Amazon’s Best SFF of 2013
Overlord
Amazon have released a list of books that they consider to be the top 20 SFF books of 2013. Although I imagine Fantasy-Faction’s Best of 2013 list will be fairly…
Hour long presentation on Writing Muslim American Fantasy by Saldin Ahmed
Grand Rapids Community College‘s library (of which this video holds all right and deserves all credit for) hosted an evening with Saladin Ahmed, an award-winning science fiction-fantasy author. You can…
Short, Sweet Interview with Terry Brooks
I have just stumbled across an awesome interview between an Italian fan and bestselling fantasy author Terry Brooks. In this fun, lighthearted interview Terry talks a bit about why people…
The Wild Girls by Ursula K. Le Guin
M. M. Beresford
The Wild Girls is a Nebula award-winning novella by Ursula K. Le Guin, republished in 2011. It follows the story of two girls kidnapped and sold into slavery as children,…
Finally, World can finish Michael J. Sullivan’s books
A few months back one of Fantasy-Faction’s forum members wrote to renowned author Michael J. Sullivan (also a forum member) to ask why his books weren’t available to certain countries……
After NaNoWriMo
Eric Christensen
So, if everything goes to plan, in a few hours you will have written 50,000 words in the month of November. Congratulations! That is quite an accomplishment, and you should…
Red Country by Joe Abercrombie
Because this is the first review of Red Country (that I’m aware of) and we’ve been given the exclusive trailer, which you can see above – this review is a…
Major TV Broadcasters ‘intrigued by fantasy’
There has been much talk and speculation over the past few years about whether the success of the television adaption of A Game of Thrones would open doors for more…
Attack on Titan by Hajime Isayama – Manga vs Anime
Dori
One of this season’s anime sensations is based on Hajime Isayama’s manga with the same title, Attack on Titan. The series has been called a “one-in-a-decade hit” with its extremely…
Want 7 Free Chapters of 2014’s Best Fantasy?
A few weeks back we spoke about how one of 2014’s most highly touted Fantasy novels was having the first seven chapters serialised through Tor.com. Well, having now finished their…
Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
Lisa Taylor
Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie is a very well crafted debut novel. I think the major component that sets it apart is the truly alien feel that you get from…
NaNoWriMo Type Along with Stephen Deas – Week Four
Stephen Deas
Follow along as Stephen Daes shares his week by week experience doing NaNoWriMo. If you missed Stephen’s intro article, you can read it here. If you missed any of the…