The Slow Regard of Silent Things – Cover & Synopsis
Overlord
Patrick Rothfuss fans are split into two camps. One camp is the ‘I want Patrick Rothfuss to write as much material as possible about The Four Corners of Civilization and…
Overlord
David Gemmell Legend Awards Shortlist & Lunchtime Thoughts
It’s my lunch break and I’m sat here looking over the David Gemmell Legend Award shortlist. It’s truly great to see that in just a few years of the Gemmell’s…
Brandon Sanderson’s ‘Firefight’ Cover, Blurb & Release Date Revealed!
Fantasy-Faction really enjoyed Brandon Sanderson’s super-villain epic, Steelheart. In addition to Sanderson’s fantastic worldbuilding and cinematic writing, the story of average citizens rising up and administering justice as they see…
Hugo Award Nominees Announced.
For those that missed it, yesterday the finalists for the 2014 Hugo Awards and finalists for the 1939 Retrospective Hugo Awards were announced live from EasterCon in Glasgow. As expected,…
Hugo Award Finalists To Be Announced Saturday 19 April
Loncon 3, the 72nd World Science Fiction Convention (“Worldcon”), has announced that the finalists for this year’s Hugo Awards and John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, and for…
Neil Gaiman lecture: Reading and obligation
For those that missed it late last year, here is a lecture which Neil Gaiman gave focusing on the future of reading and libraries focusing particularly on children and young…
Reading Agency survey finds 63% of men rarely read
In a saddening, disappointing report, The Reading Agency has found that as many as 63% of men have given up reading books almost altogether in favour of television and movies.…
Dunk and Egg Collection Announced
Today, you’d be hard-pressed to find someone who hadn’t seen, read or at very least heard of A Game of Thrones… However, the stories of ‘Dunk & Egg’ – The…
The Shadow’s Curse Cover Reveal
I’m hoping that many of you have had the opportunity to read and enjoy one of 2013’s very dest debuts, The OathBreaker’s Shadow by Canadian fantasy author Amy McCulloch. If…
James Cameron will produce 3 more Avatar movies
‘Avatar’ director James Cameron held a Reddit AMA this weekend and although it was essentially to discuss and promote his Years of Living Dangerously, there was a lot about Avatar…
Winter is coming… for at least 2 more years
In news that will surprise absolutely no one, Game of Thrones has been renewed for a fifth and six season. During the announcement, Michael Lombardo, president of HBO Programming, said:…
Sanderson’s Mistborn gets Hunger Game’d for YA Audience!
A few months back we brought you the news that Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn trilogy had some pretty awesome new covers made up for its Brazilian release this year. Well, with…