Anticipating A Dance with Dragons
Overlord
We are under a week away from our “Dance with Dragons” and evidently the world is excited. Just six months ago I made a post saying that A Dance with…
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Winter has come…And gone.
“Winter is Coming” – it is all we heard for months and months before April’s premiere episode of Game of Thrones. HBO really went for it – they literally shoved…
Meeting Brandon Sanderson
As I write this, I’m sitting in Paddington Station, London. Pretty much every train has been cancelled and I’m going to be at least two or three hours late home.…
Fantasy Books We NEED Now
Overlord’s Top 4 Fantasy Books We Need Right Now 2012/2013 seems a long way off, but I’m looking to it already…dreaming…wishing it would hurry the heck up!!! Some of the…
An Introduction to Manga
Paul Wiseall
When you think of comics it seems normal in the Western world for minds to jump to the likes of Spider-man and Batman. In fact, these days characters like the…
Magic In Fantasy: An Introduction
Leo Elijah Cristea
Magic has been around since the dawn of fantasy: in fact, much of what makes fantasy “fantasy” is the magic that permeates the genre. Even throughout worlds and stories veering…
Neil Gaiman Spotlight
I’ll try to keep this spoiler free but WOW! Did you watch Doctor Who night? Whattan episode! You know in the series trailer where the voice says, “Fear me, I’ve…
Wanted: Assistant Editor for Fantasy-Faction
Fantasy-Faction.com has been open just six months…hard to believe isn’t it? Much to our delight, Fantasy-Faction was able to attract 33 staff members within the first three months; an incredible…
Sci-Fri
Max Edwards
Sci-Fri is a new series of Friday articles on science fiction, primarily by myself, Max Edwards, with other contributors occasionally. What has science fiction got to do with fantasy? Well…
The Rise of Urban Fantasy
Jo Warne
In 2003, I walked into an obscure little shop, away from the main drag in Parramatta (just west of Sydney). I was attracted to the Buffy display in the window.…
Introducing Sean Walsh: A Moment of Magic
Sandra Norval
Once in a while magic happens in the real world. If you blink you will miss it, but sometimes you are lucky enough to actually see it happen. Now I’m…
Game of Thrones – The King’s Road
Jamie Provencher
After the stellar first episode of Game of Thrones, Sunday has officially become the new geek night. As we gathered again for episode 2, I found myself both nervous and…