Falling, by Lester del Rey - Stranger than SF](https://strangerthansf.com/reviews/delrey-skyisfalling.html) _2026-07-28 · Stranger than SF_ Fantasy Book Review ★★★☆☆ I'm not usually fond of fantasy but this is a clever little story. In an alternate Earth, the universe is an egg and the sky is cracking. In a desperate attempt to save their world, the local magicians snatch someone from our Earth: the greatest builder in history, Dave Hanson. Unfortunately there has been a miscalculation. Instead of Dave Hanson, genious engineer and… ## [Badge of Infamy, by Lester del Rey - Stranger than SF](https://strangerthansf.com/reviews/delrey-badgeofinfamy.html) _2026-07-27 · Stranger than SF_ Science Fiction Book Review ★★☆☆☆ An interesting premise but the execution and the final resolution were disappointing. Daniel Feldman, disgraced doctor, flees from the Medical Lobby and ends up on Mars. Why is he disgraced? Because he dared to defy the Medical Lobby by treating a patient outside of an official hospital. He saved the patient's life, by the way, but violations of Medical Lobby… ## [The Star Watchman, by Ben Bova - Stranger than SF](https://strangerthansf.com/reviews/bova-starwatchman.html) _2026-07-26 · Stranger than SF_ Science Fiction Book Review ★☆☆☆☆ Only slightly improved from the previous book in the series. There is a third book, but I won't be reading it. ## [Why Sleep Podcasts Work Like Bad Novocain and Literary Audiobooks Save the Tired Brain](https://audiobooksinfo.substack.com/p/why-sleep-podcasts-work-like-bad) _2026-07-25 · Best Books & Audiobooks_ An insomniac's nocturnal diary on the strange art of losing consciousness to actual works of genius instead of artificial hums. ## [The Star Conquerors, by Ben Bova - Stranger than SF](https://strangerthansf.com/reviews/bova-starconquerors.html) _2026-07-25 · Stranger than SF_ Science Fiction Book Review ★☆☆☆☆ This is Bova's first book and it shows. Wow this is bad. ## [Smart Business Practices That Improve Productivity and Profitability](https://www.emphas.is/smart-business-practices-that-improve-productivity-and-profitability/) _2026-07-25 · Full Editorial · Emphas.is_ Every successful business strives to increase productivity while maintaining healthy profitability. Although market conditions, competition, and customer demands continue to The post Smart Business Practices That Improve Productivity and Profitability appeared first on Emphas.is . ## [Make any domain metal (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/0YaApijofb9F) _2026-07-25 · **Sponsored**_ Turn any domain into a blacked-out metal landing page with an email waitlist ## [The Sword of Rhiannon, by Leigh Brackett - Stranger than SF](https://strangerthansf.com/reviews/brackett-swordofrhiannon.html) _2026-07-24 · Stranger than SF_ Science Fiction Book Review ★★★★☆ I am giving The Sword of Rhiannon the inaugural Stranger than SF Book of the Month award. This is a best book I've read all month. ## [Late-Night Listening: The 3 Best Romantic Audiobooks from Last Year](https://audiobooksinfo.substack.com/p/late-night-listening-the-3-best-romantic) _2026-07-23 · Best Books & Audiobooks_ How three outstanding vocal performances transformed modern romance into unforgettable, intimate late-night theater. ## [Death is a Dream, by E. C. Tubb - Stranger than SF](https://strangerthansf.com/reviews/tubb-deathisadream.html) _2026-07-23 · Stranger than SF_ Science Fiction Book Review ★☆☆☆☆ I enjoyed it. It's not a great book, but I enjoyed it. Brad Stevens takes the Long Sleep, expecting to wake up in a few years when his cancer can be healed. Instead, it's hundreds of years later and he awakens to find a world completely changed after a nuclear catastrophe. The new world he finds himself thrust into is brutally transactional. Those who cannot pay… ## [Computer War, by Mack Reynolds - Stranger than SF](https://strangerthansf.com/reviews/reynolds-computerwar.html) _2026-07-22 · Stranger than SF_ Science Fiction Book Review ★★☆☆☆ Nope. The nation of Alphaland is run