Rob's Blog o' Stuff

My last day of NYCC 2014 was spent roaming the convention mostly by myself. I’d wandered with my brother-in-law on Friday and Leslie ...

New York Comic-Con 2014 is marks the third time I’ve attended the convention, and the second year in a row I’ve attended with press pass. T...

With June fully in the books, I figured I’d do what a lot of my blogging and genre compatriots are doing – rank the books I’ve read so far t...

Sometimes books take longer to pull of the to-read pile than I initially intended. This doesn't mean I didn't want to read it, just ...

Via DAW's twitter , The Wise Man's Fear will be debuting on the NY Times Bestseller list at #1, likely for the March 20th list. A ve...

The Wise Man’s Fear by Patrick Rothfuss is one of the most anticipated fantasy novels in recent years not written by George R.R. Martin or...

Since The Wise Man's Fear hits bookshelves tomorrow, the ever fan-friendly and general great sport that Patrick Rothfuss is inspired h...

Since The Wise Man's Fear the second book in Patrick Rothfuss 's Kingkiller Chronicles , publishes next week, I figured now would b...

Only one new review this week, a debut novel from 2010. I’m still playing catch-up with a lot of the 2010 releases. James Knapp ’s State ...

A nice assortment of books this week, including the majority of the March releases from the Penguin SFF imprints, specifically a little book...

I got this message from Dot Lin, Brandon Sanderson 's publicist at Tor: Brandon Sanderson hit the New York Times list for the first time...

My review of Robert Buettner ’s latest Jason Wander novel, Orphan’s Journey , went up at SFFWorld yesterday. As I mentioned in an earlier ...

Some new things for authors whose work I like: John Marco recently sold a YA Fantasy series, tentatively titled The Skylords , to DAW Tad...

Well, everybody else is doing it , so why not me. Right? I’m of course referring to a brief summary of what books I liked best from my re...

My latest review, David Anthony Durham ’s Acacia Book I: War with the Mein , is now up at SFFWorld.com . Like last year, this seems to be a ...