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Author Archives: Stefan (Far Beyond Reality)
The Darwin Elevator (Dire Earth #1) by Jason M. Hough
Karin Kross just posted an excellent piece on Tor.com about “dumb” action movies, nominally a review of Pacific Rim (which I haven’t seen) but with broader application to anything we tend to label as “dumb”: Respectfully, I would like to … Continue reading
The Beautiful Land by Alan Averill
I picked up The Beautiful Land by Alan Averill because its plot summary piqued my interest: Takahiro O’Leary has a very special job… …working for the Axon Corporation as an explorer of parallel timelines—as many and as varied as anyone … Continue reading
Equations of Life (Samuil Petrovitch #1) by Simon Morden
I picked up Equations of Life, the first novel in Simon Morden’s Samuil Petrovitch series, after receiving a copy of his latest novel The Curve of the Earth for review. The new novel is the fourth one set in the … Continue reading
The Curiosity by Stephen P. Kiernan
The struggle for life after death has been a theme in science fiction for ages. From Frankenstein, to cryogenics in all its myriad permutations, to uploaded cyber-consciousness, to even, in a sense, generation star ships and other attempts to find … Continue reading
The Thousand Names by Django Wexler
Khandar, a colony of the Vordanai Empire, has rebelled. The empire’s colonial army has been kicked out of the capital city Ashe-Katarion by a coalition of the religious fanatics known as the Redeemers and Voltarai desert tribes led by the … Continue reading
The Time Traveler’s Guide to Elizabethan England by Ian Mortimer
First of all, to be clear, I’m reviewing two titles together here: The Time Traveler’s Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century, and The Time Traveler’s Guide to Elizabethan England, both by UK historian Ian … Continue reading
Giveaway winner! (2312 giveaway)
The winner of last week’s giveaway is… Martin C. of Monsey, NY Congratulations, Martin – your copy of 2312 (my review) is on its way to you, courtesy of the kind people at Orbit. And… for those of you who didn’t … Continue reading
The Last Full Measure by Jack Campbell
The Last Full Measure is an alternate history novella by Jack Campbell, set in the middle of the Nineteenth Century in the US around the time of the Gettysburg Address. (The title is actually a famous quote from that speech.) … Continue reading
Posted in Historical Fiction, Reviews, Science Fiction
Tagged Jack Campbell, Subterranean Press
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The Shambling Guide to New York City by Mur Lafferty
Think of The Shambling Guide to New York City by Mur Lafferty as a cozy urban fantasy novel, in the same vein as the popular “cozy mysteries” written by authors like Janet Evanovich but in an urban fantasy setting. In … Continue reading
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