Our blow-by-blow analyses of sex cliches in fantasy novels.
- Pedo Snore Screed of a Octafish by Arthur B Sheri S. Tepper's The Waters Rising is sufficient cause to fire the entire editorial staff at Gollancz and HarperCollins, and no credible SF or fantasy publisher should accept her work until she apologises for it.
- Kindlefluff 3: Royal Androids and Wanker Detectives by Arthur B Another trip into Amazon's nether regions uncovers legalised rape and a unique cure for vampirism.
- Several Species of Bizarre Racial Theories Gathered Together In a Mythos and Grooving With a Pict by Arthur B A look at some of Robert E. Howard's non-Conan sword and sorcery, historical adventure and supernatural horror.
- The Tudor Agent (or Some Quire In the Night) by Arthur B Gloriana presents a fabulous world, a fantastic supporting cast, and a toxic story.
- We Need to Talk About Conan by Arthur B It's time to stop making excuses for Robert E. Howard's trashy writing and overt hatred.
- What Is Worst In Film? by Arthur B The Conan remake takes all the mistakes the DeLaurentiis sequels made, mashes them together in a big ball and throws in some new errors on top of that.
- The Reading Canary: The Serpentwar Saga by Arthur B Ray Feist's fantasy quadrilogy comes tantalisingly close to breaking him out of his creative rut. It doesn't succeed.
- Nights of Villjamblah by Kyra-Wardog Kyra tries and fails to like Nights of Villjamur.
- The Reading Canary: Sovereign Stone by Arthur B Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman's Sovereign Stone trilogy, based on a Dungeons & Dragons game world invented by Larry Elmore, gets the Canary treatment.
- No Exit from Fantasyland by Alasdair Czyrnyj Alasdair tries to come to grips with the Fencer Trilogy
- I Wish I May, I Wish I Might, Find Someone Who'll Translate This Right by Arthur B Andrzej Sapkowski's The Last Wish might just be awful. Or it might be the victim of a rotten translation job. It's actually difficult to say.
- It's Not Easy Being Green by Dan Hemmens Dan Hemmens gets his Minority Warrior freak on, big time
- The Reading Canary: Riftwar - The Next Generation by Arthur B Ray Feist's Krondor's Sons trilogy was cancelled after two books. It is not hard to see why.
- Gee, Emily, You Sure Do Write Purty by Arthur B Emily Gee's The Laurentine Spy is a romantic fantasy novel... published by Games Workshop?!?
- Eight Week Waiting List For Buttsex by Arthur B Jim Bernheimer's self-published short story anthology has a few niggling issues.
- Across the Face of the Bored by Dan Hemmens Dan Hemmens feels like he's kicking a puppy.
- Revenge is... Awesome, Actually by Sonia Mitchell Sonia reviews the film Revengers Tragedy.
- The Reading Canary and the Fall of the Drenai by Arthur B Arthur reaches the end of his patience with David Gemmell's Drenai series.
- Review - Song of the Beast by Kyra-Wardog Kyra Smith joyfully embraces standalone fantasy.
- Review and Discussion: The Age of the Five Trilogy by Dan Hemmens Dan Hemmens starts another of his multi-part epic review thingys.
- Review: The Blade Itself by Kyra-Wardog Kyra Smith is really fucking impressed.
- For the Love of God, Tim Powers, I Thought I Could Expect Better of You by Arthur B Despite enjoying 90% of On Stranger Tides, one particular element stuck in Arthur's craw.
- The Reading Canary Tackles the Mystic Swordsman by Arthur B Arthur B reviews the Kane series by Karl Edward Wagner.
- The Reading Canary on The Book of Words by Kyra-Wardog Kyra Smith needs someone to call the RSPCB
