Overlord on SFSignal’s MIND MELD: What’s “Wrong” with Epic Fantasy?
Overlord
A couple of days ago, SFSignal e-mailed me to ask whether I’d be willing to lend my voice and thoughts to the opinion that ‘something is wrong with epic fantasy‘.…
Video Montage: Best Visual Effects Oscar Winners
Very cool montage of clips from the winning films in the ‘Best Visual Effects’ category of The Oscars. All credit to Nelson Carvajal who put the video together. This year’s…
Moth by Daniel Arenson
Jeff Seymour
In 2014, I’ll be wading into the river of indie sci-fi and fantasy, panning for gold. If you’ve read a great indie book, one that’s every bit as good as…
New ‘Cover Art’ Direction for Paul Cornell’s Shadow Police series…
If you live in the UK and are involved in the SFF Community, you’ve no-doubt come across Paul Cornell at a convention or two. If you’re a reader of Comic…
Are You Alice? by Ai Ninomiya and Ikumi Katagiri
Dori
“In another moment down went Alice after it, never once considering how in the world she was to get out again.” Let’s be honest, Alice in Wonderland adaptations and spin-offs…
JK: ‘Harry Potter should have ended up with Hermione’
It has been a good few years since the final Harry Potter book was released, but J.K. Rowling has rekindled interest in the series by revealing that she feels she…
Fearie Tales: Stories of the Grimm and Gruesome edited by Stephen Jones
Aleksandra Kesek
Reading fairy tales can be more thrilling than visiting haunted houses and dungeon attractions. So how scary are fairy tales? Fairy tales and legends had a very long oral history…
Worldbuilding: It’s More Than a Pretty Map
Kameron Hurley
I know authors (and readers!) who hate fantasy worldbuilding. They hate it with a fiery passion. They even go so far as to hand wave whole settings, writing books that…
Arch Enemy by Frank Beddor
Samuel S. B.
I entered the Looking Glass; Saw Redd and now there is an Arch Enemy. I coined this one all by myself and I think it goes well with the meaning…
European Dragons: From the North and East
Leo Elijah Cristea
Our final destination on our worldwide dragon journey is Europe. I know, I know—not very exciting, is it? But wait! Having looked specifically at Chinese dragons last time, it’s only…
Fantasy Book Club – February 2014: Lions of Al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay
Lisa Taylor
For February, our book club has selected The Lions of Al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay. I have heard so much praise for Kay’s books and that his prose is just…
David Baldacci to write a fantasy novel
Whereas Fantasy’s most famous author, J.K. Rowling, has turned to Crime-Fiction, one of Crime’s most well-known authors is turning to fantasy. Late last year, Scholastic issued a press release expressing…