Small Press, Big Stories: 2018 in Review
Steven Poore
Humans need fantasy to be human. To be the place where the falling angel meets the rising ape. So, said the great Sir Terry Pratchett, and in the last year…
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Fantasy-Faction’s Best Fantasy Books of 2018
Jennie Ivins
Happy New Year Factioners! 2018 was a difficult year for many of us, but it was an amazing year for fantasy! Our nomination list was the longest it’s ever been…
Year in Anime – 2017
Rakib Ahmad Khan
My interest in anime has been rather lacking since 2013. Despite occasionally re-watching classics or catching up on stuff that I missed, I actually thought anime had become rather repetitive…
Fantasy-Faction’s Best Fantasy Books of 2017
2017 was a heck of a year! And we mean that we a giant *SIGH* right after it. But while the world around us seem to darken as the year…
Small Press, Big Stories: 2017 In Review
While the world goes to hell in a handcart, it’s still been a heck of a year in fantasy fiction. And small and independent presses have definitely had their fair…
Coping with Reading Guilt in 7 Easy Steps
Nicola Alter
Every year, countless readers suffer from a condition known as Reading Guilt. According to a prominent scientist (or possibly, to no prominent scientists), anxious or time-strapped readers are particularly vulnerable.…
Fantasy-Faction’s Best Fantasy Books of 2016
Overlord
2016 was a great year for fans of fantasy fiction, my friends! The burden of choice weighed heavily on us and we’ll be catching up on 2016 titles for years…
Most Anticipated Fantasy Novels of 2016: Publishers’ Choice
Can you believe it… It’s 2016 already! And you know what that means, right? It’s time for another one of Fantasy-Faction’s most popular posts of the year: “Most Anticipated Fantasy…
Top 10 SFF Films of 2015
I don’t think 2015 was quite the year for cinema we were hoping. There were a number of SFF titles that didn’t quite live up to expectations and a few…
Fantasy-Faction’s Best Fantasy Books of 2015
It’s getting harder and harder to be a well-read and up-to-date reviewer in fantasy these days. It’s also getting incredibly difficult to order the best of the year lists. I…
Top 10 Most Popular Posts of 2015
2015 has been a wonderful year for me as the Editor of Fantasy-Faction. Thousands of you have been visiting the site on a daily basis and our team has been…
Books we love: The books that stole our hearts and got us reading
It was Valentines last week so I, as I often do, sent out a holiday themed tweet: What I didn’t expect when I sent that Tweet out was such a…