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Author Archives: Stefan (Far Beyond Reality)
Giveaway! Enter to win 1 of 3 copies of Breach Zone by Myke Cole!
This giveaway ended on Sunday, February 9th. Still need to get your copy of Breach Zone by Myke Cole? Well, you’re in luck! Thanks to the generosity of the kind folks at Ace, I have three copies of the excellent … Continue reading
Dreamwalker by C.S. Friedman
There are two unusual things about Jessica (“Jesse”) Drake, the teenage protagonist of Dreamwalker, C.S. Friedman’s first foray into Young Adult fiction and the start of what’s billed as a new, “open-ended” series. First of all, Jesse has bizarre dreams … Continue reading
Arcanum by Simon Morden
What happens when the magic goes away? More specifically, what happens when a small but strategically located region that has relied on its hexmasters for centuries is forced to deal with the sudden disappearance of its all-powerful magic? Simon Morden … Continue reading
Some Notes on Two Novels I Didn’t Finish
I frequently pick up novels by authors I’ve never heard of. I pride myself on seeking out new voices and debut novels, or just authors I wasn’t familiar with yet. Sometimes this leads to some wonderful discoveries, and sometimes… Well, sometimes … Continue reading
Shadow Ops: Breach Zone by Myke Cole
Breach Zone is the third entry in Myke Cole’s contemporary military fantasy series Shadow Ops, after series opener Control Point (my review) and last year’s Fortress Frontier (my review). “Contemporary military fantasy” is probably not the most evocative way to describe these books. Peter V. … Continue reading
Tooth And Claw by Jo Walton
Just for fun, I decided to round out what’s somehow turned into an official “Jo Walton Week” here at Far Beyond Reality by posting my old review of Tooth and Claw, following my earlier reviews of Among Others and Walton’s … Continue reading
Among Others by Jo Walton
I just realized that I never posted my old review of Jo Walton’s Among Others here. With the release of the author’s essay collection What Makes This Book So Great (my review), I thought this would be a good time … Continue reading
What Makes This Book So Great by Jo Walton
First of all, if you’re looking for the new Jo Walton novel, What Makes This Book So Great is not it. That would be My Real Children, due out from Tor in May of this year. Instead, What Makes This Book … Continue reading
Rex Regis by L.E. Modesitt Jr.
Rex Regis is the eighth overall novel in L.E. Modesitt Jr.’s Imager Portfolio and the fifth one in the series-within-a-series about Quaeryt. The first three novels, with Rhennthyl as their protagonist, were set later in this fictional world’s timeline. Scholar, the first … Continue reading
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