entirely based on models and predictions given by their advanced computers. When their computers tell them that they can start a war with neighboring Betastan and win it within two months, the result is predictable: Betastan doesn't play by the computer's rules. Their sabotage, guerilla warfare, and their clever ways of… ## [Why Prompt Medical Care Is Important After a Jacksonville Accident](https://www.emphas.is/why-prompt-medical-care-is-important-after-a-jacksonville-accident/) _2026-07-21 · Profitable News · Emphas.is_ Prompt medical care after a Jacksonville accident can identify hidden injuries, including concussion symptoms, internal bleeding, fractures, and soft-tissue damage, The post Why Prompt Medical Care Is Important After a Jacksonville Accident appeared first on Emphas.is . ## [Ten Thousand Light-Years from Home, by James Tiptree, Jr. - Stranger than SF](https://strangerthansf.com/reviews/tiptree-tenthousandlightyearsfromhome.html) _2026-07-21 · Stranger than SF_ Science Fiction Book Review As it turns out, I don't like Tiptree's writing. She's talented, but she turns her talents in the wrong direction. The only decent story in this collection is Birth of a Salesman , and that only marginally so. And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill's Side Humans are genetically programmed to want to have sex with aliens, and that’s going to lead to the downfall… ## [When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor...and Yourself, by Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert - Stranger than SF](https://strangerthansf.com/reviews/corbett-whenhelpinghurts.html) _2026-07-20 · Stranger than SF_ Nonfiction Book Review It's refreshing to hear an approach to poverty that centers the gospel of Jesus Christ. Also, it seems that giving people stuff, except in the case of basic relief in the immediate aftermath of a disaster, never works out well. Poverty is a mindset or a worldview, and it's not something that can be solved merely by giving money and materials things to people who lack money… ## [Common Types of Visas in the USA](https://www.emphas.is/common-types-of-visas-in-the-usa/) _2026-07-20 · News Edition · Emphas.is_ The United States offers numerous visa categories for people who want to visit, study, work, invest, reunite with family members, The post Common Types of Visas in the USA appeared first on Emphas.is . ## [The Planet Savers, by Marion Zimmer Bradley - Stranger than SF](https://strangerthansf.com/reviews/bradley-planetsavers.html) _2026-07-19 · Stranger than SF_ Science Fiction Book Review ★★☆☆☆ Dr. Jay Allison's other personality, Jason, undertakes a trek into the mountains of Darkover to ask the Trailmen (the Sky People) to leave their arboreal homes and come to the Terran outpost to help stop a plague. ## [The Waterfall, by Marion Zimmer Bradley - Stranger than SF](https://strangerthansf.com/reviews/bradley-waterfall.html) _2026-07-19 · Stranger than SF_ Fantasy Story Review A young woman finds her psi talent, and it's evil. Also, it's worth mentioning that the young girl, Sybil, is "fifteen years old and as frail as a branch of willow," which is disturbing considering that author Marion Zimmer Bradley describes her using sex to entice and ultimately murder someone, and also considering the claims of child sexual abuse made against Marion Zimmer… ## [Ultra-Quiet Business Mini (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/jBgdkFVWkvxw) _2026-07-19 · **Sponsored**_ Compact business mini, ultra-quiet for focused work. ## [Why Is Your Spousal Visa Delayed?](https://www.emphas.is/why-is-your-spousal-visa-delayed/) _2026-07-18 · News Edition · Emphas.is_ A spousal visa allows the husband or wife of a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident to pursue permanent residence The post Why Is Your Spousal Visa Delayed? appeared first on Emphas.is . ## [Can Police Search Your Phone in Georgia?](https://www.emphas.is/can-police-search-your-phone-in-georgia/) _2026-07-18 · News Edition · Emphas.is_ A smartphone