Fantasy Book Club – December 2011: Among Thieves by Douglas Hulick
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Well guys, you are in for a treat this month! Fantasy-Factioners have spoken and we will be reading Among Thieves by Douglas Hulick for December’s Book Club. I’ve actually read…
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The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson
Chelsea Haller
The Mistborn Trilogy has become a firm favourite with fantasy fans the world over. The imagination that Sanderson brought to the series, his skill at marshalling epic storylines and dramatic…
Nights of Villjamur by Mark Charan Newton
If you didn’t live through the Golden Age of Speculative Fiction (I didn’t) and haven’t gone back and read some of the fantastic 1930’s-1950’s novels (I have), you are certainly…
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by J. K. Rowling
ChrisMB
So, after my previous Harry Potter review, I had another look at my copies of Quidditch Through the Ages and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Yeah, turns out…
Incarceron by Catherine Fisher
Ben Galley
First, a word on the author. Catherine Fisher, unbeknownst to me before spying the glittery cover of Incarceron at my local bookstore, is a veritable factory of fiction. Her writing…
Worldbuilding for Fantasy Writers
Leo Elijah Cristea
Worldbuilding: that old mainstay of fantasy that is as much like Marmite as…well, Marmite. Some writers live for worldbuilding, for the meticulous crafting of worlds and settings which they subsequently…
Fantasy As Mythology
Let’s take a leaf from Tolkien’s book and consider the fantasy genre as a collection of mythologies representing a variety of fictional worlds. How do writers create these worlds and…
Monthly Short Story Winner: Evil Bad-Guys
Jennie Ivins
Welcome back writers and readers! I hope all of you had a lovely October and a wonderful Halloween! Some of you may not know this, but November is a very…
The King of Elfland’s Daughter by Lord Dunsany
Nyki Blatchley
The King of Elfland’s Daughter tells of how Alveric, son of the Lord of Erl, armed with a magic sword given to him by the witch Ziroonderel, ventures into the…
The Measure of the Magic by Terry Brooks
Elloise Hopkins
Editor’s Note: This review contains some spoilers for the first book. If you haven’t finished the first book in the series, read with caution. The Measure of the Magic is…
Fantasy-Faction World Tour of Wonderment: The Caribbean
Paul Wiseall
Welcome back to the Fantasy-Faction World Tour of Wonderment where we aim to shine a spotlight on different parts of the world and their contributions to the fantasy genre. In…
Quidditch Through the Ages by J. K. Rowling
It’s amazing what you’ll find in your personal library when you look around, isn’t it? While perusing through my bookshelves for something to review, I came across a pair of…