New Gemmell Ravenheart Award…
Overlord
Many of us involved in blogging about Epic Fantasy literature have a special love of the David Gemmell Awards. Not only are they attached to David Gemmell, one of fantasy’s…
Elements of Fantasy: Fairies
Janie Bill
The types of spirits known as fairies exceeded the number of ways the word was spelled. Fairy godmothers were given human dimensions, oftentimes without wings. Tinkerbell was tiny with dragonfly…
Demons in Fantasy
Leo Elijah Cristea
So, demons in fantasy? A quick (and I mean a super, uber, single) search on Google for “Demon Fantasy” doesn’t yield much: the books that flag on Amazon are all…
White vs Grey Heroes
Samuel S. B.
A little while ago, I started a discussion about the grey heroes and the Mr. or Ms. Goody-two shoes. Interestingly, there were a lot of people that supported the entire…
6 Star Wars Films in 6 years?
Between 1977 and 2005, 28 years, the world saw just six Star Wars movies. Well, now Disney has their hands on the franchise they are ready to kick things up…
Half a King Hardback cover is SLEEK! Map too!
I remember a few months back when Joe Abercrombie’s Half a King cover was released there were a few people who were unsure about it. I think the problem was…
Alan Baxter Interview
Dan Hanks
From humble (but rather excellent) self-published beginnings, British/Australian author Alan Baxter has established himself as a widely respected writer—and excitingly has a new series coming out from Harper Voyager in…
Tigerman’s Cover Design & Competition
The majority of fantasy readers will be familiar with Nick Harkaway, the highly acclaimed author of The Gone-Away World and Angelmaker – both of which were smothered with awards. This…
‘Half a King’ UK & US Signings and Events
One of our favourite authors, Joe Abercrombie, has released details for his UK and US Tour – it’s not complete, there are still events to be added, but it should…
J.J. Abrams’s Note To The ‘Star Wars’ Crew
A note written by J.J. Abrams to the cast and crew of “Star Wars: Episode VII” has been leaked online… It doesn’t contain anything too revealing or any specifics to…
Sword & Laser Anthology edited by Veronica Belmont and Tom Merritt
A. E. Marling
If you listen to the Sword & Laser podcast, you should support the empire of Veronica Belmont and Tom Merritt by reading their anthology. You’ll enjoy the swirling vortex of…
The Nebula Award Winners
The winners of the 2013 Nebula Awards were presented this month in a ceremony at SFWA’s 49th Annual Nebula Awards Weekend, held in San Jose CA. Samuel R. Delany was…