Raiders of the Lost Art
Dan Hanks
It was always a dream of mine that once my book was published, and the film deal secured, Drew Struzan and Ralph McQuarrie would step into Bespin’s carbon-freezing chamber and…
science fiction
The Evolution of Sexuality, Homosexuality and Gender in SFF – Part One
Leo Elijah Cristea
One of the most exciting and vast elements of modern SFF is the presentation of alternative sexualities and genders. There is as vast a wealth to mine regarding sex, gender…
God’s War by Kameron Hurley
Mike Shackle
“Nyx sold her womb somewhere between Punjai and Faleen, on the edge of the desert.” As opening lines go, they don’t come much better. It sets the book’s grim tone,…
The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter
Overlord
Terry Pratchett – “ the bloke who knows about quantum. I’m the bloke who knows about faeries.” Terry Pratchett is perhaps the world’s finest satirical writer. I believe that everything…
Fantasy-Faction’s New Sci-Fi Book Club
Idlewilder
Welcome to the start of a brave new world… As the header shows, we are starting a brand new book club! As this is Fantasy-Faction and not Sci-Fi-Faction we are…
T. C. McCarthy Reading – Exogene
Jennie Ivins
As you may have seen, a few weeks back I attended Balticon, near Baltimore, Maryland. While there, I was lucky enough to meet and spend some time hanging out with…
Balticon 2012 Review
On Friday May 25th, I pulled up to the Baltimore Marriott, ready to begin my first vacation in almost six years. But even the excitement of being ‘kidless’ for three…
2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson
Paul Wiseall
2312 is set, rather unsurprisingly, in the year 2312. A time when scientific and technological advances have helped humanity to spread out and inhabit the solar system. Humans have terraformed…
Alexander Death by J. L. Bryan
Kit
“There are many shades of gray between good and evil, Jenny, and the lighter shades are to be preferred, if we cannot have pure white.” Alexander Death is the third…
The Dying Earth by Jack Vance
Nyki Blatchley
Fantasy authors who want to get away from familiar contemporary or historical surroundings have various broad types of setting to choose from. They can create a fictional prehistory, as both…
Fantasy-Faction World Tour of Wonderment: The Philippines – Part Two
Paolo Chikiamco
Welcome to part two of the Fantasy Faction World Tour of Wonderment: The Philippines! If you missed part one, you can read it here. In this installment, we will look…
Angelmaker by Nick Harkaway
Liz Fellshot Ambrose
I am generally not prone to unmitigated and spontaneous squeeing except on rare occasions or when presented with almost anything that may be described as “adorable.” Since “adorable” is what…