The Fantasy Feminist – Part 4
Amy Rose Davis
A comment from AE Marling on one of my recent blog posts about feminism in fantasy triggered some thoughts about another approach to bringing a feminist touch to our works—namely,…
The City’s Son by Tom Pollock – Extract
Overlord
Earlier this year I heard, with moderate surprise, that someone I knew was writing a book. That someone was Tom Pollock and the reason for my surprise was that I’d…
Read, then Heard Again: Why Audiobooks Make the Re-Read Feel New Again
Zachary A. Matzo
More so than most other genres, fantasy aficionados live and die by the “re-read.” Sure, fans of mysteries, thrillers, horror, chick lit, etc. re-read their favorite books. But how often…
San Diego Comic-Con 2012 Report – Part Two
Liz Fellshot Ambrose
To read the first article in this series on Comic-Con 2012, click here. Strangely enough, this year was a good year for panels that I was interested in. Unfortunately, that…
Fantasy-Faction Night @ Blackwell’s – Event Info
When we announced, last week, that Fantasy-Faction is holding a Fantasy Night with our good friends at Blackwell’s Book Shop in London – people were pretty excited. And rightly so,…
Kantara: Issue One by Wyrlwynd
ChrisMB
Imagine that everything you had ever known and loved was taken from you in a sea of blood and fire; a wave of destruction made all the more senseless by…
The Witcher 1 & 2
Jesse Flohrs
Monster slayer, mutant, mercenary, butcher, hero; these terms have all been used to describe Geralt of Rivia, protagonist and star of The Witcher and The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings.…
Cold Magic by Kate Elliott
Dori
Orbit Books have the most spectacular, eye-catching book-cover designs available – which honestly, is one of the main reasons I decided to pick up Cold Magic, book one of Kate…
Morningstar by David Gemmell
Dominic Stevens
I was 21 when I read my first book by David Gemmell. I had just finished my degree in English Literature, and having spent three years reading the classics, I…
Marc Aplin and Paul Wiseall Interviews
WARNING: This is a post reflecting on Fantasy-Faction and how the three editors have been brought together to run this site. The interviews will follow my rambling – please feel…
San Diego Comic-Con 2012 Report – Part 1
Ah Comic-Con. Site of one of the largest nerd migration sites in the world and certainly the largest that I know of in North America. Simultaneously awesome and dreadful to…
Why World Build?
A. J. Zaethe
Keeping It Real There is no wrong way to build a world, but there are factors of believability. A world should always be built to be believable, unless of course…