Harry Potter gets a new look in upcoming ‘Deluxe’ Editions
Overlord
Bloomsbury Publishing has revealed a new look for Harry Potter and his wizarding world. They come with the announcement that the publishing firm are working on a new deluxe hardback…
Plotting The A-Team Way
Geoff Matthews
< Dum Dum Du Du De Dum (you’ll just have imagine the tune) > In 1972 a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a…
Three Years In The Monkey House. Guest Blog by Gareth L. Powell
Gareth L. Powell
Sometimes as a child I would lie in bed and worry what would happen if, in the morning, I awoke with no memory of lying in bed worrying. Would I…
Elements of Fantasy: Elves
Janie Bill
Ever glimpsed a spark of light moving around fertile trees? You experienced the sight for picking up on elf activity. Elves are angelic tree-spirits that reside side by side with…
Lagoon by Nnedi Okorafor
Liz Fellshot Ambrose
For financial reasons, I like to wait until paperback releases for a lot of books. Most of the time this isn’t a big deal. Other times (and it’s been happening…
Enduring War: The Continuing Allure of Warhammer
Nick Clark
Warhammer – you’ll probably know it for its long list of computer games, its plethora of licensed novels, or the venerable tabletop battle game itself. Almost certainly you’ll have seen…
Burn For Me by Ilona Andrews
Joie
Ahem. Please ignore the cover – and the publisher marketing, for that matter. And no, you did not go to the wrong website. This is still Fantasy-Faction. 😉 Burn For…
Most Anticipated Sci-Fi / Fantasy Movies of 2015, 2016 and 2017.
It has been a strong few years for Epic (depending how you judge Avatar & The Hobbit), Urban and Dystopian Fantasy movies. It probably stemmed from the Harry Potter and…
Firefight by Brandon Sanderson – Exclusive First Chapter Excerpt!
Jennie Ivins
We at Fantasy-Faction have long been huge fans of Brandon Sanderson. And how could we not? With a catalog of over 15 full length novels in 8+ series, besides his…
The Iron Ghost by Jen Williams
Hierath
Jen Williams’ debut novel, The Copper Promise was one of my personal highlights of 2014. It came out last January, which seems a long time ago now, and The Iron…
Fantasy-Faction: Reddit’s Best Fantasy Site 2014!
Today we received some exciting news: Fantasy-Faction has been selected by the Reddit community as Fantasy Website of 2014! When I started Fantasy-Faction it was because I wanted to share…
So What’s The Fuss About Calibre?
Adrian Faulkner
There’s a lot of discussion surrounding ebooks at the moment: about how they are going to kill the paperback, how they will revolutionise publishing, how they’ll never be as good…