The Many Faces Of Fantasy
David Carani
Consider the number of subgenres in fantasy. Depending on who you talk to, there are anywhere from five to ten to fifteen (more depending on how specific you would like…
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Keeping Fantasy Fresh – The Sands of Time
Ben Godby
You can read Part One of this series here. As long as the genres have been divided, fantasy has always stood in opposition to science fiction. A sweeping glance across…
The Stigma of Reading Fantasy
Paul Wiseall
We live in a modern world where fantasy is king. Some of the hottest films in the world right now are based on fantasy, with this summer alone being populated…
The Rebirth of A Game of Thrones
Jamie Provencher
A Game of Thrones (further know as GoT) came out in 1996. It was the first book in the series A Song of Ice and Fire and was followed by…
Keeping Fantasy Fresh
When I pick up a fantasy book at the bookstore or the library, I’m expecting two things: first, a recognizable set of concepts, tropes and ideas that together make a…
Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance
KevinBreaux
About ten years ago, I was introduced to the world of Baldur’s Gate. For this gamer, my first steps into this unforgettable realm were guided by my trusty Playstation 2…
Fantasy Book Club – March 2011: The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie
Overlord
Well, we’ve all finished or at least nearly finished The Name of the Wind and what a book it was! The sequel is of course out this month and where…
Fantasy Book Club – February 2011: The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
After the success of the first month’s Fantasy Book Club, our members are uniting once again to take on another title. This time we are tackling The Name of the…
Big Fantasy Book Releases for 2011
The year of 2011 is going to be a huge one for the fantasy genre! Of course, we have releases from favourites such as Erikson, Lynch (maybe), Abercrombie, Hobbs, Goodkind,…
Top 10 Anticipated Fantasy Books For 2011
What a year 2010 was for fantasy! We had some really, really fantastic books released. Perhaps the biggest story of the year was the full emergence of Brandon Sanderson as…
Top 5 Fantasy Books of 2010
Hello Fantasy Fans! Been a while since my last post, there was a pretty big event, you probably heard of it: Christmas. There is also another one approaching fairly rapidly:…
Fantasy-Faction’s Fantasy Book Club
If you are a member of the Fantasy-Faction Forums you may have heard us talking about our Fantasy Book Club. On a monthly basis (starting January 2011) we are going…