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Curator Question: Mentor Characters
Our curators discuss some of their favourite Mentor characters from Science Fiction and Fantasy media.
Review: The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf – Netflix
As strange variants of monsters start to terrorize the forest of Ard Carraigh, the witcher Vesemir is tasked to investigate their origins. Meanwhile, in political spheres the following question arises: is there still a need for monster hunters in the world?
Review: Assassin’s Apprentice – Robin Hobb
Part one of the Farseer Trilogy. As the illegitimate son of the Crown Prince, young Fitz holds a difficult position in the royal court of the Kingdom of the Six Dutchies. He is not publicly acknowledged by his family and so he grows up as a stableboy, while in secret his grandfather King Shrewd has him trained to become an assassin. At the same time, he has to learn to handle the hereditary magic that is part of his bloodline. Threats to the Kingdom, both from outside of its borders and from within, will force Fitz to consider where his true loyalties lie.
Curator Question: Books, books, books
Our curators discuss what they like best: reading eBooks, paperbacks or hardcovers, or listening to audiobooks?
Collected: The Lord of the Rings Movie Trilogy by Peter Jackson
COLLECTION: Peter Jackson’s legendary the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy hardly needs introduction – it is the epic tale of a halfling from a peaceful land that gets entangled in the affairs of the Big Folk when it turns out a family heirloom is the key to defeating evil forever.
Collected: The Farseer Trilogy by Robin Hobb
COLLECTION: As the illegitimate son of the Crown Prince, young Fitz holds a difficult position in the royal court of the Kingdom of the Six Dutchies. Threats to the Kingdom, both from outside of its borders and from within, will force Fitz to consider where his true loyalties lie.
Review: The Return of the King – Peter Jackson
Part three of The Lord of the Rings trilogy. As the remaining members of the Fellowship prepare for war, Aragorn has to decide if he’s ready to claim his kingly heritage. Meanwhile, close to the lion’s den, Frodo’s carrying the One Ring closer and closer to its final destination.
Review: The Two Towers – Peter Jackson
Part two of The Lord of the Rings trilogy. The Fellowship of the Rings has been broken and its members scattered. Frodo and Sam continue their way towards Mordor to destroy the One Ring. Meanwhile, the quest of Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli to rescue Merry and Pippin from Saruman’s Orcs leads them into the war-torn lands of Rohan.
Review: Assassin’s Quest – Robin Hobb
Part three of the Farseer Trilogy. The king is dead, Prince Verity is missing in action, and Prince Regal has left the coastal duchies to their own devices against the Red Ship Raiders. The Six Duchies need Fitz now more than ever, but is he willing to reclaim his life as an assassin?
Review: The Fellowship of the Ring – Peter Jackson
Part one of The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Frodo Baggins is a halfling from a peaceful land who gets entangled in the affairs of the Big Folk when it turns out a family heirloom is the key to defeating evil forever.
Review: Royal Assassin – Robin Hobb
Part two of the Farseer Trilogy. As Fitz recovers from his mission to the Mountain Kingdom, he soon discovers there’s no escaping from Buckkeep politics.
Review: Sweet Tooth – Netflix
Ten years ago, a deadly virus spread through the world while pregnant women suddenly gave birth to hybrid babies, part human, part animal. Gus is one of the first of these hybrids, who, because of his sheltered life, is blissfully unaware of the brokenness of the world.