The Passage by Justin Cronin
I wasn’t expecting much with this one. Sure, I’d read several reviews that glowed enough to light a room – even the posh critics, those who turn their nose up…
I wasn’t expecting much with this one. Sure, I’d read several reviews that glowed enough to light a room – even the posh critics, those who turn their nose up…
Welcome back to the Fantasy-Faction World Tour of Wonderment, where I aim to shine the spotlight on individual nations and their contributions to the fantasy world. So up to now…
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…
I have been waffling on reviewing FEED. This mostly has to do with the fact that, within the Fantasy-Faction Forum, I have been very vocal about my love of this…
With the conclusion of Patient Zero, I found myself wondering if I would like its sequel, The Dragon Factory, even a fraction as much as I had liked the first…
But when the springtime turns to dust (A thousand shades of blood and rust) And everything is ash and stone (Contagion writ in blood and bone) Then what exists to…
My goodness gracious me is there a lot to get through your poor little brain in this book. From the great literary mind of China Miéville, comes this romp through…
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Sci-Fri is a new series of Friday articles on science fiction, primarily by myself, Max Edwards, with other contributors occasionally. What has science fiction got to do with fantasy? Well…
John Smith is not your average teenager. He regularly moves from small town to small town. He changes his name and identity. He does not put down roots. He cannot…
Everyone has read a novel that changed the way they perceive the world around them or caused them to reexamine facets of their own lives. Perhaps the change was dramatic,…
You can read Part One of this series here. As long as the genres have been divided, fantasy has always stood in opposition to science fiction. A sweeping glance across…