Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
Sonia Grace
Illuminae was a good time from beginning to end. The plot itself is fairly straightforward – teenagers break up, teenagers’ planet gets invaded, teenagers barely escape onto improvised evacuation ships…
The Cake is a Lie: Why Winning Isn’t Always a Happy Ending
Kameron Hurley
Sometimes I suspect I’m not truly American, because I harbor a dark secret. Unlike most of my countryfolk, I don’t much care for the neat, syrupy, happy ending. It just…
The NaNoWriMo Phenomenon
Rebekah Loper
November is coming. The non-writer (or very, very new writer) may only associate this with the imminent holiday season. However, there is another event that happens every November that can…
What Remains of Heroes by David Benem
Richard Bray
We’re all well aware that, as the old saying goes, you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover. But after reading What Remains of Heroes, book one of A Requiem…
Has the Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off Changed Your Opinion of Self-Published Books?
Geoff Matthews
As you’ll know from Marc’s articles and Mark Lawrence’s tweets, as well as many of the blog posts out there on the subject, there has been, and still is, a…
Looking For Jake & Other Stories by China Miéville
Lew Kelly
Looking for Jake and Other Stories is China Miéville’s first collection of short stories, published in 2005. It’s an imaginative, thoughtful, political and highly original collection of work, a melding…
Interview with Zen Cho
Overlord
We’re excited to welcome Zen Cho to Fantasy-Faction today to talk about her debut Fantasy Novel, Sorcerer To The Crown, forthcoming sequels and her life as a writer. Once you’ve…
Wolves of the Calla by Stephen King
James Davies
Onto book 5 of The Dark Tower series and King brings us back to the ka-tet we know and love. After the hectic craziness of The Waste Lands and the…
Empire Ascendant by Kameron Hurley
Eric Christensen
Last year, in my review of Kameron Hurley’s THE MIRROR EMPIRE, I called that book different, difficult, wildly inventive, risky, and provocative. EMPIRE ASCENDANT levels up on all counts. In…
Magonia by Maria Dahvana Headley
Nicole Singer
I was a little surprised how much I liked this book. A race of birds? Songbirds that fly in and out of people’s lungs? Sky vessels and squallwhales? There’s plenty…
Preparing For NaNoWriMo
Adrian Faulkner
How can it be less than a month until November? It seems like only yesterday that it was summer and yet November conjures images of cold nights, frosty mornings, fireworks…
The Thief Who Pulled on Trouble’s Braids by Michael McClung – SPFBO Review
At 210 pages, The Thief Who Pulled on Trouble’s Braids isn’t trying to be the next bookshelf-bending epic fantasy that changes the way you think about the genre. Instead, it’s…