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Author Archives: Stefan (Far Beyond Reality)
Excerpt: The Winds of Khalakovo by Bradley Beaulieu
As some of you may already know, author Bradley Beaulieu recently announced that he and Night Shade Books have parted ways. Beaulieu will be self-publishing The Flames of Shadam Koreh, the third book in his Lays of Anuskaya series, as well as … Continue reading
The Mad Scientist’s Guide to World Domination by John Joseph Adams (Ed.)
The Mad Scientist’s Guide to World Domination is the latest themed anthology edited by John Joseph Adams—and it’s another good one. This time, Adams has collected a set of short stories featuring the hero’s (or often superhero’s) traditional antagonist: the … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy, Horror, Reviews, Science Fiction, Short Story Collections
Tagged John Joseph Adams, Tor
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When We Wake by Karen Healey
I read some great YA novels last year, but also a few less than impressive ones. In my reviews, I explained my reservations about the novels I didn’t like in some detail. At one point, I started to wonder whether … Continue reading
The Willful Princess and the Piebald Prince by Robin Hobb
Over the years, Robin Hobb’s Realm of the Elderlings has become one of fantasy’s most beloved settings. So far, the series consists of three completed trilogies (Farseer, Live Ship, and Tawny Man), as well as the Rain Wilds Chronicles, a … Continue reading
Doughnut by Tom Holt
Theo Bernstein accidentally put a decimal point one place to the left instead of the right and, thusly, caused the Very Very Large Hadron Collider to explode, thereby disintegrating an entire Alp and becoming one of the most hated men … Continue reading
Six-Gun Snow White by Catherynne M. Valente
It doesn’t happen to me very often, but ever so rarely I come across a book that’s so purely brilliant that it almost stuns me, a story that’s so gorgeous and rich that I feel paralyzed: not just unable to … Continue reading
Excerpt: The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson
Here’s an illustrated excerpt from The Rithmatist, the forthcoming YA novel by #1 NY Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson. In The Rithmatist, a 14-year-old boy named Joel wants nothing more than to become a Rithmatist. Rithmatists have the power to … Continue reading
American Elsewhere by Robert Jackson Bennett
Mona Bright used to be a cop. She was married. They were expecting a baby. Then, abruptly, everything fell apart and her life collapsed. Since then, she’s been drifting from town to town, taking short term jobs, drinking heavily, looking … Continue reading
Excerpt: The Mongoliad, Book Three
First of all – spoiler warning! This is an excerpt from The Mongoliad: Book Three. You’ll find out things that happened in the previous two books. If you haven’t read those books yet and don’t want your reading experience affected, … Continue reading
Posted in Excerpts
Tagged 47North, Cooper Moo, Erik Bear, Greg Bear, Joseph Brassey, Mark Teppo, Neal Stephenson, Nicole Galland
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