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Overlord
So, you may have noticed that you clicked a different button to get onto the post today: “MJA” instead of “ARD”. Well, that’s because our beloved Amy Rose Davis has…
Overlord
Sharps by K. J. Parker
I’d heard a lot about K. J. Parker (mostly from my friends/fellow bloggers Justin and Jared), before I picked up my first dose of the author’s work in the form…
Fantasy-Faction Podcast – Episode 1
Well, it is with great pleasure that I can bring to you, our loyal readers and now listeners, the first ever Fantasy-Faction Podcast! Yes, we’ve been talking about it for…
Stormdancer by Jay Kristoff – Review
Being a Martial Artist, when I saw the cover of Stormdancer by Jay Kristoff my jaw dropped. Then, flipping the book over, I saw the following testimonial from Patrick Rothfuss…
The City’s Son by Tom Pollock – Extract
Earlier this year I heard, with moderate surprise, that someone I knew was writing a book. That someone was Tom Pollock and the reason for my surprise was that I’d…
Fantasy-Faction Night @ Blackwell’s – Event Info
When we announced, last week, that Fantasy-Faction is holding a Fantasy Night with our good friends at Blackwell’s Book Shop in London – people were pretty excited. And rightly so,…
Marc Aplin and Paul Wiseall Interviews
WARNING: This is a post reflecting on Fantasy-Faction and how the three editors have been brought together to run this site. The interviews will follow my rambling – please feel…
Meet Joe Abercrombie, Myke Cole and Peter V. Brett in London!
Fantasy-Faction has grown considerably over the last 18 months. We’ve gone from being a blog, that pretty much only the owner’s best friends and close family read, to an incredibly…
Sarah Silverwood / Sarah Pinborough Interview
It was 2011 when I first heard of Sarah Silverwood (criminally late I must add!). A friend of mine was telling me how he’d found a book that was ‘better…
(A) Red Country Is Coming
“They burned her home. They stole her brother and sister. But vengeance is following. Shy South hoped to bury her bloody past and ride away smiling, but she’ll have to…
The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter
Terry Pratchett – “ the bloke who knows about quantum. I’m the bloke who knows about faeries.” Terry Pratchett is perhaps the world’s finest satirical writer. I believe that everything…
Mistborn: Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson
I was nervous going into Mistborn: Alloy of Law. I’ve read pretty much everything that Brandon Sanderson has ever written for adults and never given anything less than 4/5 stars.…