Women to Watch Out For in 2013
Cheryl Morgan
The blog post listing the most anticipated fantasy books of 2013 got a bit of negative attention because of the complete absence of women from the top ten. I thought…
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Manipulating the Mythos
Rachel Riegel
There is an ongoing argument among fantasy lovers as to whether or not you can take a long-standing myth and manipulate it into something different. We all know that things…
Reboots vs. Revisions
Dan Hanks
The genres of fantasy and science fiction, by their very nature, are ripe for remakes, reboots and reimaginings. Core stories about heroes and their journeys might remain unchanged, as ancient…
The Week In The World Of SFF – 20/12/12
Paul Wiseall
Welcome back to the Fantasy-Faction weekly round-up of all the best SFF news, fun and nonsense from around the web. In case you didn’t know, those pesky pranksters the Mayans…
Brandon Sanderson’s Cosmere – A Primer
Nicholas Schmiedicker
Brandon Sanderson has made himself into one of the top authors in the fantasy genre today. Perhaps most famous for taking on the role of finishing The Wheel of Time…
Parents and Children in Fantasy
Amy Rose Davis
Tis the Season for Novel Fodder: Parents and Children in Fantasy For many of us in the western world, December marks the annual party season that brings us in contact…
The Week In The World Of SFF
Hey there Hobbits and Ents. Welcome back to the weekly round up of the very best genre news and nonsense from the wonderment that is the interwebs. Did you know…
Top 10 Anticipated Fantasy Books for 2013 – Readers’ Choice
Overlord
For the last few years we’ve run articles where we’ve chosen our top 10 most anticipated novels for the coming year. They’ve proved overwhelmingly popular, amassing just shy of 200,000…
Peter V. Brett’s The Daylight War Cover-Off
In my opinion, Peter V. Brett is one of the finest examples of a modern fantasy author. For those of you who don’t know why I’m such a huge fan…
The Week In The World Of SFF
Welcome back ladies and gents to the weekly round up of the very best genre news and nonsense from the wonderment that is the interwebs. Aiming to send some smiles…
Fantasy-Faction is 2 Years Old!
This is an exciting month for Fantasy-Faction, because it’s our birthday! That’s right, Fantasy-Faction has been running for exactly 2 years (as of 3rd December 2012). It’s actually difficult for…
Disaster Advice from Science Fiction and Fantasy
Liz Fellshot Ambrose
Natural disasters are something that all of us live with regardless of location. Hurricanes, droughts, wildfires, earthquakes, volcanoes, tornadoes…it’s a really long list of the things that could go wrong…