Christopher Paolini Interview
R.T. Kaelin
After graduating from high school at 15, Christopher Paolini began writing Eragon, the first novel of the Inheritance Cycle set in the mythical land of Alagaësia. In 2002, the Paolini…
THE FANTASY FEMINIST: PART 3
Amy Rose Davis
I have two apologies to make to Fantasy Faction readers. First, I apologize for my last article. I sort of phoned that one in. I realized it after I re-read…
Meet Joe Abercrombie, Myke Cole and Peter V. Brett in London!
Overlord
Fantasy-Faction has grown considerably over the last 18 months. We’ve gone from being a blog, that pretty much only the owner’s best friends and close family read, to an incredibly…
Why Fantasy?
Dan Hanks
For a writer of fantasy, I’ve written remarkably little about fantasy. I can slip it on like a second skin, but never really stopped to think just how easy it…
The Omen Machine by Terry Goodkind
Kit
Terry Goodkind brought readers into the world of the Sword of Truth in 1994. Over the series of 11 novels, the reader is taken on a journey of magic and…
Sarah Silverwood / Sarah Pinborough Interview
It was 2011 when I first heard of Sarah Silverwood (criminally late I must add!). A friend of mine was telling me how he’d found a book that was ‘better…
(A) Red Country Is Coming
“They burned her home. They stole her brother and sister. But vengeance is following. Shy South hoped to bury her bloody past and ride away smiling, but she’ll have to…
The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter
Terry Pratchett – “ the bloke who knows about quantum. I’m the bloke who knows about faeries.” Terry Pratchett is perhaps the world’s finest satirical writer. I believe that everything…
Where. R. U? – Creating a Fantasy World
A. J. Zaethe
Where. R. U? A dream? A fantasy? Both? Alice fell. Through shadow…and flame. Wait. That was Gandalf. But she did fall, and she did face the trials of another world.…
Adam and Eve: Bizarre Love Triangle in the Zombie Apocalypse – Volume One
ChrisMB
One of the most popular conversations that nerds around the world engage in is the classic scenario of what would we do during the zombie apocalypse. Recent events in the…
Dragons: An Introduction
Leo Elijah Cristea
Dragons: Why do they permeate fantasy fiction, and moreover, what are they supposed to be? Despite the varied literature in which they appear, the appearance of a dragon—with a little…
The Broken Isles by Mark Charan Newton
Laura Graham
Well, here we are ladies and gents, the finale fling for The Legends of the Red Sun series. And you know what? What a satisfying last jaunt it is. The…