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March 2, 2018
The Children of the Company by Kage Baker
Oh. My. God. Those are just about the only words I can think to describe my reaction to reading The Children of the Company. While I don’t know that I’d call the book a break from the main narrative (in large part because I didn’t really think I needed a break and am eager to […]
Josiah Bancroft Interview – The Books of Babel
The Self-Publishing Fantasy Blog-Off has introduced mainstream fantasy lovers to some amazing authors that we might not have found on our own. One of our favorites at Fantasy-Faction is Josiah Bancroft and his incredible Books of Babel series. You can read our reviews of the first book, Senlin Ascends, here, and of the second book, […]
March 1, 2018
Jade City by Fonda Lee
Aficionados of Hong Kong Cinema, hear me out: Imagine Chow Yun-Fat in one of his classic ‘90s Triad movies, but give him the superhuman martial skills from the Show Brothers’ Golden Age of Wuxia. Add in the complex plotting and backstabbing of Game of Thrones, and you have Fonda Lee’s Jade City. I stumbled upon […]
February 28, 2018
Fonda Lee Interview – Jade City
Today we have a real treat for you! Fonda Lee, author of the Nebula nominated Jade City, is here to speak with us! If you’ve not read Jade City you are missing out. But fear not! On top of today’s interview, we have a review of the novel coming up tomorrow! But before we get […]
Sigil Independent – Announcement & Freebies!
Fantasy-Faction is happy to host the announcement of a new self-publishers’ guild with aims to help self-pub authors with things most often reserved for those who are traditional published. Sigil Independent it launching today! After you’ve finished here, make sure you say hi to them in their /r/fantasy AMA March 1st. Good luck authors! – […]
February 27, 2018
RJ Barker Interview – Blood of Assassins
If you’ve not see Fantasy-Faction’s Best of 2017 list yet, then you are missing out on some great reads. But lucky for you, we have the author of one of our top five picks here to talk with us today! RJ Barker is the author of The Wounded Kingdom. The first book Age of Assassins […]
February 26, 2018
Paris Adrift by E. J. Swift
“I always imagined that it was possible to cast off those elements of myself that I disliked or did not want. I had come to Paris cleansed; in my wake was a trail of the undesirable, stretching back like flotsam after the tide. I didn’t plan to look back. But that’s an impossible ambition. Your […]
February 25, 2018
In Defence of a Zombie-Free Apocalypse – Part Two: The Rest!
And we’re back. Last time we explored how vampires, werewolves, and ghosts have so much more potential to create an exciting Apocalypse scenario than just rehashing all those rotten old zombie tropes. Now it’s time to look at a bunch of the less obvious creatures to see if they’d be any good at bringing down […]
Year in Anime – 2017
My interest in anime has been rather lacking since 2013. Despite occasionally re-watching classics or catching up on stuff that I missed, I actually thought anime had become rather repetitive and dull, and I was rather saddened by what I thought was an impending death of a creative media. Three years later, it is a […]
February 24, 2018
Bastien Lecouffe Deharme – Artist Spotlight
Some of you may know this already, but I am an art addict. I love fantasy art and sci-fi art and classical art and surreal art and…well you get the idea. I even have a rather large Pinterest board (or 10 or 11…) full of my favorite artists, art, and cover art. Today I was […]
