Fables, Vol. 1: Legends in Exile by Bill Willingham
Alister Davison
Inspired by the post about graphic novels and fantasy from a few weeks ago, I thought it would be good to revisit the beginnings of a series I started reading…
Reviews
Radiance by Catherynne M. Valente
Sonia Grace
Radiance pulled me into itself like the waves on a strange, Venusian beach. I went in with high expectations, since Cat Valente is a fabulous author whose work I have…
The Death of Dulgath by Michael J. Sullivan
Richard Bray
Hadrian had never witnessed Royce laughing in good humor. When he laughed, babies cried. I was reading Michael J. Sullivan’s latest Riyria novel, The Death of Dulgath, when I realized…
The Bands of Mourning by Brandon Sanderson
Overlord
The Bands of Mourning is the third and penultimate book in Brandon Sanderson’s Wax and Wayne series. For those unfamiliar with the concept, these titles are set generations after the…
This Census-Taker by China Miéville
Eric Christensen
Before you start reading China Miéville’s new novella, This Census-Taker, you should ask yourself how you feel about movies such as 2001: A Space Odyssey, Blade Runner, The Thing, Total…
The Weight of Feathers by Anna-Marie McLemore
Jo Niederhoff
My first experience with magical realism is quite possibly something I’ve already forgotten. I read a great deal when I was younger (and still do, though I don’t have as…
All The Birds In The Sky by Charlie Jane Anders
Jonathan Thornton
“One day the Singularity would elevate humans to cybernetic superbeings, and maybe then people would say what they meant. “Probably not, though.” All The Birds In The Sky (2016) by…
Revisiting The Magicians by Lev Grossman
Zachary A. Matzo
I recently re-read Lev Grossman’s The Magicians, the 2009 novel that some ham-fistedly referred to as a “Harry Potter for adults.” A television series based on the book premieres January…
The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
Nick Clark
British writer Kazuo Ishiguro is widely celebrated for his literary fiction, including the Man Booker Prize-winning Remains of the Day (1989), and more recently his sci-fi sampling Never Let Me…
Angel of Storms by Trudi Canavan
Lucy Hounsom
I reviewed the first book in the Millenium’s Rule trilogy – Thief’s Magic – back in 2014 here on Fantasy-Faction and I’m sorry to say I was rather harsh. Angel…
The Last Mortal Bond by Brian Staveley
Charlie Hopkins
“The ancient Csestriim are back to finish their purge of humanity; armies clash outside the capital city; leaches, solitary beings who draw power from the natural world to fuel their…
Top 10 SFF Films of 2015
I don’t think 2015 was quite the year for cinema we were hoping. There were a number of SFF titles that didn’t quite live up to expectations and a few…