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		<title>Chuck Wendig Interview: What in the blue blazes is Chuck Wendig up to? &#8211; Part One</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 06:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Christensen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gods and Monsters: Unclean Spirits]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A self-described freelance penmonkey, Chuck Wendig has written novels, screenplays, and games. And over the past ten years, he has built up quite a following on his blog, TerribleMinds. There you’ll find rants, ravings, the occasional recipe, and advice about the art and business of writing. As Fantasy-Faction is a home for readers, writers, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Help Keep Fantasy-Faction Alive</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 04:49:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Overlord</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi guys and girls, Firstly: I hate these kinds of posts, but, in my defense, a number of our members over Twitter, Facebook and the forums asked for it and I’ve given in and admitted that I could probably use some help given the circumstances. Basically, as you have probably noticed, Fantasy-Faction exceeded its bandwidth [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Prince of Lies Cover Reveal</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Autumn2May</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It will come as no surprise to you that here on Fantasy-Faction we love authors. One of our favorites, who is nice enough to take time out of her busy schedule to chat in the forums on occasion, is Anne Lyle. And not only does she have an amazing series of fantasy books set in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>YA Science Fiction &amp; Fantasy – Part Two: From Humble Origins to Lofty Heights</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 06:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leo Elijah Cristea</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When addressing the origins of YA literature (we’re not talking SFF specific here for now, but bear with me) it all depends from which angle you decide to approach. I think the fact that often what classifies as “young adult” all depends on marketing and how a publisher and audience decide to view a book: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Blue Blazes by Chuck Wendig</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 12:10:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Christensen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Blue Blazes was my first exposure to Chuck Wendig’s writing outside of his blog, TerribleMinds. I expected an urban fantasy novel full of hard, broken edges and bloody knuckles. I expected Wendig’s penchant for profanity to be on display. What I didn’t expect was a moving story about family and living with the consequences [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gemsigns by Stephanie Saulter</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 06:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hierath</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gemsigns, Stephanie Saulter’s confident debut novel, is set in the world of the near-future. Humans have been forced to resort to universal genetic modification to overcome the effects of a mysterious cybernetic plague. Of course, humans being humans, corporations didn’t stop with curing the Syndrome, but went on to create a wide variety of genetically [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Promise of Blood by Brian McClellan</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 06:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Shackle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“The Age of Kings is dead. And I have killed it.” Field Marshal Tamas&#8217;s coup against his king sends corrupt aristocrats to the guillotine and brings bread to the starving. But it also provokes war in the Nine Nations, internal attacks by royalist fanatics and greedy scrambling for money and power by Tamas&#8217;s supposed allies: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Nightmare Affair by Mindee Arnett</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 06:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Riegel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, this is one of the newest Young Adult titles to come out of Tor Teen this year. While perusing the bookstore on my birthday with my fiancé, I noticed the lovely jacket cover (pictured below). Because it is human nature, and we all judge everything first by appearance, I was immediately intrigued by the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You by Austin Grossman</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 06:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicholas Schmiedicker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You is a fantastic novel written by Austin Grossman that gives an insider look into the world of video game development and design. Grossman is well known for his debut novel Soon I Will Be Invincible but You has marked him as a major talent with serious skill. There are some that compare You to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Braided Path by Chris Wooding</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 06:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KJ Braxton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chris Wooding’s first move into adult fiction could not have been more of a success. The books follow the life of Kaiku and her desperate struggle to avenge the death of her family and come to terms with what she is whilst the world falls down around her. Unlike most fantasy writers Wooding does not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Written In Red by Anne Bishop</title>
		<link>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/written-in-red-by-anne-bishop#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 06:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Being unfamiliar with this author, it was a pleasant surprise to find myself thoroughly impressed with this book. Namid is an earth world dominated by the Others, creatures almost as old as the world they live in. They are at the top of the food chain in every age, regardless of what the humans would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stray Souls by Kate Griffin</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 06:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steff Humm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you have any doubts about the ethereal nature of urban living then you need to be reading Kate Griffin. The often brilliant Matthew Swift series, starring a formerly dead sorcerer whose soul/brain/general being has merged with that of the fiery blue electric angels created from the essence of conversations in the telephone line (causing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Margaret Curelas Acquisitions Editor of Tyche Books Interview</title>
