Red Rising by Pierce Brown
Overlord
Every year there are a number of debut authors that are so enthusiastically hyped by publishers that, as a reviewer, have you whispering a small prayer under your breath each…
Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed
John Cowell
You know when you first read or watch something, and you’re like, “Can’t believe how crap that was” or “Did not like that at all”, but then, by some fortuitous…
Elizabeth Bear signs 2 book Space Opera deal with Gollancz!
We here at Fantasy-Faction do like to dip our toes into a bit of Science-Fiction from time-to-time, so we were excited when Gollancz books announced earlier today that they have…
Fantasy: The Blueprint of the World
Lucy Hounsom
Fantasy sinks its figurative talons into us all. Its origins are ancient, with roots in the epic Icelandic Eddur and Old English poems like Beowulf. It owes a debt to…
New Harry Potter Covers for New Generation
It seems that reissuing books with new covers is all the rage right now… Just a few weeks ago we reported that Robin Hobb was getting some cool new covers…
Elements of Structure
Aaron Miles
The Hero’s Journey or ‘Monomyth’ is one of the most pervasive and well known formulas in fiction, yet many writers have never even heard of it. The Hero’s Journey is…
Arthur C. Clarke Award 2014 Shortlist
The six titles on the 2014 Arthur C. Clarke Award shortlist have been announced: God’s War, Kameron Hurley (Del Rey UK) Ancillary Justice, Anne Leckie (Orbit) The Disestablishment of Paradise,…
Monthly Short Story Winner: Sports
Jennie Ivins
We’ve been getting such good feedback for the short stories our members have submitted in our Monthly Short Story Competition that we have decided to post them on the main…
Balancing Wit & Grit In Fantasy Fiction
Sebastien De Castell
The Mender of Soles Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar is a tragic play fraught with intrigue, betrayal, and murder that makes us question the very foundations of human nature. It starts with…
The Truth About -Punk
Leo Elijah Cristea
There is something that really gets me thinking (well, there are many things, really, but this is a big one) about the genre and its tendency to label things, to…
The Initial Steps of Worldbuilding: Architect, Gardener, Tourist
Nathan T. Dean
Listening to the news in the real world – that horrid place where dragons are small and kept in vivaria and pixie is just a kind of haircut – it…
House of Chains by Steven Erikson
Karl Wolfenden
Into any great company a little division must fall, for what better moment than when the rift is healed, the prodigal returns and the collective is fused anew, stronger than…