At the World’s Edge with Terry Pratchett
Overlord
Our friends at the IAI (The Institute of Art and Ideas) have allowed us another recorded panel, this time looking to explore ‘reality’s edge’ and featuring Terry Pratchett, Terry Eagleton…
December 2013
Fantastical Creatures of Greco-Roman Mythology: The Leukrokottas
Faith M. Boughan
Welcome to another instalment of Fantastical Creatures of Greco-Roman mythology! If you’ve been following this series for a while, jump down to the subtitle below. If you’re new, here’s the…
Mapmaking for Fantasy Authors
Tegan Beechey
A good map is, I’d venture to say, just as vital to you as it is to your characters; you need a map to know the size of the world…
World After by Susan Ee
Joie
Warning: Spoilers ahead for those who have not read the first book, Angelfall. (If not, what are you waiting for, the apocalypse?! Just kidding…well, not really.) Had enough of the…
Scott Lynch’s Fourth Gentleman Bastard book coming in 2014!
In what can only be described as super-fricken-awesome news, Scott Lynch has told Fantastical Imaginations that The Thorn of Emberlain is on schedule for a 2014 Q3 release. Here’s what…
The Deaths of Tao by Wesley Chu
Victoria Hooper
The Prophus and the Genjix are at war. For centuries they have sought a way off-planet, guiding humanity’s social and technological development to the stage where space travel is possible.…
Venom Movie, GoT Star to Terminator 5, Jupiter Ascending Trailer & More…
Well, I don’t think any of these SFF related news pieces are big or exclusive enough to warrant their own individual posts, but it seems this weekend has been chosen…
Foundations of Fantasy: Beowulf
Ryan Howse
More than any other genre, fantasy tends to examine ancient epics. Whether it’s the study of archetypes and ectypes, or a historical understanding of narrative itself, or simply a desire…
Kim Stanley Robinson on The Fall & Rise of Utopias…
Once a driving force of political change, utopian visions – a community or society possessing highly desirable or perfect qualities – are now out of fashion… In SFF these days…
Work Done For Hire by Joe Haldeman
For those who are unfamiliar with Joe Haldeman, let me start by telling you that the man is one of the most critically acclaimed authors in the genre of Science-Fiction.…
Patrick Rothfuss wants time travellers to get in touch
Fans rating a book wayyyyyyyyy before its release happens on Goodreads a lot, but authors rarely comment on it; especially when they are scoring primarily 5 stars such as Patrick…
Abercrombie finishes his YA; release date announced.
You may remember that a few months ago we reported on Joe Abercrombie’s latest project in his ‘I shall write a book in every genre known to man’ mission, a…