A Dance of Blades by David Dalglish
Nicholas Schmiedicker
When I reviewed book one, A Dance of Cloaks, I compared it to Brent Weeks’ Night Angel Trilogy, which seemed to be an obvious source of inspiration for Dalglish. As…
The Language of Dying by Sarah Pinborough
Overlord
In my opinion, Sarah Pinborough is one of the UK’s most talented authors writing in the fantasy genre today. Not only does Sarah release an incredible amount of books per…
Reddit.com Award Nominations & Voting Open!
Last year, Fantasy-Faction were delighted, honoured and overwhelmingly surprised to take home Reddit.com’s Best Fantasy Website Award. It truly meant a great deal to our entire team and I’d like…
At the World’s Edge with Terry Pratchett
Our friends at the IAI (The Institute of Art and Ideas) have allowed us another recorded panel, this time looking to explore ‘reality’s edge’ and featuring Terry Pratchett, Terry Eagleton…
Fantastical Creatures of Greco-Roman Mythology: The Leukrokottas
Faith M. Boughan
Welcome to another instalment of Fantastical Creatures of Greco-Roman mythology! If you’ve been following this series for a while, jump down to the subtitle below. If you’re new, here’s the…
Mapmaking for Fantasy Authors
Tegan Beechey
A good map is, I’d venture to say, just as vital to you as it is to your characters; you need a map to know the size of the world…
World After by Susan Ee
Joie
Warning: Spoilers ahead for those who have not read the first book, Angelfall. (If not, what are you waiting for, the apocalypse?! Just kidding…well, not really.) Had enough of the…
Scott Lynch’s Fourth Gentleman Bastard book coming in 2014!
In what can only be described as super-fricken-awesome news, Scott Lynch has told Fantastical Imaginations that The Thorn of Emberlain is on schedule for a 2014 Q3 release. Here’s what…
The Deaths of Tao by Wesley Chu
Victoria Hooper
The Prophus and the Genjix are at war. For centuries they have sought a way off-planet, guiding humanity’s social and technological development to the stage where space travel is possible.…
Venom Movie, GoT Star to Terminator 5, Jupiter Ascending Trailer & More…
Well, I don’t think any of these SFF related news pieces are big or exclusive enough to warrant their own individual posts, but it seems this weekend has been chosen…
Foundations of Fantasy: Beowulf
Ryan Howse
More than any other genre, fantasy tends to examine ancient epics. Whether it’s the study of archetypes and ectypes, or a historical understanding of narrative itself, or simply a desire…
Kim Stanley Robinson on The Fall & Rise of Utopias…
Once a driving force of political change, utopian visions – a community or society possessing highly desirable or perfect qualities – are now out of fashion… In SFF these days…