		<link>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/margaret-curelas-acquisitions-editor-of-tyche-books-interview#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 06:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Howse</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This month, I interviewed Margaret Curelas, Acquisitions Editor of Tyche Books, a Canadian speculative fiction small press publisher. Tyche Books can be found online at tychebooks.com or on twitter @TycheBooks. What prompted the creation of Tyche Books? Tyche was created when Tina Moreau and I were both on maternity leave. We had previously worked together [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fantastical Creatures of Greco-Roman Mythology: The Ichthyocentaur</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2013 06:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Faith M. Boughan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the third instalment in this series about little-known monsters (and other assorted creatures) from Classical mythology! This series is intended to shine a bit of light on some fantastical beings you may never have heard of before—or may only know a little about—and which bear parallels to some of the popular beasts of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The War of the Flowers by Tad Williams</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 06:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alister Davison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the first Classics Corner, where I’ll be reviewing fantasy novels from the mists of time. Well, not quite; more the books I’d missed out on reading when I’d given up on the genre between 1990 and 2004. If you’d like to make a comment or suggestion for a book to review (it doesn’t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Art of Forgetting by Joanne Hall</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 06:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Shepherd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gifted and cursed with a unique memory, the foundling son of a notorious traitor, Rhodri joins an elite cavalry unit. There, struggling with his own memories of his father, he begins to discover a sense of belonging. Until a face from the past reveals a secret that will change not only Rhodri’s life, but the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oblivion &#8211; Spoiler Free Movie Review</title>
		<link>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/oblivion-spoiler-free-movie-review#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 06:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zachary A. Matzo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oblivion, despite a marketing push to the contrary, is unequivocally not a “Tom Cruise” movie. Sure, the trailer was debuted months ahead of time during a high profile Super Bowl ad. And sure, Tom Cruise stars. But this is not the action-packed sci-fi romp Universal’s marketing department would have you believe. Oblivion is a stark, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kindle Fire HD Review</title>
		<link>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/kindle-fire-hd#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 14:49:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Overlord</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks back, I received an email asking if I wanted a free Kindle. Now, I’m sure that you, like me, get these kinds of emails on a daily basis. So, you’ll forgive me when I tell you that I was just about to delete the thing. Then, just as I was about to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hemlock Grove &#8211; Season One Review</title>
		<link>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/hemlock-grove-season-one-review#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/hemlock-grove-season-one-review#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 06:05:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz Fellshot Ambrose</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On certain rare occasions, Netflix releases a show that it made in house. Hemlock Grove is their first foray into anything science fiction/fantasy/horror related (that I know of). There&#8217;s an evil medical corporation, werewolves, and a gory body count which leads me to think that they tried to do everything all at once for all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sci-Fi Book Club &#8211; May 2013: Dune by Frank Herbert</title>
		<link>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/sci-fi-book-club-may-2013-dune-by-frank-herbert#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 06:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In May, our Science Fiction Book Club will be reading Dune by Frank Herbert, which won the Hugo Award in 1966, and the inaugural Nebula Award for Best Novel. Dune is frequently cited as the world&#8217;s best-selling science fiction novel. “Set in the far future amidst a sprawling feudal interstellar empire, where planetary dynasties are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fantasy Book Club &#8211; May 2013: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 06:05:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In May, we will be reading The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern. I&#8217;ve already read and definitely enjoyed this one. It was very different than I expected and very different from anything else I have read. I really hope a good number of you join us this month. I’m looking forward to a reread of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Black Feathers by Joseph D&#8217;Lacey</title>
		<link>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/black-feathers-by-joseph-dlacey#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/black-feathers-by-joseph-dlacey#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 06:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Satan walks nowhere on this Earth, nor has he ever, save where he treads within the human heart. The sum of this book is encompassed in that single line. But don’t let that stop you there. Black Feathers, Volume One of the Black Dawn Duology, is a dark, grim and haunting tale that gripped me [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Herald of the Storm by Richard Ford</title>
		<link>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/herald-of-the-storm-by-richard-ford#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/herald-of-the-storm-by-richard-ford#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 06:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Idlewilder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An unbalanced veteran. A disillusioned assassin. A hapless apprentice. A drunken swindler. A desperate thief. During times of crisis, you don’t get to choose your heroes. Herald of the Storm is the first book in Richard Ford’s new trilogy: Steelhaven. Set in the city of the same name, Herald of the Storm focuses on a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes</title>
		<link>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/the-shining-girls-by-lauren-beukes#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/the-shining-girls-by-lauren-beukes#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:02:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Victoria Hooper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lauren Beukes is probably best known for her wonderful Clarke Award winning book Zoo City, an urban fantasy set in Johannesburg. Like Zoo City, The Shining Girls can be loosely described as an ‘urban thriller’, but one that takes a different, and sometimes surprising, approach from other books of its type. This time, the city [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One Piece &#8211; Manga Series Review</title>
		<link>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/one-piece-manga-series-review#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/one-piece-manga-series-review#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 06:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Juan de Dios Dougnac</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the day the Pirate King Gold Roger was executed, a huge crowd gathered to hear his last words: his treasure, won after pillaging through the entire world, lay somewhere on the “Grand Line”, the most dangerous of all oceans. This is how One Piece, the most successful manga of all time (yes, I’m taking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Consider the Start of Your Story a.k.a. The Hook and The Arm It’s Attached To</title>
		<link>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/consider-the-start-of-your-story-a-k-a-the-hook-and-the-arm-its-attached-to#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/consider-the-start-of-your-story-a-k-a-the-hook-and-the-arm-its-attached-to#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 06:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>D.E.M. Emrys</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is the hare really faster than the tortoise? Did the chicken come before the egg? Green means go, red means stop, but yellow means something in the middle – so half a stop, or half a go? What I’m trying to say is that everything starts somewhere. As writers, we have the godly say-so to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Daedalus Incident by Michael J. Martinez</title>
