Half A King gets a UK Cover & Abercrombie fans get 12,000 words
Overlord
OK, so I’m in the fortunate position that I’ve been able to talk Joe Abercrombie’s publishers into sending me a review copy of Half A King. However, I know that…
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Recap: “The State of Short Fiction” Roundtable
Eric Christensen
Recently, the Baltimore Science Fiction Society (BSFS) hosted “The State of Short Fiction” Roundtable featuring editors Neil Clarke (Clarkesworld), Scott H. Andrews (Beneath Ceaseless Skies), Jonathan Laden (Daily Science Fiction),…
Elizabeth Bear signs 2 book Space Opera deal with Gollancz!
We here at Fantasy-Faction do like to dip our toes into a bit of Science-Fiction from time-to-time, so we were excited when Gollancz books announced earlier today that they have…
New Harry Potter Covers for New Generation
It seems that reissuing books with new covers is all the rage right now… Just a few weeks ago we reported that Robin Hobb was getting some cool new covers…
Arthur C. Clarke Award 2014 Shortlist
The six titles on the 2014 Arthur C. Clarke Award shortlist have been announced: God’s War, Kameron Hurley (Del Rey UK) Ancillary Justice, Anne Leckie (Orbit) The Disestablishment of Paradise,…
Sanderson Reads Untitled Novella
The following video is of New York Times Bestselling author Brandon Sanderon reading the opening chapter of a brand new and untitled novella set in the Cosmere. What I really…
Nice variety of covers by Orbit for 2014/2015
It is a running joke that a hooded man or a woman in leather holding a gun are the two choices we, as fantasy fans, have when trying to judge…
Rogues Cover, List of Authors & New G.R.R. Martin ASoIF Tale!
Over the years, any anthology Edited by George R.R. Martin has been guaranteed to attract big names. His latest, Dangerous Women, featured an incredible list of bestselling SFF authors, including…
Sanderson hits #1 on New York Times Bestseller List with Words of Radiance
In what can only be good news for the genre we all love, Brandon Sanderson’s latest book in the Stormlight Archive series, Words of Radiance, has hit #1 on the…
Gaie Sebold is latest SFF author to go East
For many decades the vast majority of fantasy in the English speaking world has been set either in the Western world or in locations that are reminiscent of its medieval/Arthurian…
Gollancz Announces that all 2014 debuts will debut as £1.99 eBooks
We’ve got some pretty exciting news for anyone who likes to stand at the forefront of the genre, reading the latest releases and discovering the newest talented authors: Gollancz are…
Toastmaster for Nebula Awards Named…
Whilst we wait to see who replaces Jonathon Ross as the host of the Hugo awards, the SFWA – who have also struggled with their own bout of controversy lately…