Interview with Robert Jackson Bennett
Overlord
I’m rather excited today, because I get to bring you an interview with Robert Jackson Bennett. For those who are unfamiliar with Robert’s work or fancy a bit of a…
Secret Mistborn Novella – Jan 30th!
This post has been updated as Brandon Sanderson has released further details about Mistborn: Secret History following the launch of The Bands of Mourning. The story begins a few weeks…
The Bands of Mourning by Brandon Sanderson
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…
Will a Small Press add value? 6 things to consider.
If you are a self-published author, there are times where you will feel overwhelmed. Not only do you have to write your book, but you need to arrange for it…
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…
Richard Ford’s New Titan Deal
Richard Ford has been a long-time Fantasy-Faction favourite. Whether the mad, crazy, enjoyable rush that was Kultus or the Grimdark Epic Saeelhaven (a trilogy that began with Herald of the…
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…
SFF Invades New York Times
Anyone working in the Marketing Department of a Science Fiction or Fantasy Publisher will tell you how difficult it is to get one of the mainstream Newspapers or Magazines to…
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…
Top Ten Wolves in Fantasy
Dominic Stevens
Ask people to name a fantasy animal and chances are pretty high that they will say a dragon. But in a deep and intelligent discussion (read: random!) on Twitter recently,…
Three Things Fantasy Can’t Get Right with Combat
Trent Cannon
This may come as a shock, but I don’t think any of us read fantasy for realism. In fact, we usually read it to escape from the real world and…