		<link>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/the-daedalus-incident-by-michael-j-martinez#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/the-daedalus-incident-by-michael-j-martinez#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 06:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Hanks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Daedalus Incident is one of those books that for many will be hard to pin down. A not-so-simple tale of adventure on the high seas of…well, nothing&#8230;it initially pops up on the horizon flying your colours, then pulls alongside, hoists the Jolly Roger and unleashes the cannons, and before you know it you’ve been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The First Law Trilogy by Joe Abercrombie</title>
		<link>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/the-first-law-trilogy-by-joe-abercrombie#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/the-first-law-trilogy-by-joe-abercrombie#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2013 06:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Juan de Dios Dougnac</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the many shocks that George RR Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire gave me was how vivid the narration became by writing chapters from the point of view of many different characters. By showing us how people from different backgrounds react to the events of the plot, we get a portrait of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Models for Magicians</title>
		<link>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/new-models-for-magicians#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/new-models-for-magicians#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Apr 2013 06:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Christensen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In many fantasy stories, magicians often follow one or two traditional models. Many are often portrayed as guides or teachers that assist the protagonist. Often this mentor is described as an old man, with a long, white beard. They wear robes and carry walking staffs. Merlin and Gandalf cast long shadows over the genre. Alternatively, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Wretched of Muirwood by Jeff Wheeler</title>
		<link>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/the-wretched-of-muirwood-by-jeff-wheeler#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/the-wretched-of-muirwood-by-jeff-wheeler#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 06:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>A.E. Marling</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If Hermione in the land of Narnia sounds like your dream come true, then you may love The Wretched of Muirwood by Jeff Wheeler. The story begins in proud Oliver Twist fashion, with the protagonist properly orphaned and destitute, a Cinderella in the kitchen of a forest monastery. If this seems too familiar to you, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Alchemist of Souls by Anne Lyle</title>
		<link>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/the-alchemist-of-souls-by-anne-lyle#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/the-alchemist-of-souls-by-anne-lyle#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 06:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Norris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Tudor explorers returned from the New World, they brought back with them a name out of half forgotten Viking legend – Skayling’s – and following in those explorers wake came red sailed ships, native American goods, and a Skrayling ambassador to Queen Elizabeth I court. Mal Catlyn, a down on his luck sword for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks</title>
		<link>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/the-player-of-games-by-iain-m-banks#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/the-player-of-games-by-iain-m-banks#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 06:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robbie Cameron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Morat Gurgeh is bored. The game player has reached the apex of his profession and lives a privileged and hedonistic life on his own mountain range playing games, writing papers and attending parties. Sheltered by the utopian Culture, the egalitarian, socialist, humanist society that underpins most of Banks&#8217; science-fiction, Gurgeh begins to wonder if games [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seven Kings by John R. Fultz</title>
		<link>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/seven-kings-by-john-r-fultz#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/seven-kings-by-john-r-fultz#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:40:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicholas Schmiedicker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We’re back to a world of giants, men, and ancient sorcerers in the sequel to the 2012 book Seven Princes. John Fultz has crafted an interesting world that hearkens to classic fantasy in its use of fantastical elements rather than the “grimdark” realism that is found in many of today’s hits. Old alliances are broken, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cold Days by Jim Butcher</title>
		<link>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/cold-days-by-jim-butcher#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/cold-days-by-jim-butcher#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 06:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Spencer Wightman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This review contains spoilers for the previous Dresden books. Read with caution if you have yet to read Ghost Story. Cold Days is the latest installment in the bestselling Dresden Files series, featuring the magic-wielding gumshoe, Harry Dresden. The mantle of the Winter Knight has given Harry command of Fae magic, making him second only [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cover Reveal: Any Other Name by Emma Newman</title>
		<link>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/cover-reveal-any-other-name-by-emma-newman#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 06:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Autumn2May</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Emma Newman&#8217;s Split World series was picked up by Angry Robot last year after discovering her through her series of short stories. Every week for a year and a day she released a short story set in her world leading up to the release date for the first book, Between Two Thorns. Fantasy-Faction was lucky [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fantastical Creatures of Greco-Roman Mythology: The Colchian Dragon</title>
		<link>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/fantastical-creatures-of-greco-roman-mythology-the-colchian-dragon#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 06:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Faith M. Boughan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the second instalment of a series in which we explore some of the lesser-known creatures and monsters found in Classical mythology, as many of these fantastical beings have similar counterparts in today’s modern fantasy literature and film. It’s my hope that giving more “screen time” to some of the unique creatures from ancient [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Discovering Discworld</title>
		<link>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/discovering-discworld#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/discovering-discworld#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 06:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Victoria Hooper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some of the earliest fantasy I remember reading were books from the Discworld series. This isn’t the usual route into fantasy, and is a little odd because Discworld is something that engages with fantasy as a genre, lovingly poking fun at it while exploring some of its more common tropes. It’s meant for the fantasy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fantasy-Faction Is Looking For Contributors</title>
