The World of SFF Podcasts
Victoria Hooper
There are so many fantastic resources today for discussing the genres we love, finding out about upcoming books, reading interviews with new and established authors, and getting advice on writing…
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Red Seas Under Red Skies – Read Along – Part 1
Overlord
Welcome to the first week of our Red Seas Under Red Skies Read-Along. What a week it was too! I honestly can’t think of many books which start as excitingly…
Urban Fantasy versus Paranormal Romance
Marsha A. Moore
These two extremely popular sub genres are so often confused and debated, I thought a closer examination would be useful and interesting. Similarities Both are types of speculative fiction, involving…
Foundations of Fantasy: The Odyssey
Ryan Howse
More than any other genre, fantasy tends to examine ancient epics. Whether it’s the study of archetypes and ectypes, a historical understanding of narrative itself, or simply a desire to…
Writers Love Readers
Rowena Cory Daniells
Where would we be without them? After all, writers are just readers who ran out of books to read. But seriously, do authors write because we always loved reading, or…
The Republic of Thieves by Scott Lynch – EXCLUSIVE BOOK TRAILER
You know, The Republic of Thieves was on Fantasy-Faction’s Most Anticipated Book of the Year list for 2011, 2012, and 2013. If we had a Most Anticipated Book of the…
Locke and Me
Alister Davison
For many years – particularly my late teens – fantasy was my genre of choice. I devoured anything I could get from my local library (back then, they seemed to…
Save the Star Wars EU: An Open Letter to Mickey Mouse
Zachary A. Matzo
Dear Mr. Mouse, First off, on behalf of my five-year-old son and myself…THANK YOU! We are firmly in the “the more Star Wars the better” camp. Whether it is the…
Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson – Exclusive Book Trailer
Jennie Ivins
The idea of ordinary people acquiring superpowers brings to mind the classic comic book struggles between epic heroes and supervillains: Humanity’s last hope using their superhuman abilities to save the…
A Flintlock Fantasy Revolution?
Eric Christensen
Whether you call it “flintlock fantasy”, “gunpowder fantasy,” or “magic and muskets,” fantasy seems to be once again growing beyond the classic “sword and sorcery” image. Now I may be…
The Chaotic Champion – Part Eight: Which Kind of Hero Are You?
Nyki Blatchley
So far in this series, I’ve been concentrating on describing, in the most straightforward way, the various categories of Chaotic Champion and how each works. As I said in the…
The Doors Are Open – SFF Goes Mainstream
Leo Elijah Cristea
Sometimes it’s difficult to imagine that, sitting here in this cafe, I am likely the only person in the building who knows who Peter V. Brett is. Because surely that’s…