The Joe Abercrombie YA Experiment is a success!
Overlord
We all love Joe Abercrombie here at Fantasy-Faction, but when we heard that Lord Grimdark was to give writing a Young Adult novel a shot we couldn’t help but react…
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Sam Sykes’s ‘The City Stained Red’ Gets A Cover… And It’s AWESOME!
We really like Sam Sykes. Him. His novels. His Tweets. His Pugs. There isn’t really anything not to like in all honesty. Well, earlier this week Sam announced that he…
Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 Teaser Trailer
Has it been a year since the last film already? We quite enjoyed the second Hunger Games movie, although we will admit it was really just a slightly different version…
Patrick Rothfuss’s ‘The Slow Regard of Silent Things’ cover reveal
Our good friends over at Gollancz have finally released the cover for Patrick Rothfuss’s brand new novella, The Slow Regard of Silent Things. Fantasy-Faction covered just what this story is…
World Fantasy Award Nominations
Today, I and Fantasy-Faction got nominated for a World Fantasy Award. This is a huge deal for me personally and for the community that we have built here, at Fantasy-Faction.…
Terry Pratchett signs deal for ‘Dragons at Crumbling Castle’ & UPDATE: Cover Reveal
In news that flew gently under the radar, Sir Terry Pratchett has signed a book deal for a collection of middle-grade stories that will be titled Dragons at Crumbling Castle.…
Harry Potter surfaces after 7 years M.I.A.
We haven’t seen Harry Potter for seven years – when he was waving goodbye to his children as they boarded the Hogwarts train at the end of The Deathly Hallows.…
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Children’s Edition Cover
We’ve been uploading the Harry Potter Children’s Edition covers from Bloomsbury as we’ve been receiving them and the latest one just hit our mailbox, so we thought we’d get it…
Warhammer 40k Movie gets a trailer…
Did you know that in 2010 an Official Warhammer 40k film was released? No? Well, maybe you did and you understandably forced yourself to forget about it… The sad fact…
Did Shakespeare invent Gollum?
Was Gollum inspired by one of Shakespeare’s villains? Martin Freeman, star of The Hobbit, thinks it’s a distinct possibility. In an Interview with The Telegraph, where he is explaining how…
Free China Mieville Story & Confirmation of New Anthology
It seems like a long time since we’ve read something aimed at adults by China Mieville, and even longer since we read a short story – but finally his publishers…
Lee Harris leaves Angry Robot for Tor’s New Imprint
In news I’m both happy about (personally) and worried about (as a genre fan), Lee Harris has left Angry Robot to join Tor’s new imprint, The Imprint. Firstly, the thing…