		<link>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/fantasy-faction-is-looking-for-contributors#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/fantasy-faction-is-looking-for-contributors#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 11:44:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Overlord</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve had quite a few messages lately from people asking if they can write for Fantasy-Faction. The answer is sure with the condition that you have talent and are writing the kind of things our readership would enjoy reading (predominantly reviews or articles). Your best bet, if interested, is to e-mail: Marc@Fantasy-Faction.com with your ideas [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Hammer and The Blade by Paul S. Kemp</title>
		<link>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/the-hammer-and-the-blade-by-paul-s-kemp#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/the-hammer-and-the-blade-by-paul-s-kemp#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 06:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alister Davison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Egil and Nix are a pair of tomb robbers, the former a hulking warrior/priest who wields two huge hammers as weapons, the latter a nimble thief/mage who’s also rather handy with sword and dagger. They share a talent for getting into trouble, as witnessed in the prologue, when we see them doing what they do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Between Two Thorns by Emma Newman</title>
		<link>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/between-two-thorns-by-emma-newman-2#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/between-two-thorns-by-emma-newman-2#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 06:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hierath</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Emma Newman is, in the nicest possible way, crazy. I’ll tell you how crazy she is. She’s spent the last year writing recording and uploading a short story on a different person’s blog every single week. Fifty-four stories in all. Fifty-four stories in a year. That’s more than some people write in a lifetime, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exploring Rural Landscape</title>
		<link>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/exploring-rural-landscape#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/exploring-rural-landscape#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 06:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adrian Faulkner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The quest is a hallmark of great fantasy fiction and some of the best quests see our heroes traverse a variety of locations before reaching their goal. When done well, the environment can become a character in its own right. But all too often in writing fantasy, the environment can be bland, the landscape uniform. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rules? Where We’re Going We Don’t Need Rules</title>
		<link>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/rules-where-were-going-we-dont-need-rules#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/rules-where-were-going-we-dont-need-rules#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 06:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Howse</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There’s a strong tendency in critique groups, whether online or in person, or in writing guides, or even just in casual conversation between writers, to talk about The Rules of Writing. They’re often talked about as if they are immutable, as if ignoring them will make you fail. This is false. One can say there [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summary Judgment</title>
		<link>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/summary-judgment#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/summary-judgment#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 06:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zachary A. Matzo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fans of fantasy and science fiction are, by and large, accustomed to reading works that are published in multivolume series. Be it The Chronicles of Narnia, Herbert’s Dune or more recent works such as the Harry Potter series, A Song of Ice and Fire, or the Malazan Book of the Fallen, the multivolume epic is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2013 Hugo Award Nominees</title>
		<link>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/hugo-award-nominees#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/hugo-award-nominees#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Mar 2013 20:31:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Overlord</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just a quickie, the Hugo Award Nominees have just been announced, thought visitors might be interested: Best Novel (1113 ballots) - 2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson (Orbit) - Blackout by Mira Grant (Orbit) - Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance by Lois McMaster Bujold (Baen) - Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas by John Scalzi (Tor) - Throne [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Twelve Kingdoms (Juuni Kokki) Anime Review</title>
		<link>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/twelve-kingdoms-juuni-kokki-anime-review#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/twelve-kingdoms-juuni-kokki-anime-review#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Mar 2013 07:10:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Juan de Dios Dougnac</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the things I like the most about fantasy is how varied it is. From the melancholy and slow decline of Middle Earth, to the endless conflict of the Warhammer world, the action-packed adventures of Elric of Melniboné to the elaborate cultural tapestry David Eddings weaves in his works, when I’m bored of this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sci-Fi Book Club &#8211; April 2013: Foundation by Isaac Asimov</title>
		<link>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/sci-fi-book-club-april-2013-foundation-by-isaac-asimov#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/sci-fi-book-club-april-2013-foundation-by-isaac-asimov#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Mar 2013 07:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In April, our Science Fiction book club will be reading Foundation by Isaac Asimov, which won Hugo Award for Best all time novel series (1966). “One of the great masterworks of science fiction, the Foundation novels of Isaac Asimov are unsurpassed for their unique blend of nonstop action, daring ideas, and extensive world-building. The story [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Promise of Blood by Brian McClellan</title>
		<link>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/promise-of-blood-by-brian-mcclellan#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/promise-of-blood-by-brian-mcclellan#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 07:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicholas Schmiedicker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Powder Mage Trilogy begins with Promise of Blood, a fantastic and engaging book from debut author Brian McClellan. Powerful sorcerers, trained Marksmen with magical abilities, and long forgotten gods bring color and intrigue to the world of Adro following a bloody revolution that has left the King and his royal cabal dead and a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Fantasy Language Problem – Part Two</title>
		<link>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/the-fantaasy-language-problem-continued#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/the-fantaasy-language-problem-continued#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 07:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Django Wexler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is part two of Django Wexler&#8217;s guest post on fantasy languages. You can read part one here. (Click or mouseover links for humorous footnotes.) The preceding section is not intended to be an exhaustive list of troublesome terms, but rather to merely convey the scope of the problem. [#11] It should be obvious by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wolfhound Century by Peter Higgins</title>
