Half A King by Joe Abercrombie
Overlord
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…
The Stress of Her Regard by Tim Powers
Alister Davison
Tim Powers may be familiar to many as the author of the novel On Stranger Tides (on which a Pirates of the Caribbean movie was based), but to me he’s…
The Tawny Man Trilogy by Robin Hobb (Spoiler Free Review)
Lew Kelly
Spoilers follow for Hobb’s first and second trilogies. No spoilers for the The Tawny Man trilogy. The Tawny Man, Hobb’s second trilogy relating the story of Fitzchivalry and third overall,…
British Fantasy Award Winners
HUGE congratulations to the British Fantasy Award winners who were announced today, Sunday 7th September 2014 at FantasyCon 2014 in York. For those unfamiliar with the award, the British Fantasy…
Good Omens audio drama coming this Christmas
Exciting news for fans of fantasy, Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett’s version of the Armageddon, Good Omens, will be dramatised for Christmas! For those unfamiliar with the novel: Events have…
Forms Of Fantasy
I haven’t written an article for Fantasy-Faction in a while and so, I thought I’d better start by saying something interesting. “As a fantasy/science-fiction fan you are deeply nostalgic and/or…