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Building a Fantasy Army Part 6: Numbers

How large an army will be depends largely on the ability of state to support the army – and in premodern times, that was very limited, as agriculture was not efficient enough to support a large non-agricultural population, let alone finance war. Armies are expensive. How large army was exactly depended on nature of the […]

Filip’s Favourite Baldur’s Gate 3 Bugs, Again

Hey, everyone! One of the upcoming games I’m most excited about in 2021 is Baldur’s Gate 3 by Larian Studios, the long-awaited entry in one of the most influential fantasy RPG series out there. Baldur’s Gate might also be a familiar name to those of you who have spent time in the Forgotten Realms, either […]

An Arrow Against the Wind Excerpt: Choices Part 1

The week-long spotlight on An Arrow Against the Wind continues with another excerpt, this one about choices by characters. Ath makes a choice that sets events twisting around his life. With book 2 of The Bow of Hart Saga, more characters get point-of-view scenes. One such character is Athson’s father whose in quite a dire […]

Women in SF&F Month: S.B. Divya

Today’s guest is science fiction writer and editor S.B. Divya! Her fiction has appeared on Tor.com, Uncanny, Apex Magazine, and many other publications, and it can also be read in her collection, Contingency Plans for the Apocalypse and Other Possible Situations. She is also the author of Runtime, a 2016 Nebula Award finalist for Best […]

Acquisition Announcement – ORBIT ACQUIRES DEBUT NOVEL FROM AWARD-WINNER P. DJÈLÍ CLARK

Author photo by Le Image Inc., Brooklyn, NY Orbit UK editor Emily Byron has acquired award-winning author P. Djèlí Clark’s debut novel, A Master of Djinn, in a two-book deal from Anna Carmichael at Abner Stein on behalf of Seth Fishman at the Gernert Company. Described by the publisher as Rivers of London meets The […]

BIRDS OF PARADISE by Oliver K. Langmead (BOOK REVIEW)

“The books are a perfect example, Adam thinks, of reading to confirm one’s own beliefs: they are all theological in nature, and of a very particular slant. They speak to the superiority of man, and his God-given right to possess and exploit the world for his betterment. They give the reader permission to plunder all […]

The Week of An Arrow Against the Wind Continues – Character Spotlight: Limbreth

Find out about lead character 1B of The Bow of Hart Saga. An Arrow Against the Wind is highlighted this week and the character of Limbreth plays a key role. Read more about her today… Limbreth is a young woman who appears in the book as a traveling companion to Hastra. At first glance, she’s […]

Today’s Reviews: The best Falcon and the Winter Soldier yet

The fourth episode of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier is its best yet – and ends on one of what’s likely to be the iconic shots of the Disney+ series… There is a pleasing amount of greyness in the show, not grim nor pragmatic but the reality that sometimes there are no good answers. […]

The Hands We’re Given – O.E. Tearmann

Life’s a bitch. She deals off the bottom of the deck. But you play the hands you’re given Aidan Headly never wanted to be the man giving orders. That’s fine with the Democratic State Force base he’s been assigned to command: they don’t like to take orders. Nicknamed the Wildcards, they used to be the […]

Women in SF&F Month: E. J. Beaton

Today’s Women in SF&F Month guest is poet and fantasy author E. J. Beaton! Her debut novel, The Councillor, is often described as “Machiavellian fantasy” (for more about that classification, see her essay here). The Councillor was recently published in the US, Canada, and internationally and will also be available in Australia on May 18. [fancyline] […]