‘Lords of the Fallen’ gets an even better trailer!
Overlord
We talk a lot about the ‘Grim’ and ‘Gritty’ trends in fantasy novels right now, but those who play video games have undoubtedly noticed that this trend has carried over…
August 2014
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Richard Bray
The back cover and inside jacket of American Gods would have you believe this is a novel about gods, carefully hidden amongst American mortals, gathering their forces for a bloody…
A Snake In The Grass by K. A. Stewart
Nicole Singer
I discovered K.A. Stewart’s Jesse James Dawson series several years ago when the first installment, A Devil In The Details, hit the shelves. Featuring demon-slaying samurai family man Jesse, the…
Fantasy Book Club – September 2014: The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North
Lisa Taylor
For September, our members voted to read The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North. Quite curious about this one, it sounds like a fun change of pace.…
‘George R.R. Martin & Robin Hobb In Discussion’ Full Event Video
A week or so ago I posted a report of the ‘George R.R. Martin and Robin Hobb In Discussion’ event held in London on August 19th 2014 and organised by…
What the Stale Air Tastes Like: An Apocalyptic Overview
Nathan T. Dean
The stars are going out. The nuclear fallout bunkers were built in a rush. Your cat seems to be mutating into some sort of slug monster. We have reached end…
Richard Ford Interview
Richard Ford is the author of a number of fantasy and science-fiction stories. His latest series, Steelhaven, is a gritty fantasy novel in the same vein as Joe Abercrombie and…
Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn
Leo Elijah Cristea
Online games can be a little daunting to approach—at least they were for me. I’ve not tried many—count ‘em, two—but it seems I struck lucky with the second. I never…
Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie
James Davies
Around a week or two ago I had the imponderable pleasure of meeting Joe Abercrombie at Fantasy-Faction’s Grim Gathering. I was reading Best Served Cold at the time, my Abraham…
George R.R. Martin Ice Bucket Challenge
If you are active on Social Media, watch television, read newspapers or have left your house – even once – in the past few weeks, you’ve undoubtedly heard of the…
The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains: A Tale of Travel and Darkness with Pictures of All Kinds by Neil Gaiman
Aleksandra Kesek
This is a review of the book and the performance which took place on 6th July 2014 in the Usher Hall in Edinburgh. When I was a little girl I…
Dust of Dreams by Steven Erikson
Karl Wolfenden
Dust of Dreams, book nine of Steven Erikson’s grand work of epic fantasy, the Malazan Book of the Fallen, is really a torturer’s handbook in disguise. This is true for…