		<link>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/wolfhound-century-by-peter-higgins#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/wolfhound-century-by-peter-higgins#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 07:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Idlewilder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Investigator Vissarion Lom has been summoned to the capital in order to catch a terrorist &#8211; and ordered to report directly to the head of the secret police. A totalitarian state, worn down by an endless war, must be seen to crush home-grown insurgents with an iron fist. But Lom discovers Mirgorod to be more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fantasy Book Club &#8211; April 2013: Fade To Black by Francis Knight</title>
		<link>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/fantasy-book-club-april-2013-fade-to-black-by-francis-knight#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/fantasy-book-club-april-2013-fade-to-black-by-francis-knight#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 07:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fade to Black by Francis Knight won our Debut theme for April. I’m pretty anxious to start this one because it definitely sounds like a book I will really enjoy. And as an added bonus, Francis Knight has agreed to do an author Q&#38;A with us. Should be a great month! Hope lots of you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Robin Hobb Interview &#8211; Part Two</title>
		<link>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/robin-hobb-interview-part-two#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/robin-hobb-interview-part-two#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Overlord</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is part two of our interview with author Robin Hobb. You can read part one here. Now back to the questions! We’ve got a guest question now from an author I believe you’re familiar with (at least, I saw your quote on his UK novel: Prince of Thorns), Mark Lawrence: The first work of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Creative Writing: Writer&#8217;s Block aka The Dead End</title>
		<link>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/creative-writing-writers-block-aka-the-dead-end#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/creative-writing-writers-block-aka-the-dead-end#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Mar 2013 07:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>D.E.M. Emrys</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So for an opening article to get me into the swing of things here, I thought I’d tackle something that every writer can relate to. No, not overpriced fuel or the pros-cons of a liquid diet, writer’s block. Imagine you&#8217;re walking down the road minding your own business, clutching your &#8216;to-do list&#8217; like the map [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Robin Hobb Interview &#8211; Part One</title>
		<link>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/robin-hobb-interview#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/robin-hobb-interview#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Mar 2013 07:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Overlord</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m happy to announce that the amazingly talented Robin Hobb has taken time out of her busy schedule to answer some questions for Fantasy-Faction! Robin is the author of the recently completed Rain Wild Chronicles, along with a host of other series including: The Farseer Trilogy, Liveship Traders Trilogy, Soldier Son Trilogy, and many more. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nina D’Aleo Interview</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 07:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Hanks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last month I reviewed the outstanding science-fiction/fantasy novel The Last City. This month I’ve been fortunate enough to chat (time zones allowing) with its Australian author, the lovely Nina D’Aleo, about everything from taglines, to character profiling, to cat petting… The Last City is billed as Blade Runner meets Perdido Street Station—about the best tagline [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Fantasy Language Problem &#8211; Part One</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 07:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Django Wexler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Click or mouseover links for humorous footnotes.) From the very beginning of the genre, one of the biggest problems fantasy authors have had to solve has been languages. It&#8217;s an odd sort of problem, actually, because for the most part readers don&#8217;t actually seem to pay much attention to it. Some writers seem to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pretend to be a Dungeon Master and Level Up Your Storytelling</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 07:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Christensen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think it’s a safe bet that many Fantasy-Faction readers have at some point played Dungeons &#38; Dragons. I’m also willing to bet that many readers, myself included, have packed away our dice and minifigs and left them to collect dust in a forgotten drawer or in our parents’ attic. But there are a proud [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Chaotic Champion &#8211; Part Three: The Recruited Hero</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 07:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nyki Blatchley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This the third article in our Chaotic Champion series. You can read the other articles here: Part One: Introducing the Champion Part Two: The Wandering Hero I started this series of articles with a summary of Seven Samurai/The Magnificent Seven. This plot is not only a perfect illustration of the Chaotic Champion in general: it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Battle of Science and Magic &#8211; Part Two: Nostalgia and the New</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Victoria Hooper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the previous article we looked at the idea that science destroys magic through encouraging disbelief, and how this has influenced fantasy stories involving magic, folklore and fairies. The first article also explored the idea that modern technology is somehow harmful to magic and magical creatures, and examined how interpretations of this in fantasy can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Creatures in the Shadows &#8211; Part Three: East Indies</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Mar 2013 07:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Calbraith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the third article in our Creatures in the Shadows series. You can read the other articles here: Part One &#8211; West Africa Part Two &#8211; South and East Africa The expansive archipelago between South East Asia and Australia has been variously called over the centuries; Nusantara, Malay Archipelago, East Indies, Maritime South East [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Liesel Schwarz Interview</title>
