I was pretty pleased to see Fantasy-Faction mentioned in ‘Highbrow Magazine’ this month. One of their journalists picked up a quote one of our staff writers, Eric, wrote in a…
Well, those tricksey publishers, Gollancz, have been in touch to let us know they’ve been telling us pokeys for the past year or so… What they’ve told us is that…
In news that is likely to excite some and terrify many, DreamWorks have just announced that they’ve signed a director up to their live-action remake of Ghost In The Shell;…
Following a successful Kickstarter campaign, GERRY ANDERSON’S GEMINI FORCE ONE is to be published by Gollancz in 2014 and Orion Children’s Books in 2015. The publication will mark and celebrate…
In January 1974 Dungeons & Dragons hit shelves for the first time. It was a game that would change the history of boardgames and war-games forever… “Those war gamers who…
Many people had The Grim Company by Luke Scull on their top books of 2013 lists. It’s no surprise, the book having earned reviews such as: ‘If you like your…
I have to say that The Kitschies, presented by Kraken Rum, have become the awards list that I most look forward to. When it comes to the Gemmell Awards, Locus…
For those unfamiliar, The Clarke Award is given to the best science fiction novel of the year, pulled from a shortlist of novels whose UK first editions came out in…
Within ‘The Hobbit’, J.R.R. Tolkien used words to craft one of the most memorable fantastical beasts all time; the massive, fire-breathing Dragon, Smaug. One reader wasn’t content to use just…
In a genre that often sparks debate over fairness to each sex – whether it is the representation within stories, the amount that get published or the amount of that…
Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures have released a new trailer for the highly anticipated sequel to 300, “300: Rise of an Empire”. “After its victory over Leonidas’ 300, the Persian…
We often see on the news or hear from public figures that children are spending too much time in front of screens playing computer games or watching television. Of course,…
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