New Index

Happy New Year everyone!:-)

Needless to say, it's been an awesome year for the Hotlist. The blog has reached the 600,000th page view milestone last week, which means that we've packed a lot of asses in those seats!:p With 42 book reviews and I don't know how many interviews and giveaways, it's been another busy year for Yours Truly!

To all you newbies, here's what happened in previous episodes!

May 2008 be everything you want it to be!

Patrick
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2005

JANUARY

- The Book of Words (J. V. Jones)
- Children of Amarid (David B. Coe)
- The Outlanders (David B. Coe)
- Eagle-Sage (David B. Coe)

FEBRUARY

- Shadowmarch (Tad Williams)
- Ship of Magic (Robin Hobb)
- Mad Ship (Robin Hobb)
- Ship of Destiny (Robin Hobb)

MARCH

- The Runes of the Earth (Stephen R. Donaldson)
- David B. Coe interview
- Tad Williams interview
- The Silences of Home (Caitlin Sweet)
- Quicksilver (Neal Stephenson)

APRIL

- L. E. Modesitt, jr. interview
- Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith (Matthew Stover)
- The Confusion (Neal Stephenson)
- The System of the World (Neal Stephenson)

MAY

- The Darkness that Comes Before (R. Scott Bakker)
- The Warrior-Prophet (R. Scott Bakker)
- Fool's Errand (Robin Hobb)
- Golden Fool (Robin Hobb)
- The Contiki Experience

JUNE

- Fool's Fate (Robin Hobb)
- It's Only Temporary (Eric Shapiro)
- In the King's Service (Katherine Kurtz)
- The Curse of Chalion (Lois McMaster Bujold)
- Paladin of Souls (Lois McMaster Bujold)

JULY

- Robin Hobb interview
- The Years of Rice and Salt (Kim Stanley Robinson)
- Neverwhere (Neil Gaiman)

AUGUST

- The Golden Compass (Philip Pullman)
- The Subtle Knife (Philip Pullman)
- The Amber Spyglass (Philip Pullman)
- Dune: The Butlerian Jihad (Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson)

SEPTEMBER

- Dune: The Machine Crusade (Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson)
- Dune: The Battle of Corrin (Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson)
- Shaman's Crossing (Robin Hobb)

OCTOBER

- One Palestine, Complete (Tom Segev)
- Anansi Boys (Neil Gaiman)
- Knife of Dreams (Robert Jordan)
- Legacies (L. E. Modesitt, jr.)
- Bloodline of the Holy Grail (Laurence Gardner)

NOVEMBER

- Darknesses (L. E. Modesitt, jr.)
- Scepters (L. E. Modesitt, jr.)
- Thud! (Terry Pratchett)
- Kitty and the Midnight Hour (Carrie Vaughn)

DECEMBER

- The Thousandfold Thought (R. Scott Bakker)
- The Radioactive Redhead (John Zakour and Lawrence Ganem)
- Giants of the Frost (Kim Wilkins)
- Elantris (Brandon Sanderson)
- R. Scott Bakker interview
- Lord of Snow and Shadows (Sarah Ash)

2006

JANUARY

- Steven Erikson interview
- Prisoner of the Ironsea Tower (Sarah Ash)
- Children of the Serpent Gate (Sarah Ash)
- The Amber Wizard (David Forbes)

FEBRUARY

- Steven Erikson interview
- Gardens of the Moon (Steven Erikson)
- Naomi Novik interview
- The Rule of Four (Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason)
- Brandon Sanderson interview
- Talon of the Silver Hawk (Raymond E. Feist)
- David Eddings interview
- Deadhouse Gates (Steven Erikson)
- King of Foxes (Raymond E. Feist)

MARCH

- Paul Kearney interview
- His Majesty's Dragon / Temeraire (Naomi Novik)
- Memories of Ice (Steven Erikson)
- In the Eye of Heaven (David Keck)
- David Keck interview

APRIL

- Exile's Return (Raymond E. Feist)
- House of Chains (Steven Erikson)
- Throne of Jade (Naomi Novik)
- Caitlin Sweet interview

