The Speculative Literature Foundation (SLF) is to offer two new diversity-centered grants: Diverse Writers and Diverse Worlds, both intended to foster the creation of speculative fiction work rich in diversity.…
The 2014 Locus Awards were announced yesterday and there were some very excellent books on the list. As I said in the article I wrote up, some categories were harder…
You may remember a few months back I was raving about Sebastien de Castell’s debut fantasy novel, Traitor’s Blade (Book one in The Greatcoats series). Well, I was checking out…
Awards season has been full of great books (and a few controversial ones) so far, and I have to say that I’m pretty impressed with the Locus Awards list that…
It’s not the George R.R. Martin book we’ve all been waiting for, but nonetheless there will be a lot of fans excited for the release of The World of Ice…
You may remember that a few months back we brought you the news of Gollancz’s Discworld Collector’s Library. Well, at the time they’d released covers for 12 books, through to…
Matt Smith, who many of you will know as the 11th Doctor, has been cast in the upcoming film “Terminator: Genesis”. Not too much about his role has been announced…
Fox have announced a high-profile series that will follow the adventures of a young Commissioner Gordon. Based on the synopsis, trailer and logo (coming up) ‘Gotham’ will be more in-tune…
Imagine if the gift of A Song of Ice & Fire was never given to the fantasy genre. Yes, it was, but humour me for a minute… In my eyes,…
“I am altering the deal. Pray I don’t alter it any further.” Darth Vader to Lando in The Empire Strikes Back or Kathleen Kennedy, in a recent press release scuttling…
Fantasy-Faction really enjoyed Brandon Sanderson’s super-villain epic, Steelheart. In addition to Sanderson’s fantastic worldbuilding and cinematic writing, the story of average citizens rising up and administering justice as they see…
For those that missed it, yesterday the finalists for the 2014 Hugo Awards and finalists for the 1939 Retrospective Hugo Awards were announced live from EasterCon in Glasgow. As expected,…
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