Going Old School: Re-Re-Defining Urban Fantasy
Chloe Smith
I have a confession: I have not always maintained my current, high-intensity level of fantasy fandom. There was a period (which coincided with several years of full-time school), during which…
The Fire Rose by Mercedes Lackey
Jennie Ivins
Rosalind Hawkins was born in the wrong era. Before women were allowed to vote, even before electricity had reached all areas of the country, Rose was working towards acquiring her…
The “Villain” Spectrum: Creating a Layered Antagonist
Amy Rose Davis
I’m sure everyone remembers the scene in the first Shrek movie where Shrek tells Donkey that “ogres are like onions” because they have layers. Donkey wants to know why they…
Tortall and Other Lands: A Collection of Tales by Tamora Pierce
Chelsea Haller
Tamora Pierce has been entertaining teens for years, especially those who are female. Most of her books have a very strong feminine main character who struggles through the world of…
The Zombie Autopsies Contest: Winners Announced!
Overlord
We teamed up with the publishers of the absolutely fantastic The Zombie Autopsies who gave us five copies of the book to give away. “This secret notebook has been retrieved…
Revisions
Daniel D Jones
You type the final words, then push yourself back from the keyboard and heave a deep sigh. You’ve finished. You’ve written a novel. It’s all there, all down in neat…
Fantasy Book Club – May 2011: FEED by Mire Grant
Hello Fantasy Fans! Been a good month for fantasy, what with Game of Thrones and some really cool releases hitting shelves. It looks like though (based on the voting) that…
Feed by Mira Grant
Max Edwards
It’s somewhat appropriate to write a blog post about Mira Grant’s Feed, seeing as its concerned not only with zombies, but blogging too. Here one comes and all – an…
Winter is Here
Jamie Provencher
This article is a follow up to our preview of Game of Thrones, which can be read here. Generally, we hate it when books are made into TV shows. In…
Jon Courtenay Grimwood Interview
One of our regular contributors Alister Davison recently emailed me a review of The Fallen Blade (now online click here). To summarise his thoughts on the novel: “A writer more…
Shadows of the Apt Series by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Books 1 – 3)
Khaldun
Empire In Black and Gold by Adrian Tchaikovsky Empire In Black and Gold is the first volume in a dramatic and colourful new fantasy series, Shadows of the Apt, about…
The Company by K. J. Parker
Alister Davison
When freshly retired General Kunessin returns home, he has a plan to reunite the four surviving members of his old team and start a better life with them on an…