Last week's post by Jacqueline Porte on The Amazing Spider-Man has generated a lot of great conversation here at Fantasy Matters--we'd definitely encourage you to check it out if you haven't read it already!  We have more Amazing Spider-Man coverage for you this afternoon, too, with R.J. Huneke's thoughts on this summer blockbuster.

Of course, that's not all that's going on this week here at Fantasy Matters.  We also have a review of the re-release of Philip Jose Farmer's Time's Last Gift, as well as Jacqueline Porte's comparison of the 2007 film version of Beowulf with the original epic poem--and what the differences suggest about our culture today.  This week is also the final week of our discussion of The Summer Tree--so make sure you share your thoughts on our forums, and stay tuned to see what we decide to read next!