Game of Thrones Movie?
Overlord
Last week we brought to your attention the fact that there was a battle of words and intentions going on between George R.R. Martin and HBO. To give you the…
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Fantasy: The Blueprint of the World
Lucy Hounsom
Fantasy sinks its figurative talons into us all. Its origins are ancient, with roots in the epic Icelandic Eddur and Old English poems like Beowulf. It owes a debt to…
Elements of Structure
Aaron Miles
The Hero’s Journey or ‘Monomyth’ is one of the most pervasive and well known formulas in fiction, yet many writers have never even heard of it. The Hero’s Journey is…
Monthly Short Story Winner: Sports
Jennie Ivins
We’ve been getting such good feedback for the short stories our members have submitted in our Monthly Short Story Competition that we have decided to post them on the main…
Balancing Wit & Grit In Fantasy Fiction
Sebastien De Castell
The Mender of Soles Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar is a tragic play fraught with intrigue, betrayal, and murder that makes us question the very foundations of human nature. It starts with…
The Truth About -Punk
Leo Elijah Cristea
There is something that really gets me thinking (well, there are many things, really, but this is a big one) about the genre and its tendency to label things, to…
Myke Cole updates Fantasy-Faction on his latest plans…
We’ve made no secret of our admiration of the work of Myke Cole over the years… We’ve given all three of his books, Control Point, Fortress Frontier and Breach Zone…
Game of Thrones: TV To Overtake Books?
Since Game of Thrones for television was first announced, questions about whether the books would be able to keep up with the rate at which HBO produced episodes were asked.…
Kill or Cure: Medicine and Healing in SFF
Steff Humm
Humans are fragile creatures. Flesh breaks easily and even the most healthy, brawny and athletic of us fall prey to sickness from time to time. Depending on the severity of…
Introduction to Visual Novels
Dori
Interactive fiction games have been around for some while now: the original grandparents being the old-fashioned, non-linear game books and their more recent, upbeat offspring called text adventures. Whilst the…
Elspeth Cooper adds her thoughts on Industry’s Sexism Problem
Fantasy-Faction is lucky enough to have a good number of talented published authors – especially female authors – posting in our forums. Perhaps I am being presumptuous, but I’d like…
Jonathan Ross Withdraws from Hugos
Twitter has been alight with the news that one of the UK’s biggest and best known talk show hosts, Jonathan Ross, has withdrawn from his role as Master of Ceremonies…