		<link>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/liesel-schwarz-interview#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Mar 2013 07:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leo Elijah Cristea</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Liesel Schwarz is the author of the recently published Edwardian steampunk novel A Conspiracy of Alchemists, first book in the Chronicles of Light and Shadow series. She was gracious enough to take time to talk with us here at Fantasy-Faction. So without further ado, on to the interview! To get started, who is Liesel Schwarz [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fantastical Creatures of Greek Mythology: The Lamia</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 07:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Faith M. Boughan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this series, I plan to explore some lesser-known creatures and monsters of classical mythology, many of which are reminiscent of modern-day monsters and beasts in fantasy literature. While many of these creatures of ancient Greek and Roman myth tend to get passed over for the more immediately recognizable villains—ie. the dragon, the vampire, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exclusive Message for Fantasy-Faction users from Scott Lynch</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Overlord</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, we’ve heard the news that Scott Lynch’s latest novel is out this year (whoo!), but now we’ve managed to track Scott down, drag him to a keyboard and force him to type something for us. We’ve edited out the cries for help and left you with the awesome-ness that is the kind words of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Republic of Thieves Release Date Announced</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:02:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Overlord</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Lies of Locke Lamora has been hailed by many readers as one of the best fantasy novels of the decade. Its sequel Red Seas Under Red Skies gave an excellent depiction of Scott’s ability and desire to do more than simply write the same book over and over again (as so many other fantasy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Truth About Tropes</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 07:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adrian Faulkner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every genre has its own tropes, those signature metaphors seen time and time again across multiple unconnected books by multiple authors. Fantasy, however, has more than its fair share. So much so, there have been books written about them (such as The Tough Guide To Fantasyland by Diana Wynne Jones). They mean that dwarves are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 07:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicholas Schmiedicker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Natural History of Dragons is exactly what it sounds like. A memoir written by a Victorian naturalist who has an obsession with dragons and embarks on an adventure to be on of the first to study them. What follows is a half travelogue, half whodunnit book that was fun every step of the way. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Battle of Science and Magic &#8211; Part One: Particles and Pixie Dust</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 07:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Victoria Hooper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For a long time we have separated magic and science, drawing a line between fantasy and science fiction, associating magic with the past – usually a pre-industrial society – and seeing certain man-made inventions as the bane of magic, portraying science as the destroyer of dreams. This position is understandable. If magic represents the unknown, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WOLFHOUND CENTURY &#8211; Intro &amp; Free Extract</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 08:01:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Overlord</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Today we have an extract of a book that many fantasy fans have been keeping a close-eye on, Wolfhound Century. Those who have already received the book (mostly my fellow bloggers) have been quick to provide it with 4/5 star reviews and demand Mr Higgins get on with writing the sequel: “Very dark, very [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Across the Nightingale Floor by Lian Hearn</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Mar 2013 07:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steff Humm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eastern settings have an exotic magic all of their own even without traditional fantasy elements. From the title and beautiful Japanese-style cover art alone (variants of which can be found on most editions I’ve come across), Across the Nightingale Floor promises a different kind of adventure; dangerous, beautiful and potentially surprising depending on your knowledge [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Hounds of the Morrigan by Pat O&#8217;Shea</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Mar 2013 07:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hierath</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A hambone is sweet, but a pot of jam is the supreme comforter… Mythology Thirteen years in the writing, The Hounds of the Morrigan was finally published in 1985, one of only three books completed by Galway-born author Patricia O’Shea. She spent the first sixteen years of her life in Ireland, and the people and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ack-Ack Macaque by Gareth L. Powell</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 07:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alister Davison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let’s start with the blurb. In 1944, Britain’s best hopes for victory lie with a Spitfire pilot codenamed ‘Ack-Ack Macaque’. The trouble is, Ack-Ack is a cynical, one-eyed, cigar-chomping monkey, and he’s starting to doubt everything, including his own existence. There’s also a story set a century later, in which the heir to the British [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson: Cover Reveal</title>
		<link>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/the-rithmatist-by-brandon-sanderson-cover-reveal#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 12:09:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Overlord</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Rithmatist is one of Brandon Sanderson’s debut novels for the young-adult audience. Sanderson’s no stranger to experimentation with genres. In the past couple of years he has done traditional, epic, urban, children’s, and spinoffs of game franchises. The amazing thing is: every single one of them has been fantastic. In fact, Sanderson is yet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Art of Conflict</title>
		<link>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/the-art-of-conflict#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/the-art-of-conflict#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 07:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sandra Norval</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was raining. Not just ordinary rain but the horizontal type where the wind just drives it into your face and your eyes sting with the salty grittiness of it. I’d given up trying to pull my cloak tighter hours ago; I was already soaked through anyway. Besides the rain was warmer than the sodden [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tuf Voyaging by George R. R. Martin</title>
		<link>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/tuf-voyaging-by-george-r-r-martin#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 07:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Howse</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[George R. R. Martin is best known for his high fantasy epic, A Song of Ice and Fire. Yet he is an endlessly inventive writer, and long before ASOIAF, he had written in several genres. One of his earlier works, Tuf Voyaging, is a science fiction series of novellas that has recently been re-released by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Last Dragonslayer by Jasper Fforde</title>
		<link>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/the-last-dragonslayer-by-jasper-fforde#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 07:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz Fellshot Ambrose</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve had people tell me that I shouldn&#8217;t judge a book by its cover. While I understand (and agree with) the metaphor as it applies to people, I think that I am perfectly justified by judging an actual book by its cover and blurb. Marketing people have certain audiences that they want to buy their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brandon Sanderson Video Interview</title>
