Wheel of Time Fan Film: “Flight From Shadow”
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For those who haven’t seen it, a very good fan-made movie set in The Wheel Of Time universe has been making it’s way around the web, Flight From Shadow. The…
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Words of Radiance is a BIG Book!
We got an e-mail yesterday saying that the proof versions of Brandon Sanderson’s second book in the Stormlight Archive, Words of Radiance, series have hit and we should soon be…
American Gods to TV… No… Really!
I know, I know… you’ve heard it before, right? But, Neil Gaiman himself has said that American Gods is now REALLY in development for television. The company who now own…
Overlord on SFSignal’s MIND MELD: What’s “Wrong” with Epic Fantasy?
A couple of days ago, SFSignal e-mailed me to ask whether I’d be willing to lend my voice and thoughts to the opinion that ‘something is wrong with epic fantasy‘.…
Video Montage: Best Visual Effects Oscar Winners
Very cool montage of clips from the winning films in the ‘Best Visual Effects’ category of The Oscars. All credit to Nelson Carvajal who put the video together. This year’s…
New ‘Cover Art’ Direction for Paul Cornell’s Shadow Police series…
If you live in the UK and are involved in the SFF Community, you’ve no-doubt come across Paul Cornell at a convention or two. If you’re a reader of Comic…
JK: ‘Harry Potter should have ended up with Hermione’
It has been a good few years since the final Harry Potter book was released, but J.K. Rowling has rekindled interest in the series by revealing that she feels she…
David Baldacci to write a fantasy novel
Whereas Fantasy’s most famous author, J.K. Rowling, has turned to Crime-Fiction, one of Crime’s most well-known authors is turning to fantasy. Late last year, Scholastic issued a press release expressing…
Game of Thrones Season 4 – ‘Making of’ Short.
A pretty cool behind the scenes video of Game of Thrones has been posted up on HBO’s Youtube account. The video talks about the huge script created for this season…
Brandon Sanderson’s US Book Tour Stops & Dates
Most of us are excited about the release of Brandon Sanderon’s Words of Radiance, which is due out on March 4th 2014. For those who’d like to get a copy…
BSFA Awards: Shortlist Announced
The British Science Fiction Association (BSFA) – not to be confused with the British Fantasy Society (BFS) – have today announced their shortlist for the BSFA Awards for works first…
Highbrow Magazine: How Long Will Our Fascination With the Fantasy Genre Last?
I was pretty pleased to see Fantasy-Faction mentioned in ‘Highbrow Magazine’ this month. One of their journalists picked up a quote one of our staff writers, Eric, wrote in a…