by Jason Joyner | Nov 16, 2009 | Blog, CSFF, fantasy, speculative fiction, spiders, young adult
“That is SO imaginative!”
That’s the quote from my 7 year old when Curse of the Spider King arrived at my house. This book is the first in the Berinfell Prophecies series, a collaborative project from Wayne Thomas Batson and Christopher Hopper.
The book is a nice quality hardback, with a glossy cover and an engrossing image of soldiers riding on spiders. What could be creepier than spiders big enough to mount?
The Spider King is hunting for 7 children on Earth who are really refugees from the world of Allyra. As these children turn thirteen, a battle erupts over them between the remnants of Allyra and the soldiers of the Spider King. Will they return to Allyra and face their destiny, or will their loved ones pay the price in this world?
These two authors are no stranger to the world of speculative fiction, both having written their own successful series. Seeing them come together promises to be an imaginative storm unleashed on the literary landscape.
Come back tomorrow and Wednesday for more on this exciting youth series, and be sure to check out my fellow tourmates for more on Curse of the Spider King, as well as the official site for the book.
Brandon Barr
Justin Boyer
Amy Browning
Valerie Comer
Amy Cruson
CSFF Blog Tour
Stacey Dale
D. G. D. Davidson
Shane Deal
Jeff Draper
Emmalyn Edwards
April Erwin
Karina Fabian
Todd Michael Greene
Ryan Heart
Timothy Hicks
Becky Jesse
Cris Jesse
Julie
Carol Keen
Krystine Kercher
Tina Kulesa
Melissa Lockcuff
Rebecca LuElla Miller
Mirtika
Nissa
John W. Otte
Cara Powers
Chawna Schroeder
James Somers
Speculative Faith
Robert Treskillard
Fred Warren
Jason Waguespac
Phyllis Wheeler
Jill Williamson
KM Wilsher
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by Jason Joyner | Nov 16, 2009 | Blog, CSFF, fantasy, speculative fiction, spiders, young adult
“That is SO imaginative!”
That’s the quote from my 7 year old when Curse of the Spider King arrived at my house. This book is the first in the Berinfell Prophecies series, a collaborative project from Wayne Thomas Batson and Christopher Hopper.
The book is a nice quality hardback, with a glossy cover and an engrossing image of soldiers riding on spiders. What could be creepier than spiders big enough to mount?
The Spider King is hunting for 7 children on Earth who are really refugees from the world of Allyra. As these children turn thirteen, a battle erupts over them between the remnants of Allyra and the soldiers of the Spider King. Will they return to Allyra and face their destiny, or will their loved ones pay the price in this world?
These two authors are no stranger to the world of speculative fiction, both having written their own successful series. Seeing them come together promises to be an imaginative storm unleashed on the literary landscape.
Come back tomorrow and Wednesday for more on this exciting youth series, and be sure to check out my fellow tourmates for more on Curse of the Spider King, as well as the official site for the book.
Brandon Barr
Justin Boyer
Amy Browning
Valerie Comer
Amy Cruson
CSFF Blog Tour
Stacey Dale
D. G. D. Davidson
Shane Deal
Jeff Draper
Emmalyn Edwards
April Erwin
Karina Fabian
Todd Michael Greene
Ryan Heart
Timothy Hicks
Becky Jesse
Cris Jesse
Julie
Carol Keen
Krystine Kercher
Tina Kulesa
Melissa Lockcuff
Rebecca LuElla Miller
Mirtika
Nissa
John W. Otte
Cara Powers
Chawna Schroeder
James Somers
Speculative Faith
Robert Treskillard
Fred Warren
Jason Waguespac
Phyllis Wheeler
Jill Williamson
KM Wilsher
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by Jason Joyner | Mar 18, 2009 | Blog, CSFF, fantasy, young adult
This month’s CSFF tour features Hunter Brown and the Secret of the Shadow by the Miller Brothers.
I am impressed in investigating this book, because the Miller Brothers are 30 somethings who are writing books they would have liked to have when they were around 10. Of course, not much was written from a Christian perspective for that age range back then, but there also wasn’t technology to allow said authors to create their own book trailer, rocking web site full of games and networking, and even allow a FREE read of the book online.
I appreciate what they’ve done, as I have boys getting into the age range for this book, and I want this type of work available as part (but not the only part) of what they read.
I didn’t realize there was a free read available, so I don’t have any original content to add. However, why not “borrow” the best of the CSFF tour? I’ve gone through all of the posts as of noonish on 3/18, the third day of the tour, and can recommend some high points to visit. You can see the links to all the participants below.
John Otte gives some critique, and talks about his hopes for Christian speculative fiction.
Fred Warren does the same thing I’m doing, giving a tour overview. His is more clever than mine. Curses, Fred!
Wade Ogletree gets the “Going Overboard Award”, with not 1, not 3, but 6(!) posts about the book. (OK, they’re all great posts!)
Becky Miller, our ringmaster (more in the circus way, rather than Sauronic fashion), always has great thoughts. Link is to March ’09 archives, and look for CSFF Tour or allegory (great post there!)
Val Comer gives a good review of the book, and the opening paragraphs as well. Two for one!
I’ll also highlight new CSFF member Ryan Heart and her coded post. Tricky.
Becky Miller always tracks EVERY post, a daunting task, so you can go to all the posts off of this link.
