David Baldacci to write a fantasy novel
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Whereas Fantasy’s most famous author, J.K. Rowling, has turned to Crime-Fiction, one of Crime’s most well-known authors is turning to fantasy. Late last year, Scholastic issued a press release expressing…
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Game of Thrones Season 4 – ‘Making of’ Short.
A pretty cool behind the scenes video of Game of Thrones has been posted up on HBO’s Youtube account. The video talks about the huge script created for this season…
Brandon Sanderson’s US Book Tour Stops & Dates
Most of us are excited about the release of Brandon Sanderon’s Words of Radiance, which is due out on March 4th 2014. For those who’d like to get a copy…
BSFA Awards: Shortlist Announced
The British Science Fiction Association (BSFA) – not to be confused with the British Fantasy Society (BFS) – have today announced their shortlist for the BSFA Awards for works first…
Highbrow Magazine: How Long Will Our Fascination With the Fantasy Genre Last?
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…
Miles Cameron, author of the Traitor Son Cycle, is a pen name!
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…
Ghost In The Shell Live Action Remake Not Far Off…
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;…
Thunderbirds Creator’s Novel Series Finds Publisher
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…
Dungeons & Dragons Turns 40
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…
The Grim Company – 59p on Amazon!
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…
Why I love The Kitschies
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…
Clarke Awards release list of 33 female authors submitted for prize
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…