MAY

- George R. R. Martin interview
- Ian Cameron Esslemont interview
- City of Saints and Madmen (Jeff Vandermeer)
- Tracy and Laura Hickman interview
- Jacqueline Carey interview
- Midnight Tides (Steven Erikson)
- Black Powder War (Naomi Novik)
- The Lies of Locke Lamora (Scott Lynch)
- Robin Hobb interview

JUNE

- Ian Cameron Esslemont interview
- Vellum (Hal Duncan)
- Scott Lynch interview
- Zodiac (Neal Stephenson)
- Kitty goes to Washington (Carrie Vaughn)

JULY

- Carrie Vaughn interview
- Twilight Falling (Paul S. Kemp)
- The Bonehunters (Steven Erikson)
- Dawn of Night (Paul S. Kemp)
- Forest Mage (Robin Hobb)

AUGUST

- Midnight's Mask (Paul S. Kemp)
- Mistborn: The Final Empire (Brandon Sanderson)
- The Mark of Ran (Paul Kearney)
- This Forsaken Earth (Paul Kearney)
- Night of Knives (Ian Cameron Esslemont)
- Lonely Planet Bluelist

SEPTEMBER

- Flight of the Nighthawks (Raymond E. Feist)
- A Game of Thrones (George R. R. Martin)
- Melanie Rawn interview
- Into a Dark Realm (Raymond E. Feist)
- Joel Shepherd interview
- Good Omens (Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman)

OCTOBER

- Fragile Things (Neil Gaiman)
- Crossover (Joel Shepherd)
- River of Gods (Ian McDonald)

NOVEMBER

- Spellbinder (Melanie Rawn)
- Ian McDonald interview
- A Clash of Kings (George R. R. Martin)
- The Blade Itself (Joe Abercrombie)

DECEMBER

- Winterbirth (Brian Ruckley)
- Joe Abercrombie interview
- The Crooked Letter (Sean Williams)
- Orson Scott Card interview
- Brian Ruckley interview
- Peter Watts interview
- Blindsight (Peter Watts)

2007

JANUARY

- Guy Gavriel Kay interview
- The Name of the Wind (Patrick Rothfuss)
- Ysabel (Guy Gavriel Kay)
- Dan Simmons interview
- Ink (Hal Duncan)
- China Miéville interview

FEBRUARY

- Unclean (Richard Lee Byars)
- Tad Williams interview
- The Terror (Dan Simmons)
- Keeping it Real (Justina Robson)

MARCH

- C. S. Friedman interview
- Before They Are Hanged (Joe Abercrombie)
- Hal Duncan interview
- Joe Abercrombie interview
- Reaper's Gale (Steven Erikson)
- Patrick Rothfuss interview
- Kitty Takes a Holiday (Carrie Vaughn)

APRIL

- Shadowplay (Tad Williams)
- Ian Cameron Esslemont interview
- Jacqueline Carey interview
- Breakaway (Joel Shepherd)
- Richard Morgan interview

MAY

- Brasyl (Ian McDonald)
- Red Seas under Red Skies (Scott Lynch)
- Black Man/Thirteen (Richard Morgan)
- Ian McDonald interview
- The Lees of Laughter's End (Steven Erikson)

JUNE

- Dragons of the Dwarven Depths (Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman)
- David Bilsborough interview
- The Night Watch (Sergei Lukyanenko)
- After Dark (Haruki Murakami)
- Gail Z. Martin interview
- David Anthony Durham interview
- Renegade's Magic (Robin Hobb)
- The Wanderer's Tale (David Bilsborough)
- Dragons of the Highlord Skies (Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman)

JULY

- Robin Hobb interview
- Cry of the Newborn (James Barclay)
- Peter F. Hamilton interview
- The Electric Church (Jeff Somers)
- Tobias S. Buckell interview
- The Traveler (John Twelve Hawks)

AUGUST

- Daniel Abraham interview
- Feast of Souls (C. S. Friedman)
- The Dark River (John Twelve Hawks)
- Scott Lynch interview
- Steven Erikson interview
- Hunter's Run (George R. R. Martin, Gardner Dozois and Daniel Abraham)
- George R. R. Martin, Gardner Dozois and Daniel Abraham interview

