Spiderlight by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Laura M. Hughes
So, that Adrian Tchaikovsky is a clever bloke. He tricked me (and plenty of others, no doubt) into thinking Spiderlight was a tropey, cliched, rose-tinted throwback to the ‘good old…
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Agents of Dreamland by Caitlín R. Kiernan
Jonathan Thornton
Tor’s novella series was started in 2015, with the aim of promoting this shorter medium. The line includes both established authors and those just making their debut, and has included…
Within the Sanctuary of Wings by Marie Brennan
Steve Damarell
The fifth – and final – of Lady Trent’s memoirs is a difficult beast to review without lurching firmly into spoiler territory, both for the preceding books and for the…
Amberlough by Lara Elena Donnelly
At the beginning of the workweek, most of Amberlough’s salary-folk crawled reluctantly from their bed – or someone else’s – and let the trolleys tow them, hungover and half asleep,…
Brian Staveley Interview – Skullsworn
Peter Tr
By now you should all probably know that the point of my interviews is simply to celebrate Wednesdays (doesn’t matter if it’s actually Wednesday or not). This time I have…
A Conjuring of Light by V. E. Schwab
Eric Christensen
Spoiler Warning: To the extent possible, I have done my best to minimize spoilers for the entire Shades of Magic trilogy. However, this is a review of the third book…
Karen Memory by Elizabeth Bear
Jo Niederhoff
Karen Memory is the sort of book I’d like to write someday, and the sort I wish I could read more often. If you need to lose yourself in a…
The History In Your Fantasy
John Gwynne
My third book, titled Ruin, is published in the UK on 16th July. Now, that may not mean much to a lot of you guys, but to me, it’s OUTRAGEOUS!…
Lee Harris leaves Angry Robot for Tor’s New Imprint
Overlord
In news I’m both happy about (personally) and worried about (as a genre fan), Lee Harris has left Angry Robot to join Tor’s new imprint, The Imprint. Firstly, the thing…
Tor Looks to bring back the Novella Market with ‘The Imprint’
There was a time when short stories and novellas were the preferred format for Fantasy and Science-Fiction stories. However, as years have gone by, the physical versions of SFF stories…
John Brown splits with Tor as way to finally publish Book 2
So, a few years ago I read a book called Servant of a Dark God by John D. Brown. I picked it up after it got a good review from…
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…