Angry Robot Shuts Down YA & Crime Fiction Imprints
Overlord
I was saddened to hear that Angry Robot Books will be shutting down their Young Adult (Strange Chemistry) and Crime Fiction (Exhibit A) imprints. Angry Robot is probably one of…
Authority by Jeff VanderMeer
Liz Fellshot Ambrose
So after reading through Annihilation, I immediately looked up when Authority was coming out in order to present myself at my favorite bookstore and acquire it as soon as it…
Forgotten Male Fantasy Authors Of The 80s
Geoff Matthews
Editor’s Note: Due to the lack of women writers on this post, Fantasy-Faction has posted a similar version focusing on women writers who readers of today may not have heard…
Rise and Fall by Joshua P. Simon
Aaron Miles
I skimmed through a number of books in my kindle backlog before this review. Some I rejected because there were too many errors in the text, some because the characters…
Worldbuilding A Religion – Part One: Religion vs. Cult
Rebekah Loper
Those of you who have followed Fantasy-Faction for a couple of years (or pretty much since the beginning) will probably remember the Creating God series of articles by Amy Rose…
Fantasy Medicine – Part Two: Pretty as a Bairnwort
B. Pine
Disclaimer: If you stumbled upon this post while looking for medical advice or information, please note that this article was NOT written for this purpose. Please do not take any…
Magic The Gathering Movie Coming? GoT Writer Involved…
News broke today that Game of Thrones Writer, Bryan Cogman, is set to write a number of movies based on the popular ‘Magic The Gathering’ card game. According to Deadline,…
Redemption In Indigo by Karen Lord
Mike Reeves-McMillan
There’s a small, but flourishing, group of Caribbean writers of African descent working in SFF at the moment, and I’m starting to read their work and, so far, finding it…
Fantasy and Studio Ghibli – Part One: “Trees and people used to be good friends.”
Lucy Hounsom
I am a huge fan of Studio Ghibli animation. Its films are famous for their meticulous detail, beautifully-paced exposition and subtle handling of difficult themes. But what I’d like to…
David Gemmell Legend Award Winners Announced
The David Gemmell Legend Award winners have finally been announced and I think two of the three awards went the way we were expecting (Best Art and Newcomer), with what…
Reaper’s Gale by Steven Erikson
Karl Wolfenden
You’ve heard of the super cell? That thankfully rare occasion where a number of storms, each one a threat to life and limb and capable of doing some serious property…
John Jarrold’s Literary Agency Celebrates 10 years
I’d like to say a huge congratulations to John Jarrold who today celebrates the 10th anniversary of his Literary Agency. Literary Agents are the unsung heroes in the publishing world.…