Jim (Father) and Zach (Son) talk about their ideas and perspectives on fantasy fiction, starting with Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time series but straying in various other directions as well. The generational difference in how they view what they read will become obvious (and entertaining, they hope!). Come enjoy our debates and explorations over what all these books mean, and see who you agree with.
Jim keeps hoping to bring his son over to the Dresden Files fandom. Now halfway through book 12, Changes, Zach is still not quite a convert. Hear his takes here. #DresdenFiles #urbanfantasy #SFF #…
Jim brings his spoiler-lite reactions to the first three Bauchelain and Korbal Broach novellas in this episode, talking "Blood Follows," "The Lees of Laughter's End," and "The Healthy Dead." Great ch…
Here are some great books that, each for some reason, Zach ALMOST regrets reading.
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Zach & Jim are both completionists. They nearly always finished what they begin, particularly when it comes to books. And yet, they have each, occasionally, stepped away from a book. What can make th…
Didn't quite get everything read in January that was targeted. Just means February is aiming even larger! Let's take a look at the great reads designed for this leap year February.
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Jim has big plans for 2024 reading. Did he reach his January goals? In this episode he comes clear on how much he read, and super quick what he thought of the books. The quest for 150 books has begun…
Zach wants to bring the honesty, and then some love, to SFF books and media today, first to ones he feels are are built up more than they can deliver, and then to books there really deserve greater r…
So many new books every year! Can't catch them all, but some DO catch my eye and get me eager to read them. Here's the 10 hottest such books that I'm thinking about these days.
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Zach is a HUGE Percy Jackson fan, and loves the books of Rick Riordan. He also was REALLY disappointed with the movie adaptation. But now, how's the DisneyPlus series working out? Here's Zach's take,…
Jim gets together again with frequent guest Spencer from The Fantasy Files Podcast, this time for a FULL SPOIL book discussion on Furies of Calderon, Book 1 of Jim Butcher's Codex Alera epic fantasy …
Not your standard zombie apocalypse fare, author Jacqueline Druga has created a special series here, something Jim thinks people should really check out. This is quite well done. But yes, there are d…
Another of the annual awards given out to the best science fiction and fantasy works each year is the Nebula. In this episode Jim considers all the Nebula nominees since the award began in 1966. How …
In advance of the upcoming series adaptation on Netflix, Jim recently read this book, and in spouting off about it on Twitter he connected with today's guest, Amber, one of the hosts of The Road to T…
In this 250th of our long form episodes, we come together to discuss books we love (mostly) that also happen to be severely overhyped. They're good, but not THAT good. Sometimes it's the rabid fanbas…
Today's spoiler-lite reaction video has Jim talking about what he values from The Bonehunters, Book 6 of Steven Erikson's Malazan Book of the Fallen. What an amazing book!
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When we're digging into fantasy and science fiction, by the very speculative nature of the genre we're going to read about some strange things. But there is strange, and there's STRANGE. In this epis…
Jim is joined by Spencer from The Fantasy Files Podcast for a FULL SPOIL book discussion on We Break Immortals, Book 1 of the Advent Lumina Cycle, by Thomas Howard Riley. Spencer challenged Jim to re…
After letting things mull around for a while, Jim is finally ready to discuss Midnight Tides a little deeper, this fifth book of Stephen Erikson's amazing Malazan Book of the Fallen. This is ONLY for…
Zach definitely enjoyed Hyperion, Dan Simmons' Hugo Award winner of 1990. Thus, the read of its sequel, The Fall of Hyperion. Did it match its predecessor, fall short, or just turn out... differently…
We tend to stay positive here on Fantasy for the Ages. For THIS episode, Jim is POSITIVE he was let down by a few books in 2023. Not terrible books, simply ones that disappointed him, books he felt d…