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…
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The Crystal Shard by R. A. Salvatore
ChrisMB
Come gather ‘round Hardy people of the internets And listen to my look back to a tale of heroes bold And grand deeds told From the Tyrant of Icewind Dale…
Monthly Short Story Winner: Storms
Jennie Ivins
Some of you may not know this, but along with Fantasy-Faction being an awesome site for readers of fantasy, we also house a growing collection of published and aspiring authors.…
Fantasy-Faction World Tour of Wonderment – Italy
Paul Wiseall
Hey folks. I recently found myself packing up my piece of crap car and moving from England to Italy and so, I decided that my next article had to be…
Sam Sykes Interview
Overlord
Sam Sykes is the author of one of 2010’s most popular debuts: Tome of the Undergates. At just 24 when it was published, he was quickly marked as one to…
Tome of the Undergates by Sam Sykes
I first heard of Tome of the Undergates via Twitter. I had seen the rather interesting @SamSykesSwears tweeter, shouting out about fantasy and generally interacting with users and causing a…
Gollancz To Launch World’s Largest Digital SFF Library
There is no doubt about it, Gollancz is the UK’s leading publisher of fantasy fiction. Just a quick browse of the fantasy shelves in WH Smiths or Waterstones will reveal…
Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb
Assassin’s Apprentice is a book that has been on my radar for a long time, but something has always stopped my from picking it up. Perhaps it was the fact…
Graceling by Kristin Cashore
Kit
Imagine a world where people are given special talents; those so blessed are called Gracelings, and their talents are perfect. The Grace could be anything: cooking, horseback riding, swimming, hand-to-hand…
Winter has come… And gone.
“Winter is Coming” – it is all we heard for months and months before April’s premiere episode of Game of Thrones. HBO really went for it – they literally shoved…
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
In a forest that time wouldn’t touch, was a creature who would live forever. A creature of immortal beauty and purity: a unicorn. She spent her days admiring her own…
Legend by David Gemmell
Alister Davison
I first read Legend twenty-five years ago, shortly after its original release. I was sixteen at the time, and the heroic tale of an old man coming out of retirement…