Libraries, Readers, and The Future of Publishing
Eric Christensen
Recently, Terry Deary, author of the children’s books Horrible Histories, created a bit of a stir when he claimed that libraries are no longer relevant and that they hurt authors…
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The Top Six Nerdy, Fantasy-Related Things That You Can Try When You’re Not In The Mood To Read
Rachel Riegel
I’m a high school English teacher by day—fantasy freak by night. If I were to include a list of all of the fantasy authors that I love, or a list…
The Evolution Of The Split Worlds Novels + A New Split Worlds Short Story
Emma Newman
Almost three years ago to the day I woke up one morning with a story in my head. It was one of those rare occasions when the flash (1000 words…
YA Science Fiction & Fantasy – Part One: The Introduction
Leo Elijah Cristea
This is the first in a series of articles talking about YA science fiction and fantasy. In the coming months we’re going to look at YA as a sub-genre of…
The SFF Weekly Round-Up 07/02/2013
Paul Wiseall
Welcome back to the Fantasy-Faction weekly round-up of all the best SFF news, fun and nonsense from around the web. There has been quite a lot of big news this…
The Chaotic Champion – Part One: Introducing the Champion
Nyki Blatchley
The honest, hardworking peasants of a village are being harassed by bandits and decide they’ve had enough. They can’t actually do anything about it themselves, so they hire a group…
The SFF Weekly Round-Up 31/01/2013
Welcome back to the Fantasy-Faction weekly round-up of all the best SFF news, fun and nonsense from around the web. To brighten your day this week we have everything from…
The Creatures in the Shadows: West Africa
James Calbraith
Elves, trolls, dwarves, goblins… There’s no denying that the Western fantasy is strongly entrenched in a Northern European mindscape: those ancient myths of the Celtic and Germanic people that inspired…
The SFF Weekly Round-Up 24/01/13
Welcome back to the Fantasy-Faction weekly round-up of all the best SFF news, fun and nonsense from around the web. I guess the two big news items this week have…
Shadow Ops: Fortress Frontier Book Trailer
Overlord
The majority of us here at Fantasy-Faction are big Myke Cole fans. Therefore, when Myke dropped us an e-mail and asked if we were interested in getting the exclusive reveal…
Giant Thief, Crown Thief, and How to Fail the Bechdel Test
David Tallerman
Amongst my endless goals for my first novel Giant Thief – which, looking back, were basically a wish list of the things I’d like to see in the type of…
The Evolution of Sexuality, Homosexuality and Gender in SFF – Part Four
In this, the final article of this series, I want to not only round up what’s been considered in the previous parts, but firstly to consider any issues that might…