can contain years of private information, including text messages, photographs, emails, financial records, location history, medical information, social-media The post Can Police Search Your Phone in Georgia? appeared first on Emphas.is . ## [Who Inherits When There Is No Will in Georgia?](https://www.emphas.is/who-inherits-when-there-is-no-will-in-georgia/) _2026-07-18 · News Edition · Emphas.is_ When a Georgia resident dies without a valid will, the person is said to have died intestate. This does not The post Who Inherits When There Is No Will in Georgia? appeared first on Emphas.is . ## [To the Stars, by L. Ron Hubbard - Stranger than SF](https://strangerthansf.com/reviews/hubbard-tothestars.html) _2026-07-18 · Stranger than SF_ Science Fiction Book Review ★★☆☆☆ Starts well, finishes weakly. Hubbard writes good fiction. He should have stuck to that. Alan Corday is shanghaied and forced to join the crew of the Hound of Heaven . Alan has a fiancee waiting for him back on Earth, but because Hound of Heaven is an interstellar starship, it's on the Long Passage. The time dilation effect mean that when Alan gets back home a few… ## [Common Business Mistakes First-Time Entrepreneurs Should Avoid](https://www.emphas.is/common-business-mistakes-first-time-entrepreneurs-should-avoid/) _2026-07-18 · Full Editorial · Emphas.is_ Starting a business is an exciting journey, but it also comes with challenges that can affect long-term success. Many first-time The post Common Business Mistakes First-Time Entrepreneurs Should Avoid appeared first on Emphas.is . ## [Yankee in Oz, by Ruth Plumly Thompson - Stranger than SF](https://strangerthansf.com/reviews/thompson-yankeeinoz.html) _2026-07-17 · Stranger than SF_ Fantasy Book Review A typical Thompson book, not bad. Yankee is the dog. ## [Merry Go Round in Oz, by Eloise Jarvis McGraw and Lauren McGraw - Stranger than SF](https://strangerthansf.com/reviews/mcgraw-merrygoroundinoz.html) _2026-07-16 · Stranger than SF_ Fantasy Book Review I did it. I finished the Famous Forty. Also, it turns out that Merry Go Round is the name of a wooden horse from a merry-go-round. ## [Stark and the Star Kings, by Edmond Hamilton and Leigh Brackett - Stranger than SF](https://strangerthansf.com/reviews/hamilton-starkandthestarkings.html) _2026-07-15 · Stranger than SF_ Science Fiction Book Review It's a collaboration between husband-and-wife team of Edmond Hamilton and Leigh Brackett. Hamilton's name is first on the cover, but I dare say there is more Brackett in the story than Hamilton. John Eric Stark (who I'm told has his own series of stories) is sent into the future to the universe of the Star Kings to battle a great destructive entity that threatens to… ## [The Architecture of Appetite: Why We Should Question the Promise of the Diet Tome](https://audiobooksinfo.substack.com/p/the-architecture-of-appetite-why) _2026-07-14 · Best Books & Audiobooks_ Beyond the prescriptive text and into the psychological landscape of hunger ## [The Hidden Valley of Oz, by Rachel R. Cosgrove - Stranger than SF](https://strangerthansf.com/reviews/cosgrove-hiddenvalleyofoz.html) _2026-07-14 · Stranger than SF_ Fantasy Book Review Delightful. Thumbs up. This is one of the few non-Baum Oz books that's worth reading. A boy named Jam from Ohio finds his way to Oz via a large kite. He lands in Gillikin Country. The supporting characters are memorable: his guinea pigs named Pinny and Gig, and his pet rat Pervical, aka Percy the Personality Kid. Percy is a lot of fun. They end up in in a valley where the… ## [The Shaggy Man of Oz, by Jack Snow - Stranger than SF](https://strangerthansf.com/reviews/snow-shaggymanofoz.html) _2026-07-13 · Stranger than SF_ Fantasy Book Review Snow is improving. Twins from Buffalo, New York named Twink and Tom are pulled through their television set into the fairyland. They've been summoned by the sorcerer Conjo to his island in the Nonestic Ocean. Conjo, as it turns out, is the sorcerer who created the Shaggy Man's Love Magnet, that totem that causes