It’s Only Words
Sandra Norval
After being held back by the deliciously curvaceous Wendy I was finally back on the trail up Mount Publication, trudging up the gravelly path, fighting hard against the gale that…
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The Evolution of Sexuality, Homosexuality and Gender in SFF – Part One
Leo Elijah Cristea
One of the most exciting and vast elements of modern SFF is the presentation of alternative sexualities and genders. There is as vast a wealth to mine regarding sex, gender…
San Diego Comic-Con 2012 Report – Part Three
Liz Fellshot Ambrose
When I say say I went to “a lot” of panels this year, I meant that it climbed into the double digits. Usually things like the need to eat something…
Raising Heroes: Fantasy Role Models for Our Kids
Matt Maenpaa
Six months ago, my daughter Freya was born during a snowstorm. It was one of the strangest and most surreally amazing moments in my life, holding her in my arms…
The City’s Son by Tom Pollock – Extract
Overlord
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…
Read, then Heard Again: Why Audiobooks Make the Re-Read Feel New Again
Zachary A. Matzo
More so than most other genres, fantasy aficionados live and die by the “re-read.” Sure, fans of mysteries, thrillers, horror, chick lit, etc. re-read their favorite books. But how often…
San Diego Comic-Con 2012 Report – Part Two
To read the first article in this series on Comic-Con 2012, click here. Strangely enough, this year was a good year for panels that I was interested in. Unfortunately, that…
San Diego Comic-Con 2012 Report – Part 1
Ah Comic-Con. Site of one of the largest nerd migration sites in the world and certainly the largest that I know of in North America. Simultaneously awesome and dreadful to…
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…
Why Fantasy?
Dan Hanks
For a writer of fantasy, I’ve written remarkably little about fantasy. I can slip it on like a second skin, but never really stopped to think just how easy it…
(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…
Dragons: An Introduction
Dragons: Why do they permeate fantasy fiction, and moreover, what are they supposed to be? Despite the varied literature in which they appear, the appearance of a dragon—with a little…