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The Novel Post: World of Warcraft (Comic) Volume 1+2

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009 - 2 Comments

Blizzard’s Extended Universe for World of Warcraft is a bit lopsided.  The developer has farmed out an entire collection of lore to various companies, but for the most part, the Alliance material is what’s been selected for production by the outside parties.  Sure, the Horde ... More

The Novel Post: Warcraft: Legends Volume 5

Friday, August 28th, 2009 - 5 Comments

The Novel Post is Project Lore’s review column for materials - books, manga, comics, card games, etc - of World of Warcraft’s Extended Universe.  As such the column’s posts may contain plot, character or other spoilers. Ignore the note above, I did my best to rid ... More

The Novel Post: Ashbringer

Tuesday, August 11th, 2009 - 7 Comments

The Novel Post is ProjectLore’s review column for materials - books, manga, comics, card games, etc - of World of Warcraft’s Extended Universe.  As such the column’s posts are likely to have plot, character or other spoilers. The fabled Ashbringer sword may be new to some ... More

The Novel Post: The Sunwell Trilogy

Friday, July 10th, 2009 - 8 Comments

I’m late to the show with this one, I know.  Get over it, because I couldn’t resist picking up The Ultimate Edition (because it’s so Ultimate) of the manga after reading through the available four volumes of Warcraft: Legends.  After all, if the success of ... More

The Novel Post: Warcraft Legends: Volume 4

Friday, June 26th, 2009 - 15 Comments

After falling in love with the stories from Warcraft Legends: Volumes 1, 2 & 3, I decided to become a first adopter to the latest installment, Warcraft Legends: Volume 4.  The new manga from Tokyopop didn’t have the same fanfare as its predecessor, but to ... More

The Novel Post: Arthas: Rise of the Lich King

Thursday, May 21st, 2009 - 10 Comments

Best WoW Novel To Date I was not the only gamer to get wrapped up in the excitement behind Christie Golden’s latest World of Warcraft novel.  Apparently many, many of us decided to pick up the novel upon its release, making it the first piece of ... More

The Novel Post: Warcraft Legends: Volume 3

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009 - 12 Comments

The literary form of anime isn’t a hot topic in the greater WoWverse, if the number of comments left on the previous manga post are anything to go by.  I entirely understand that not everyone is going to want to purchase the collection of Warcraft ... More

The Novel Post: Night of the Dragon

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009 - 15 Comments

Night of the Dragon was released days after Wrath of the Lich King, which is likely the main reason the book is overlooked.  I mean come on, we were too busy leveling to bother reading about the plights of Grim Batol and those who went ... More

Read Warcraft: Legends Volumes 1 & 2 For FREE

Monday, March 9th, 2009 - 6 Comments

The manga fans out there probably already own these bad boys, but for us layman, the release of the first two volumes for Warcraft: Legends probably passed us by.  I picked up the original publication during my shopping spree - no, not not that one ... More

The Novel Post: Beyond The Dark Portal

Friday, January 30th, 2009 - 7 Comments

After completing the Tides of Darkness over my vacation, I could not wait to dive into Beyond the Dark Portal.  Aaron Rosenberg returns to pen his second Warcraft novel, this time teamed with long-time Blizzard novelist Christie Golden.  With my appreciation of ToD well documented, ... More