Fantasy Book Club – February 2011: The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
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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…
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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…
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…
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.…
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 Magician’s Apprentice by Trudi Canavan
It was Trudi Canavan that got me into fantasy around 6 years ago. Previously I was more of an action/crime fan, but Trudi Canavan converted me with her Black Magician…