SEPTEMBER

- Wizard of the Crow (Ngugi Wa Thiong'o)
- Making Money (Terry Pratchett)
- Jeff Somers interview
- Empire of Ivory (Naomi Novik)
- Fatal Revenant (Stephen R. Donaldson)

OCTOBER

- Stephen R. Donaldson interview
- The Well of Ascension (Brandon Sanderson)
- Spook Country (William Gibson)
- The Privilege of the Sword (Ellen Kushner)
- Katherine Kurtz interview
- Killswitch (Joel Shepherd)

NOVEMBER

- Devices and Desires (K. J. Parker)
- Dreamsongs, Volume 1 (George R. R. Martin)
- J. V. Jones interview
- Knights of the Black and White (Jack Whyte)
- Wild Cards interview with George R. R. Martin and co.

DECEMBER

- Acacia: The War with the Mein (David Anthony Durham)
- Inside Straight (George R. R. Martin and co.)
- Paragaea: A Planetary Romance (Chris Roberson)
- The Devil You Know (Mike Carey)

2008

JANUARY

- Last Dragon (J. M. McDermott)
- A Storm of Swords (George R. R. Martin)
- American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
- R. Scott Bakker interview
- Kitty and the Silver Bullet (Carrie Vaughn)
- James Barclay interview

FEBRUARY

- Bright of the Sky (Kay Kenyon)
- MAD about Star Wars (Jonathan Bresman)
- Last Argument of Kings (Joe Abercrombie)
- Wrath of a Mad God (Raymond E. Feist)

MARCH

- A Magic of Twilight (S. L. Farrell)
- Alastair Reynolds interview
- Neuropath (R. Scott Bakker)
- The Secret History of Moscow (Ekaterina Sedia)
- S. L. Farrell interview
- The Shadow Year (Jeffrey Ford)
- The Last Wish (Andrzej Sapkowski)

APRIL

- The Day Watch (Sergei Lukyanenko)
- R. Scott Bakker interview
- The Gunslinger (Stephen King)
- Kay Kenyon interview
- Bloodheir (Brian Ruckley)
- The Edge of Reason (Melinda Snodgrass)
- The Digital Plague (Jeff Somers)

MAY

- Infoquake (David Louis Edelman)
- Victory of Eagles (Naomi Novik)
- Return of the Crimson Guard (Ian Cameron Esslemont)
- The Man Who Turned Into Himself (David Ambrose)

JUNE

- The Steel Remains (Richard Morgan)
- Toll the Hounds (Steven Erikson)
- Backup (Jim Butcher)
- Stonefather (Orson Scott Card)

JULY

- The Shadow of the Wind (Carlos Ruiz Zafon)
- Adrian Tchaikovsky interview
- Cryptonomicon (Neal Stephenson)

AUGUST

- Chris Evans interview
- MultiReal (David Louis Edelman)
- Melinda Snodgrass interview
- Subterranean: Tales of Dark Fantasy
- Mr. Fooster Traveling on a Whim (Tom Corwin and Craig Frazier)
- The Alchemy of Stone (Ekaterina Sedia)
- David Louis Edelman interview

SEPTEMBER

- Chronicles of the Black Company (Glen Cook)
- The Mirrored Heavens (David J. Williams)
- Ad Lib Column: Tobias S. Buckell
- The Way of Shadows (Brent Weeks)
- Ad Lib Column: Adrian Tchaikovsky
- David J. Williams interview
- The Ten Thousand (Paul Kearney)

OCTOBER

- Brent Weeks interview
- Peter V. Brett interview
- Ian Cameron Esslemont interview
- The Company (K. J. Parker)
- Paul Kearney interview
- Tales of the Dying Earth (Jack Vance)

NOVEMBER

- Tom Lloyd interview
- The Judging Eye (R. Scott Bakker)
- Busted Flush (edited by George R. R. Martin)
- Empire in Black and Gold (Adrian Tchaikovsky)
- The Engine's Child (Holly Phillips)

