Resistance by Samit Basu
Victoria Hooper
This review contains spoilers for Turbulence. Read with caution if you have yet to finish the first book. Resistance is the sequel to the brilliant superhero novel Turbulence, in which…
The Slow Regard Of Silent Things Preview
Overlord
If you listened to our The Slow Regard of Silent Things interview with Patrick Rothfuss last month, you will remember that Pat spoke about his nervousness and excitement in narrating…
Building A World: Basic Concepts
Geoff Matthews
If you search this site you will find a variety of articles that encourage you to think about how you are going to build your stories fantasy world. You can…
Fantasy and Science Fiction in Anime and Manga – Part One: Historical and Epic Fantasy
Aleksander Cristea
Books, movies, video games are all widely known platforms for science fiction and fantasy. Anime and manga, on the converse, are a less known medium for the genre. Japanese mangaka—manga…
Thieves’ Quarry by D. B. Jackson
Jo Niederhoff
Ethan Kaille is a thieftaker in pre-Revolutionary Boston, working outside the law to apprehend thieves and recover stolen property. For the most part he deals with small-time theft, things that…
Half A King by Joe Abercrombie
Introduction Fantasy is a genre often slated for being stale by those with reading interests outside of it. Popular authors are pointed at and told they just repeat the same…
The Vorrh by Brian Catling
Nick Clark
“My name is Muybridge and here’s the answer to the letter you sent my wife.” The trigger pulls, the muzzle flashes, the bullet cracks, and Major Harry Larkyns is dead…
ELRIC GETS NEW COMIC ADAPTATION!
Elric of Melniboné, one of the original grey characters in fantasy, is all set for an epic new comic adaptation. The hugely popular novels, written by legendary fantasy author Michael…
Revisiting Thieves’ World Anthologies
Raymond K. Rugg
Readers of Fantasy-Faction are likely to be familiar with Scott Lynch and his Gentlemen Bastards books. Lynch has a style that is a pleasure to read, and has given us…
John Hornor Jacobs Interview
Stephen Deas
John Hornor Jacobs, author of Southern Gods and The Twelve-Fingered Boy, recently debuted the first book in his first fantasy series, The Incorruptibles. In-between his busy release, con attendances, and…
Author Graham Joyce 1954-2014
Fantasy-Faction is very sad to learn that author Graham Joyce passed away today, September 9th 2014. Born in 1954, Graham was a much loved member of the British fantasy and…
Abercrombie’s ‘Half A War’ Cover & Progress Report…
The cover art for Joe Abercrombie’s third and final book in the Shattered Sea trilogy, Half A War, has been released. This completes the set of US covers, all shown…