Death Note – 2017 Movie Review
Malcolm Pope
Death Note is a Japanese manga series created by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata about a teenage genius, Light Yagami, who one day finds a notebook capable of killing any…
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SPFBO3: The Next Five Fall
Laura M. Hughes
The Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off officially began on July 1st! In case you missed it, here’s what Fantasy-Faction has posted so far: Our announcement Introducing round one Cover contest winners The…
The Silent Shield by Jeff Wheeler
Zachary A. Matzo
Spoiler Warning: It is difficult to craft a review of the fifth book in a series without spoiling some degree of what has come before. I’ve done my best to…
Blackwing by Ed McDonald
T. O. Munro
Ed McDonald’s debut is an impressive tour-de-force of imaginative worldbuilding, gritty characterisation and absorbing writing. Ryhalt Galharrow’s story comes with the intimacy of a first-person point of view. McDonald gives…
Games Wizards Play by Diane Duane
Jo Niederhoff
And so we’ve reached the end of the line. Not for my writing for Fantasy-Faction, of course. That, hopefully, will carry on for a long time. No, I mean my…
The Witchwood Crown by Tad Williams
Spoiler Warning: This is the third and, for now, final* installment in Fantasy-Faction’s Osten Ard retrospective. With the release of The Witchwood Crown, Tad Williams has returned to the land…
Devil’s Call by J. Danielle Dorn
Charlie Hopkins
“On a dark night in the summer of 1859, three men enter the home of Dr Matthew Callahan and shoot him dead in front of his pregnant wife. Unbeknownst to…
The Death and Life of Schneider Wrack by Nate Crowley
I first encountered the mad genius that is Nate Crowley via an article on Tor.com last year. In it, the author spoke of how the ocean inspired in him a…
HarperVoyager: ‘Coldmaker’ Announcement
Overlord
A number of the HarperVoyager team (authors and editors) are over in Helsinki, celebrating WorldCon. They’ve been teasing us with pictures of a great event and selfies with George R.R.…
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood – Book Review
Eric Christensen
When I kicked off the Fantastic Literature column, I mentioned that Hulu was producing a series based on Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale. And that television show has helped spur…
Urskuul’s Reading Circle: The Management Style of the Supreme Beings by Tom Holt
Dan Sutcliffe
Dear Members of Urskuul’s Reading Circle, This isn’t something I enjoy doing, but I have to remind you all that we do have rules that members are expected to follow.…
The Belgariad by David Eddings – Over Thirty?
Geoff Matthews
Hands down, one of the greatest fantasy series of all time. You’re still here? Great. The books, the first five that make The Belgariad, are over thirty years old and…