Author Archives: Stefan (Far Beyond Reality)

Giveaway! Enter to win a copy of Love Minus Eighty by Will McIntosh

Well, if my review and the guest posts by author Will McIntosh and Art Director Kirk Benshoff weren’t enough to convince you yet, maybe the chance of winning a free copy of Love Minus Eighty will do the trick? Thanks … Continue reading

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Guest Post: Designing the Cover of Will McIntosh’s Love Minus Eighty, by Kirk Benshoff (Art Director at Orbit)

The cover of Love Minus Eighty by Will McIntosh is a thing of beauty. It’s hard to really get the full effect without holding the book in your hands, so imagine: the trade paperback is wrapped in a gorgeous transparent … Continue reading

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Guest Post: Leaps in Time and Too-Much-Techno Phobia, by Will McIntosh

As announced yesterday, I’m proud to present this guest post by author Will McIntosh, whose new novel Love Minus Eighty is out today. You can find my review here. Will McIntosh’s debut novel, Soft Apocalypse, was a finalist for both … Continue reading

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Love Minus Eighty by Will McIntosh

Will McIntosh has been on my list of favorite new authors since his excellent 2011 debut novel Soft Apocalypse. (Incidentally, my review of that novel was also the very first review I posted on this site, back in January 2012!) To celebrate … Continue reading

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Man in the Empty Suit by Sean Ferrell

The protagonist in Sean Ferrell’s Man in the Empty Suit has seen and done it all. Thanks to his ability to travel in time, he’s cruised all the way up and down the course of human history. There’s not much … Continue reading

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Lookin’ Good: The Bread We Eat in Dreams by Catherynne M. Valente (includes Table of Contents)

I don’t get extremely excited about many ARCs anymore. Don’t get me wrong, finding any book in my mailbox always feels a little bit like Christmas morning, but some books are just special, and this one… Well, let’s just say … Continue reading

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Giveaway winners! (Antiagon Fire giveaway)

The winners of last week’s giveaway are: Tom K. of Woodridge, IL Helen D. of Mountain Top, PA Bettany P. of Beaverton, OR Congratulations to the winners! Your copies of Antiagon Fire by L.E. Modesitt Jr. (my review) are on their way, courtesy of … Continue reading

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Reviewing With Emotion

I absolutely love this line in today’s excellent post by Patrick Rothfuss about Neil Gaiman’s The Ocean at the End of the Lane: I will say this. It made me smile. I laughed out loud. I cried. Not because of any … Continue reading

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Damocles by S.G. Redling

Damocles by S.G. Redling is a charming but flawed twist on first contact stories, the twist being that, in this case, the humans are the aliens who are landing on a faraway planet after a long period of cryogenic sleep. … Continue reading

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Mr. Shivers by Robert Jackson Bennett

It’s been two months now since I read Mr. Shivers, the excellent 2010 debut novel by Robert Jackson Bennett. I tend to procrastinate when I don’t have a deadline, usually in favor of review assignments with actual deadlines. It’s a … Continue reading

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