Cover of Abercrombie’s ‘Half The World’
Overlord
We are still about a month or so away from Joe Abercrombie’s latest novel, Half a King, however the American publishers have decided they’re not going to make us wait…
June 2014
Retribution Falls by Chris Wooding
Travis Anderson
I feel like I have a thing for crews. In my first review here I praised the quirky scoundrels that took centre stage in Patrick Weeke’s The Palace Job and,…
Peter V. Brett’s Latest Bulgarian Cover
We were lucky enough to run the cover reveal of Peter V. Brett’s The Daylight War a few years back and that was a phenomenal cover. To be honest, I…
British Fantasy Society Award Nominees and a THANK YOU!
So, something incredible happened AGAIN yesterday. For the second year in a row Fantasy-Faction has been nominated for the British Fantasy Society Award in the category of Non-Fiction! For those…
Guy Adams Interview
Alister Davison
Last month it was my pleasure to read and review The Good, the Bad and the Infernal by Guy Adams. Guy was a new author to me, but he’s been…
Fantasy Book Club – June 2014: King Rat by China Miéville
Jennie Ivins
For June, our members voted to read King Rat by China Miéville. Something is stirring in London’s dark, stamping out its territory in brickdust and blood. Something has murdered Saul…
OH NO! George R.R. Martin’s Editors hint at 8 ASoI&F Books…
No one can accuse George R.R. Martin for rushing his work. And, honestly, why would he? Over the 17 years it has taken the author to put out the first…
‘Fighting Fantasy’ Festival & ‘You Are The Hero’ Launch: 7th September 2014
Sunday 7 September 2014 will see the first dedicated Fighting Fantasy convention take place at the DoubleTree Hilton Hotel in Ealing, West London. Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone, co-creators of…
Minecraft: Mobs, Mods and Mines – How is this Fantasy?
Nathan T. Dean
Spoiler Alert! (I bet you didn’t even think this game had one.) When you finish Minecraft…What, you can’t finish Minecraft? Are you currently holding aloft your giant rubber pick-axes and…
Is It Time To Rethink Your Bio?
Adrian Faulkner
“Jonny Author has been writing since he was a boy. His deep love of the elven language together with a slightly unnerving interest in all things undead saw his High…
Witches: Wicked, Wild and Wonderful edited by Paula Guran
Aleksandra Kesek
“Don’t get in a witch’s path. Especially if you are the weaker witch. If you do, be prepared to face her.” – “Bloodlines” by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Witches are represented in…
Science Fiction and Fantasy Author Jay Lake Has Passed Away
Author Jay Lake passed away this morning surrounded by family and friends. He was diagnosed with colon cancer in April 2008 and went through multiple treatments to try and beat…