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Here’s a quick question for you… How many of the Top 100 Fantasy Authors have you read? No idea? Well, it is time for you to find out! Fantasy-Faction has…
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G.R.R. Martin on which character changed most in TV Series
Last night, George R.R. Martin appeared on a BBC One documentary to discuss the 500th anniversary of Machiavelli’s notorious book The Prince, which he said had a profound influence on…
Goodreads Choice Best Fantasy of 2013 is…
Well, no real surprises in this years Goodreads Awards… annoyingly in some respects. As I hinted at in my blog post a few weeks back – when I discussed the…
Amazon’s Best SFF of 2013
Amazon have released a list of books that they consider to be the top 20 SFF books of 2013. Although I imagine Fantasy-Faction’s Best of 2013 list will be fairly…
Hour long presentation on Writing Muslim American Fantasy by Saldin Ahmed
Grand Rapids Community College‘s library (of which this video holds all right and deserves all credit for) hosted an evening with Saladin Ahmed, an award-winning science fiction-fantasy author. You can…
Short, Sweet Interview with Terry Brooks
I have just stumbled across an awesome interview between an Italian fan and bestselling fantasy author Terry Brooks. In this fun, lighthearted interview Terry talks a bit about why people…
Finally, World can finish Michael J. Sullivan’s books
A few months back one of Fantasy-Faction’s forum members wrote to renowned author Michael J. Sullivan (also a forum member) to ask why his books weren’t available to certain countries……
Major TV Broadcasters ‘intrigued by fantasy’
There has been much talk and speculation over the past few years about whether the success of the television adaption of A Game of Thrones would open doors for more…
Want 7 Free Chapters of 2014’s Best Fantasy?
A few weeks back we spoke about how one of 2014’s most highly touted Fantasy novels was having the first seven chapters serialised through Tor.com. Well, having now finished their…
Yet another Gentleman Bastard cover. Best yet?
Last week we posted about The Lies of Locke Lamora getting a new US cover and, at the same time, posted a ton of awesome The Lies of Locke Lamora…
The Discworld Collector’s Library
After tweeting a picture earlier today of the beauuuuuuuuuuuutiful Terry Pratchett Special Edition Hardbacks by Gollancz that I spotted in my local bookstore, Waterstones in Weston-super-Mare, I was inundated with…
Advice from World’s Largest SFF Writing Contest
The judges of the World’s largest Science Fiction and Fantasy writing contest have issued a Press Release revealing that the main rejection point for all entrants is setting, character description…