		<link>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/brandon-sanderson-interview#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/brandon-sanderson-interview#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Mar 2013 07:37:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Overlord</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you talk about mainstream fantasy, one of the first names you have to mention is Brandon Sanderson. Making his debut with the interesting Elantris in 2005, before going on to his first trilogy in 2006, Mistborn, Brandon’s name was quickly put forward to finish the Wheel of Time series following the loss of Robert [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Magic In Fantasy &#8211; Part Two: Real Magic</title>
		<link>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/real-magic#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/real-magic#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Mar 2013 07:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leo Elijah Cristea</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the second in our Magic In Fantasy series. If you missed part one you can read it here. First off, shall we—cynic, dreamer and scholar alike—agree, for at least the next thousand words or so, that: magic exists. We’re not talking about shooting mighty lightning bolts to and fro from the heavens in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Robin Hobb Spotlight</title>
		<link>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/robin-hobb-spotlight#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/robin-hobb-spotlight#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Mar 2013 09:05:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacob Topp-Mugglestone</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With her latest release – The Inheritance, a volume of short stories – Robin Hobb has definitely earned her place among secondary world fantasy’s most prolific authors. Although a pseudonym, Hobb has become one of the most distinctive voices in character-driven fantasy. So if you haven’t heard of her, this should serve as a brief [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dreams and Shadows by C. Robert Cargill</title>
		<link>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/dreams-and-shadows-by-c-robert-cargill#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/dreams-and-shadows-by-c-robert-cargill#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 07:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Idlewilder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Think you know fairy tales? Think again. Dreams and Shadows by C. Robert Cargill is initially the story of Jared and Tiffany Thatcher and their life together, from high school sweethearts to newlyweds to loving parents. They have a baby son, Ewan, and are for all intents and purposes, the perfect family. That is until [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Chaotic Champion &#8211; Part Two: The Wandering Hero</title>
		<link>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/the-chaotic-champion-part-two-the-wandering-hero#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/the-chaotic-champion-part-two-the-wandering-hero#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 07:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nyki Blatchley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This the second in our Chaotic Champion series. You can read the first article here. A gunslinger rides alone across the prairies, coming from nowhere special and going wherever the wind takes him. Stopping at a town, he gets into a gunfight at the saloon and finds himself in the middle of a feud between [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sci-Fi Book Club &#8211; March 2013: Old Man’s War by John Scalzi</title>
		<link>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/sci-fi-book-club-march-2013-old-mans-war-by-john-scalzi#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 07:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Sci-Fi Book will be reading John Scalzi’s Old Man’s War in March. It was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 2006. “John Perry did two things on his 75th birthday. First he visited his wife&#8217;s grave. Then he joined the army. The good news is that humanity finally made it into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Serial Obsessions</title>
		<link>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/serial-obsessions#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2013 07:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zachary A. Matzo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Less is more.” The old adage runs true in many situations, but when it comes to fantasy fiction I find myself firmly in the “more is more camp.” There is nothing worse than reading a smart, engaging fantasy novel and realizing that once I’ve finished it, the story ends. I’m not against the stand-alone tome. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fantasy Book Club &#8211; March 2013: Retribution Falls by Chris Wooding</title>
		<link>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/fantasy-book-club-march-2013-retribution-falls-by-chris-wooding#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2013 16:34:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our theme for nominations and voting for March was set to Pirates, and Retribution Falls (Tales of the Ketty Jay #1) had a decisive win. I have already read this book and can tell you, it really is great choice for book club. I&#8217;m looking forward to the discussions for this one and hope to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Creatures in the Shadows &#8211; Part Two: South and East Africa</title>
		<link>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/the-creatures-in-the-shadows-part-two-south-and-east-africa#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/the-creatures-in-the-shadows-part-two-south-and-east-africa#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 07:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Calbraith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the second article in our Creatures in the Shadows series. You can read the first one on West African creatures here. South and South-East Africa is a land of mighty warriors. The Zulu, the Maasai, the Kikuyu, the Ngoni&#8230;the names that put fear in the heart of anyone who hears them. The sagas of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Last City by Nina D’Aleo</title>
		<link>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/the-last-city-by-nina-daleo#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 07:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Hanks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Last City by debut author Nina D’Aleo is marketed as Blade Runner meets Perdido Street Station. Two undoubted classics. Told by two critically acclaimed storytellers. It’s quite the set-up for a debut novel conjured into being in the relatively unobtrusive city of Brisbane, Australia, and quietly slipped to the masses via Momentum, the digital [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Libraries, Readers, and The Future of Publishing</title>
		<link>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/libraries-readers-and-the-future-of-publishing#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 07:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Christensen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, Terry Deary, author of the children’s books Horrible Histories, created a bit of a stir when he claimed that libraries are no longer relevant and that they hurt authors and the publishing industry. Speaking at his local council meeting, Deary said: We&#8217;ve got this idea that we&#8217;ve got an entitlement to read books for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Top Six Nerdy, Fantasy-Related Things That You Can Try When You’re Not In The Mood To Read</title>
		<link>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/the-top-six-nerdy-fantasy-related-things-that-you-can-try-when-youre-not-in-the-mood-to-read#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 07:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Riegel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m a high school English teacher by day—fantasy freak by night. If I were to include a list of all of the fantasy authors that I love, or a list of my favorite fantasy novels—well—it would be quite expansive. With being an English teacher, and having a full load of grading and lesson planning to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Evolution Of The Split Worlds Novels + A New Split Worlds Short Story</title>
