Top 10 Anticipated Fantasy Books For 2011
Overlord
What a year 2010 was for fantasy! We had some really, really fantastic books released. Perhaps the biggest story of the year was the full emergence of Brandon Sanderson as…
The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
Well, I set myself a challenge just over a week ago. There were 10 days left of 2010 and I wanted to find a fantasy book that had me turning…
Top 5 Fantasy Books of 2010
Hello Fantasy Fans! Been a while since my last post, there was a pretty big event, you probably heard of it: Christmas. There is also another one approaching fairly rapidly:…
Fantasy-Faction’s Fantasy Book Club
If you are a member of the Fantasy-Faction Forums you may have heard us talking about our Fantasy Book Club. On a monthly basis (starting January 2011) we are going…
The Desert Spear by Peter V. Brett
Editor’s Note: This review contains minor spoilers for The Painted Man (The Warded Man in the US). Read with caution if you have yet to finish the first book. You…
Christmas Treats For A Fantasy Fan
It’s Christmas Time! Sometimes it is hard to choose presents for those who lock themselves away in their rooms and read, or are too busy reading to answer your, “What…
Douglas Hulick Interview – Coming Soon!
The fantasy genre certainly seems to be changing. Fantasy is getting cooler. Authors like Peter V. Brett, Brent Weeks, Joe Abercrombie and Adrian Tchaikovsky are taking the fantasy genre and…
Old Kingdom Trilogy by Garth Nix
Many of you may not have heard of this series. I picked it up by complete chance about five or six years ago when visiting a relative. I forgot the…
The Black Prism by Brent Weeks
Earlier this year I read The Night Angel Trilogy by Brent Weeks. I have to say that it is one of the very best fantasy trilogies I have ever read.…
Fantasy-Faction’s Reading List for 2011
Well we are approaching the end of the year. *sigh* And in 2010 I didn’t read nearly as much as I was intending to. In order to ensure this doesn’t…
The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud – Series Review
The Bartimaeus Trilogy was a series pushed heavily at the time Harry Potter’s popularity exploded. It certainly isn’t a huge leap from one to the other in the sense that…
The Painted Man by Peter V. Brett
Firstly, let me say that The Painted Man is a special, special book. I want to declare this book ‘The single best novel I have ever read.’ There is a…