Sabriel, Lirael, and Abhorsen by Garth Nix – Series Review
Pippa
Five Great Charters knit the land. Together linked, hand in hand. One in the people who wear the Crown. Two in the folk who keep the Dead down. Three and…
Garth Nix
Tough Travels: Strongholds
Laura M. Hughes
At the start of every month, Fantasy-Faction will lead you (yes, YOU!) on a tour of the fantasy genre. From high to low, from classics to new releases, from epic…
Clariel by Garth Nix
Sonia Grace
Clariel is the newest addition to Garth Nix’s Abhorsen series, which also contains Sabriel, Lirael, Abhorsen, and several novellas and short stories. It’s one of my favorite series, full stop.…
Rogues edited by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois
Charlie Hopkins
G.R.R.M. states in his introduction that’s the “Rogues is not meant to be a fantasy anthology” but I picked it up for the authors that I knew from being a…
Clariel Officially Due for Release – Cover Revealed
Overlord
Garth Nix was one of the first fantasy authors I was lucky enough to stumble upon (way back in about 1999). The series, and one I ended up reading about…
Fearie Tales: Stories of the Grimm and Gruesome edited by Stephen Jones
Aleksandra Kesek
Reading fairy tales can be more thrilling than visiting haunted houses and dungeon attractions. So how scary are fairy tales? Fairy tales and legends had a very long oral history…
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…
Fantasy-Faction’s Reading List for 2011
Well we are approaching the end of the year. *sigh* And in 2010 I didn’t read nearly as much as I was intending to. In order to ensure this doesn’t…