DECEMBER

- The Hero of Ages (Brandon Sanderson)
- Graceling (Kristin Cashore)
- Wild Cards interview with George R. R. Martin and the Busted Flush contributors
- The Travel Book (Lonely Planet)
- Ad Lib Column: Lilith Saintcrow
- A World Too Near (Kay Kenyon)
- The Six Directions of Space (Alastair Reynolds)
- Storm Front (Jim Butcher)
- Bones of the Dragon (Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman)

2009

JANUARY

- Wings of Wrath (C. S. Friedman)
- Muse of Fire (Dan Simmons)
- R. Scott Bakker interview
- Kitty and the Dead Man's Hand (Carrie Vaughn)
- Ken Scholes interview
- Glen Cook interview
- The Books of the South (Glen Cook)

FEBRUARY

- Cyberabad Days (Ian McDonald)
- C. S. Friedman interview
- A Fantasy Medley (edited by Yanni Kuznia)
- The Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death (Charlie Huston)
- A Fine and Private Place (Peter S. Beagle)

MARCH

- City Without End (Kay Kenyon)
- Imager (L. E. Modesitt, jr.)
- How the Dead Dream (Lydia Millet)

APRIL

- Twelve (Jasper Kent)
- The City & the City (China Miéville)
- The Burning Skies (David J. Williams)
- Purple and Black (K. J. Parker)

MAY

- Nights of Villjamur (Mark Charan Newton)
- Best Served Cold (Joe Abercrombie)

JUNE

- Patient Zero (Jonathan Maberry)
- Fire Raiser (Melanie Rawn)
- Fall of Thanes (Brian Ruckley)

JULY

- The Angel's Game (Carlos Ruiz Zafón)
- Dust of Dreams (Steven Erikson)
- Fool Moon (Jim Butcher)
- Retribution Falls (Chris Wooding)

AUGUST

- Lamentation (Ken Scholes)
- Lonely Planet's Best in Travel 2009

SEPTEMBER

- Consider Phlebas (Iain M. Banks)
- The Sandman: Preludes & Nocturnes (Neil Gaiman)
- Child of Fire (Harry Connolly)
- Princess Mononoke (film directed by Hayao Miyazaki)
- Spirited Away (film directed by Hayao Miyazaki)
- Peter & Max (Bill Willingham)
- Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (film directed by Hayao Miyazaki)
- 5 cm per Second (film directed by Makoto Shinkai)
- The Sandman: The Doll's House (Neil Gaiman)

OCTOBER

-The Place Promised in our Early Days (film directed by Makoto Shinkai)
- A Magic of Nightfall (S. L. Farrell)
- Sword of the Stranger (film directed by Masahiro Ando)
- The Lost Symbol (Dan Brown)
- Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (film directed by Shinichiro Watanabe)
- The Great Bazaar and Other Stories (Peter V. Brett)
- The Sandman: Dream Country (Neil Gaiman)
- My Neighbor Totoro (film directed by Hayao Miyazaki)
- Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (film directed by Tetsuya Nomura and Takeshi Nozue)
- The Gathering Storm (Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson)

NOVEMBER

- The Sandman: Season of Mists (Neil Gaiman)
- The Eternal Prison (Jeff Somers)
- Ghost in the Shell (film directed by Mamoru Oshii)
- The Sandman: A Game of You (Neil Gaiman)
- Tokyo Godfathers (film directed by Satoshi Kon)
- The Dragon Keeper (Robin Hobb)
- The Golden City (John Twelve Hawks)
- Howl's Moving Castle (film directed by Hayao Miyazaki)
- Mark Charan Newton interview
- The Sandman: Fables & Reflections (Neil Gaiman)
- Thousandth Night & Minla's Flowers (Alastair Reynolds)

DECEMBER

- Voices of a Distant Star (film directed by Makoto Shinkai)
- Suicide Kings (edited by George R. R. Martin)
- Robin Hobb interview
- The Magicians (Lev Grossman)
- The Windup Girl (Paolo Bacigalupi)
- The Sandman: Brief Lives (Neil Gaiman)