Fantasy Book Club – March 2011: The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie
Overlord
Well, we’ve all finished or at least nearly finished The Name of the Wind and what a book it was! The sequel is of course out this month and where…
The Elfstones of Shannara by Terry Brooks
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Do you remember the first fantasy novel you ever read? Can you vividly recall how old you were when you first experienced the enthralling magic of an author’s words? Does…
Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence
Disturbing, Beautiful, Chaotic, Poetic, Haunting, Exhilarating… Believe it or not, these are all words I would use to describe a single book. Prince of Thorns is the debut novel of…
Fantasy Book Club – February 2011: The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
After the success of the first month’s Fantasy Book Club, our members are uniting once again to take on another title. This time we are tackling The Name of the…
Among Thieves by Douglas Hulick
Fantasy in 2010 is different than it was 20-30 years ago. Gone are the days when the genre is filled with whiter than white characters that take on quests for…
Soul Born by Kevin James Breaux
All Opal wanted was to be respected as a wielder of magic, but her teachers passed her over time and time again. When a mysterious warlord embarks on a conquest…
Big Fantasy Book Releases for 2011
The year of 2011 is going to be a huge one for the fantasy genre! Of course, we have releases from favourites such as Erikson, Lynch (maybe), Abercrombie, Hobbs, Goodkind,…
The Heroes by Joe Abercrombie
When Joe Abercrombie releases a new book, the fantasy world goes a little crazy. It would be fair to say that Abercrombie is one of the very best modern fantasy…
Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson
Fantasy-Faction’s first ever book club read was chosen unanimously. Out of our voting members – every single one of them chose Mistborn. This review is going to feature Overlord’s review…
Douglas Hulick Interview
“Oh hell yeah, there’s new talent in the game. Read this book. No really, read this book.” That’s what best-selling author Brent Weeks said about Among Thieves, a novel being…
Top 10 Anticipated Fantasy Books For 2011
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…