Conan the Barbarian (2011)
ChrisMB
I’d like to go on record saying something very important: I love Conan. Conan is the archetypal fantasy loner. A brooding, savage warrior with great intelligence and charisma to match…
Fantasy-Faction World Tour of Wonderment: Scotland
Paul Wiseall
Welcome back to the Fantasy-Faction World Tour Of Wonderment, where I aim to shine the spotlight on individual nations and their contributions to the fantasy world. Last time we had…
Streams of Silver by R. A. Salvatore
We’ve dug our holes and plumbed the depths Carved our views of novels as epithets. This day my work has just begun In the mines of silver and rum Beneath…
Assassin’s Quest by Robin Hobb
Overlord
Well, I guess I should start off by saying this series was absolutely fantastic. I had Assassin’s Apprentice (which I rated 5/5) sitting on by bookshelf for about 2 or…
Jeremy Tarr Interview
Chelsea Haller
Jeremy Tarr, author of the debut book (S)mythology, came to Sacramento, CA and Davis, CA on July 30. But, before he sat and answered questions about his book for the…
Reviews of SF/F Movies 2011
Well, working for Fantasy-Faction is a tough, tough job. Not only do I have to read tons upon tons of fantasy novels, but I also made a pledge to play…
Mark Charan Newton Interview
Leo Elijah Cristea
Mark Charan Newton, author of the Legends of the Red Sun series—presently Nights of Villjamur, City of Ruin, and The Book of Transformations—isn’t your typical fantasy writer. In fact, buying…
Rhythm and Time – Part 5: The Rests
Amy Rose Davis
You can read the rest of this series here: Part 1: Give Your Writing a Beat of Its Own Part 2: Add a Little Harmony with Adjectives Part 3: Dialogue…
Elric of Melniboné by Michael Moorcock
Elric. The name is legendary. Even those who don’t really touch fantasy tend to know the name Elric or at very least Stormbringer. Those older will know the name Moorcock…
The Case of the Capital in Fantasy
Lady Rosalie Skinner
When going through the final edit of a galley, the tension mounts. This is the last opportunity to make changes, fix rogue quotation marks, commas and capitals. It is during…
San Diego Comicon 2011
Liz Fellshot Ambrose
Comicon. The word invokes the image of vast masses of comic nerds and SFF geeks as they all perform the annual migration to San Diego to commune with others of…
Movie Adaptations: Is the film version ever allowed to best the novel?
Ashley Barnard
Up until a few years ago I was one of many book lovers who firmly believed it’s virtually impossible for a film adaptation to be better than the novel it’s…