*Participants’ Links:
Brandon Barr
Keanan Brand
Valerie Comer
Amy Cruson
CSFF Blog Tour
Stacey Dale
D. G. D. Davidson
Shane Deal
Jeff Draper
April Erwin
Karina Fabian
Marcus Goodyear
Todd Michael Greene
Katie Hart
Ryan Heart
Timothy Hicks
Jason Isbell
Cris Jesse
Carol Keen
Mike Lynch
Magma
Rebecca LuElla Miller
Nissa
Wade Ogletree
John W. Otte
Steve Rice
Crista Richey
Chawna Schroeder
James Somers
Rachel Starr Thomson
Steve Trower
Speculative Faith
Fred Warren
Phyllis Wheeler
Jill Williamson
by Jason Joyner | Mar 18, 2009 | Blog, CSFF, fantasy, young adult
This month’s CSFF tour features Hunter Brown and the Secret of the Shadow by the Miller Brothers.
I am impressed in investigating this book, because the Miller Brothers are 30 somethings who are writing books they would have liked to have when they were around 10. Of course, not much was written from a Christian perspective for that age range back then, but there also wasn’t technology to allow said authors to create their own book trailer, rocking web site full of games and networking, and even allow a FREE read of the book online.
I appreciate what they’ve done, as I have boys getting into the age range for this book, and I want this type of work available as part (but not the only part) of what they read.
I didn’t realize there was a free read available, so I don’t have any original content to add. However, why not “borrow” the best of the CSFF tour? I’ve gone through all of the posts as of noonish on 3/18, the third day of the tour, and can recommend some high points to visit. You can see the links to all the participants below.
John Otte gives some critique, and talks about his hopes for Christian speculative fiction.
Fred Warren does the same thing I’m doing, giving a tour overview. His is more clever than mine. Curses, Fred!
Wade Ogletree gets the “Going Overboard Award”, with not 1, not 3, but 6(!) posts about the book. (OK, they’re all great posts!)
Becky Miller, our ringmaster (more in the circus way, rather than Sauronic fashion), always has great thoughts. Link is to March ’09 archives, and look for CSFF Tour or allegory (great post there!)
Val Comer gives a good review of the book, and the opening paragraphs as well. Two for one!
I’ll also highlight new CSFF member Ryan Heart and her coded post. Tricky.
Becky Miller always tracks EVERY post, a daunting task, so you can go to all the posts off of this link.
*Participants’ Links:
Brandon Barr
Keanan Brand
Valerie Comer
Amy Cruson
CSFF Blog Tour
Stacey Dale
D. G. D. Davidson
Shane Deal
Jeff Draper
April Erwin
Karina Fabian
Marcus Goodyear
Todd Michael Greene
Katie Hart
Ryan Heart
Timothy Hicks
Jason Isbell
Cris Jesse
Carol Keen
Mike Lynch
Magma
Rebecca LuElla Miller
Nissa
Wade Ogletree
John W. Otte
Steve Rice
Crista Richey
Chawna Schroeder
James Somers
Rachel Starr Thomson
Steve Trower
Speculative Faith
Fred Warren
Phyllis Wheeler
Jill Williamson
by Jason Joyner | Jun 14, 2008 | Blog, fiction, reading, young adult
I have been in the habit of reading to my boys when they go to bed since they were little. We don’t do it every night, but most evenings we gather on the couch for our latest adventure. For the last year and a half or so we’ve been into chapter books. We’re reading through the Chronicles of Narnia and other books as well.
In March, the Christian Sci-fi and Fantasy tour highlighted Andrew Peterson’s book On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness. I thought my boys (8 and 6) would enjoy this book, and I was definitely right.
The first few chapters deftly use humor to build interest even as the conflict is slowly unfolding. The boys laughed at Janner Igiby’s trouble with the dog Nugget’s nuggest, and couldn’t understand why Gnag the Nameless (a nameless evil) had a name.
The humor continues in the book, but the adventure grows as the Igiby children run into trouble with the Fangs of Dang, and the mysteries of the Jewels of Anniera are eventually revealed. My boys started hanging on every chapter, threatening to pound me in the nose if I didn’t keep reading. Dark Sea does a great job of leaving each chapter hanging a little, making the boys very interested to see what happened the next night.
We finished the book this week, and the boys are already very excited that there promises to be two more books in this series. My oldest (who has only just finished 2nd grade) has, since Wednesday, read halfway through a book that is meant for a young adult audience.
I just wanted to follow up on this book to explain how much my boys liked it, and to encourage parents out there to let their kids experience this take of adventure, peril, lost jewels, and the toothy cows of Skree.
by Jason Joyner | Jun 14, 2008 | Blog, fiction, reading, young adult
I have been in the habit of reading to my boys when they go to bed since they were little. We don’t do it every night, but most evenings we gather on the couch for our latest adventure. For the last year and a half or so we’ve been into chapter books. We’re reading through the Chronicles of Narnia and other books as well.
In March, the Christian Sci-fi and Fantasy tour highlighted Andrew Peterson’s book On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness. I thought my boys (8 and 6) would enjoy this book, and I was definitely right.
The first few chapters deftly use humor to build interest even as the conflict is slowly unfolding. The boys laughed at Janner Igiby’s trouble with the dog Nugget’s nuggest, and couldn’t understand why Gnag the Nameless (a nameless evil) had a name.
The humor continues in the book, but the adventure grows as the Igiby children run into trouble with the Fangs of Dang, and the mysteries of the Jewels of Anniera are eventually revealed. My boys started hanging on every chapter, threatening to pound me in the nose if I didn’t keep reading. Dark Sea does a great job of leaving each chapter hanging a little, making the boys very interested to see what happened the next night.
We finished the book this week, and the boys are already very excited that there promises to be two more books in this series. My oldest (who has only just finished 2nd grade) has, since Wednesday, read halfway through a book that is meant for a young adult audience.
I just wanted to follow up on this book to explain how much my boys liked it, and to encourage parents out there to let their kids experience this take of adventure, peril, lost jewels, and the toothy cows of Skree.