		<link>http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/the-evolution-of-the-spilt-worlds-novels-a-new-spilt-worlds-short-story#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 07:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emma Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Almost three years ago to the day I woke up one morning with a story in my head. It was one of those rare occasions when the flash (1000 words or less) I needed to post that Friday was waiting there in my brain, fully formed. I posted it on my blog for the Friday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>YA Science Fiction &amp; Fantasy &#8211; Part One: The Introduction</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:04:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leo Elijah Cristea</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the first in a series of articles talking about YA science fiction and fantasy. In the coming months we’re going to look at YA as a sub-genre of SFF—and decide if it really is a subgenre at all—and go back to its roots to track its evolution. Finally, we’ll take a look at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Woman Who Thought She Was A Planet And Other Stories by Vandana Singh</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 07:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robbie Cameron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Less traditional fantasy and more subtle speculative fiction, Vandana Singh&#8217;s collection of short stories The Woman Who Thought She Was A Planet ranges far and wide over the fertile ground of India&#8217;s rigid traditionalism, puncturing targets like religion and domesticity with a series of intriguing departures from reality. Set for the most part in modern [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Red Knight by Miles Cameron</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 07:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicholas Schmiedicker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had the fortunate pleasure to receive an early copy of Miles Cameron’s debut novel, The Red Knight. Never have I been more pleasantly surprised and impressed with a writer’s skills, which far exceeded my humble expectations. While Miles Cameron has written before, this is his first attempt at a fantasy novel, and it certainly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Talyn: A Novel of Korre by Holly Lisle</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 07:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Faith M. Boughan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Talyn is a novel about aftermath. It’s a story of two nations who have been at war for three hundred years, forced into an unwanted peace by a third party. It’s about prisoners of war left behind when the fighting ends. It’s about struggling to the surface and learning how to breathe again when someone [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Writing Rules and Fantasy: Mary Sues</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2013 07:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Victoria Hooper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the last in a series of articles about common writing rules and how they apply to fantasy writing. Earlier articles in the series: - Show, Don’t Tell &#8211; Adverbs &#8211; Kill Your Darlings &#8211; Conflict The dreaded Mary Sue! Is there anything that will draw such derision and mockery towards your story as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2013 07:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steff Humm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While fantasy is clearly a genre of startling variation, it rarely gets as exotic as Throne of the Crescent Moon. Moving away from the familiar medieval lands of most of our favourite fantasy epics, Saladin Ahmed presents a warm, colourful and spice-scented Arabian Nights-esque city as a gloriously rich backdrop for his tale of evil [...]]]></description>
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		<title>London Falling by Paul Cornell</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 07:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hierath</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[London Falling, the first venture into dark fantasy for acclaimed Doctor Who and Demon Knights writer Paul Cornell, certainly lives up to the dark promise on display in “The Family of Blood.” When the head of a notorious criminal gang inexplicably dies in custody, DI James Quill is assigned two undercover cops and a genius [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The SFF Weekly Round-Up 07/02/2013</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 07:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Wiseall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome back to the Fantasy-Faction weekly round-up of all the best SFF news, fun and nonsense from around the web. There has been quite a lot of big news this week including the announcement of two standalone Star Wars movies (more on that later) and the black out at the Superbowl which had something to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To Green Angel Tower by Tad Williams</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2013 07:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alister Davison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To Green Angel Tower is literally a book of two halves. Following a hardback heavier than a house brick, the publishers made the decision to release the paperback version as two books, Siege and Storm, so as not to compromise on quality – a 1600 page novel would need pages as thin as tissue paper [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Consider Worldbuilding</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 07:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adrian Faulkner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the great joys of fantasy are the worlds those stories inhabit. In many of our beloved classics, the worlds are as important as the characters themselves. But the task of creating them for our own stories is a daunting prospect that involves much more than just drawing a map. It involves close study [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Table Theory of Characterization</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 07:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Howse</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So you’ve written a fantasy novel. It’s full of political intrigue and clashing armies, nefarious wizards and heroic last stands. Now strip all of that away. That rollercoaster of a plot with its byzantine twists? Gone. The subtle cruelty of your antagonist? Gone. Your protagonists don’t need to rescue the princess or save the kingdom [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Malice by John Gwynne</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2013 07:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Shackle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;A black sun is rising… Young Corban watches enviously as boys become warriors under King Brenin’s rule, learning the art of war. He yearns to wield his sword and spear to protect his king’s realm. But that day will come all too soon. Only when he loses those he loves will he learn the true [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2013 07:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zachary A. Matzo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At 24fps, and in two easy-on-the-eyes dimensions, Peter Jackson’s first installment of The Hobbit is simply a movie, as opposed to an experience. It is a good movie, at that. But is it great? No. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey delivers on its promise to bring Tolkien’s whimsical prelude to the Lord of the Rings [...]]]></description>
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