Lou Morgan Interview – Part One
Leo Elijah Cristea
Earlier this year Lou Morgan’s stellar urban fantasy début, Blood and Feathers, published by Solaris books, burst onto the scene and has been gaining non-stop praise ever since. With its…
The Week In The World Of SFF
Paul Wiseall
Hey there Hobbits and Ents. Welcome back to the weekly round up of the very best genre news and nonsense from the wonderment that is the interwebs. Did you know…
The Craft – Part Five: Criticism
Adrian Faulkner
This is the last in a series of articles talking with fantasy authors about the craft. You can read the previous posts here: Part One: Breaking In Part Two: The…
Top 10 Anticipated Fantasy Books for 2013 – Readers’ Choice
Overlord
For the last few years we’ve run articles where we’ve chosen our top 10 most anticipated novels for the coming year. They’ve proved overwhelmingly popular, amassing just shy of 200,000…
Magic: An Anthology of the Esoteric and Arcane Edited by Jonathan Oliver
Steff Humm
Magic can take so many forms and shapes that the possibilities for stories on the subject are seemingly endless. Everyone has different ideas of magic; from rabbit toting magicians and…
Sci-Fi Book Club – December 2012: Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Jennie Ivins
Happy December sci-fi fans! For our next science fiction book club we will be reading Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card. “In order to develop a secure defense against a…
The Stealer of Souls by Michael Moorcock
Nyki Blatchley
Sword and Sorcery had its first heyday in the 1930s, with Robert E. Howard’s Conan stories and their successors – most more or less Conan clones, although C. L. Moore…
Peter V. Brett’s The Daylight War Cover-Off
In my opinion, Peter V. Brett is one of the finest examples of a modern fantasy author. For those of you who don’t know why I’m such a huge fan…
Stone of Farewell by Tad Williams
Alister Davison
After being overwhelmingly impressed with The Dragonbone Chair, I was a little reluctant to pick up its sequel, Stone of Farewell. Sequels can often fall into the trap of the…
Fantasy Book Club – December 2012: The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack by Mark Hodder
Hello fantasy lovers! This month’s Fantasy Book Club read actually tied with last month’s winner. For December we will be reading The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack by Mark…
The Week In The World Of SFF
Welcome back ladies and gents to the weekly round up of the very best genre news and nonsense from the wonderment that is the interwebs. Aiming to send some smiles…
Fantasy-Faction is 2 Years Old!
This is an exciting month for Fantasy-Faction, because it’s our birthday! That’s right, Fantasy-Faction has been running for exactly 2 years (as of 3rd December 2012). It’s actually difficult for…