everyone to love whoever holds it. Unfortunately the Love Magnet… ## [The Magical Mimics in Oz, by Jack Snow - Stranger than SF](https://strangerthansf.com/reviews/snow-magicalmimicsinoz.html) _2026-07-12 · Stranger than SF_ Fantasy Book Review Tightly plotted, but every challenge is resolved by a fairy showing up and metaphorically waving her wand or literally waving her wand. ## [Are Dating Books Actually Rewiring Your Love Life or Just Selling You False Hope](https://audiobooksinfo.substack.com/p/are-dating-books-actually-rewiring) _2026-07-11 · Best Books & Audiobooks · Best Books & Audiobooks_ Navigating the fine line between actionable self-improvement and the seductive comfort of prescriptive romance narratives. ## [Ozoplaning with the Wizard of Oz, by Ruth Plumly Thompson - Stranger than SF](https://strangerthansf.com/reviews/thompson-ozoplaningwiththewizardofoz.html) _2026-07-11 · Stranger than SF_ Fantasy Book Review I've been waiting for ages to read this Oz book. Ozoplanes? Sign me up! My main question is whether the "Oz" in Ozoplane should be pronounced as in "ozone" or like "Oz." Probably Oz. Basic plot: the Wizard designs and builds two ozoplanes--the Ozpril and the Oztober--with which to explore the skies. As he's giving a tour, the Tin Woodman, Jellia Jamb, and the Soldier with the… ## [The Silver Princess in Oz, by Ruth Plumly Thompson - Stranger than SF](https://strangerthansf.com/reviews/thompson-silverprincessinoz.html) _2026-07-10 · Stranger than SF_ Fantasy Book Review Return of Kabumpo. This story was...OK. Thompson seems to really like the character of Jinnicky the Red Jinn, as she brings him back in this book once again. I'm not as convinced that Jinnicky is interesting enough to justify his continued appearances. ## [The Silent Architecture of Ambition](https://audiobooksinfo.substack.com/p/the-silent-architecture-of-ambition) _2026-07-09 · Best Books & Audiobooks · Best Books & Audiobooks_ Uncovering the transformative texts that the world-builders keep hidden in plain sight ## [Handy Mandy in Oz, by Ruth Plumly Thompson - Stranger than SF](https://strangerthansf.com/reviews/thompson-handymandyinoz.html) _2026-07-09 · Stranger than SF_ Fantasy Book Review Better. An geyser accidentally blasts a seven-armed goat-herder named Mandy into Munchkinland in Oz. All right then. She immediately falls in with Nox the Royal Ox, who has a magic horn. It turns out that the rightful king of Keretaria (the little kingdom within Munchkinland where Handy Mandy has landed) is missing, so Mandy and Nox go on a quest to find him. I found the uses… ## [Captain Salt in Oz, by Ruth Plumly Thompson - Stranger than SF](https://strangerthansf.com/reviews/thompson-captainsaltinoz.html) _2026-07-08 · Stranger than SF_ Fantasy Book Review Thumbs down. Captain Salt, first seen in book 25, Pirates in Oz , is back. He's been commissioned to explore the seas and claim new lands for Oz. He takes King Ato along (as his cook) as well as Roger the Read Bird. The story format is perfect for introducing little islands with strange and marvelous little societies. Unfortunately I found it tedious. Volcano island: They visit… ## [Review: THE INFINITE STATE by Richard S. Swan](https://realmsofmymind.wordpress.com/2026/07/08/review-the-infinite-state-by-richard-s-swan/) _2026-07-08 · Realms of My Mind · Realms of My Mind_ Publisher: Tor BooksPage Count: 416Release Date: August 4th, 2026Series: THE DECURIAN SAGA, Book 1Rating: 3.5/5 Stars – Liked it! THE INFINITE STATE is a dystopian sci-fi that’s ironically undercut by succeeding a little too well at crafting a seemingly inescapable authoritarian police state. I admit, I had to sit with THE INFINITE STATE for a... Continue Reading → ## [The Art of the Literary Getaway: Escapist Novels to Sweep You Away This Summer](https://audiobooksinfo.substack.com/p/the-art-of-the-literary-getaway-escapist) _2026-07-07 · Best Books & Audiobooks · Best Books & Audiobooks_ Mapping the geography of the mind through stories that offer more than mere distraction.