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
Overlord
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…
The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien
A. E. Marling
If you’re interested in the history of Middle-Earth then The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien will surprise and delight you. Not every reader of The Lord of the Rings will love…
The Fantasy Language Problem – Part Two
Django Wexler
This is part two of Django Wexler’s guest post on fantasy languages. You can read part one here. (Click or mouseover links for humorous footnotes.) The preceding section is not…
Game of Thrones Season 4 – ‘Making of’ Short.
A pretty cool behind the scenes video of Game of Thrones has been posted up on HBO’s Youtube account. The video talks about the huge script created for this season…
Brandon Sanderson’s US Book Tour Stops & Dates
Most of us are excited about the release of Brandon Sanderon’s Words of Radiance, which is due out on March 4th 2014. For those who’d like to get a copy…
Beauty by Sarah Pinborough
Phil Norris
Beauty is the retelling of the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale; all the elements are here, the impenetrable forest, the cursed princess and the handsome prince. This final story in Sarah…
BSFA Awards: Shortlist Announced
The British Science Fiction Association (BSFA) – not to be confused with the British Fantasy Society (BFS) – have today announced their shortlist for the BSFA Awards for works first…
Highbrow Magazine: How Long Will Our Fascination With the Fantasy Genre Last?
I was pretty pleased to see Fantasy-Faction mentioned in ‘Highbrow Magazine’ this month. One of their journalists picked up a quote one of our staff writers, Eric, wrote in a…
How To Create A Civilisation
Aaron Miles
You’ve listened to the pounding hooves of nomadic Dothraki as the Khalasar sweeps across the grass plains, you’ve looked out from the heights of Minas Tirith over the white city…
Miles Cameron, author of the Traitor Son Cycle, is a pen name!
Well, those tricksey publishers, Gollancz, have been in touch to let us know they’ve been telling us pokeys for the past year or so… What they’ve told us is that…