Author Archives: Stefan (Far Beyond Reality)

Lex Trent versus the Gods by Alex Bell

Lex Trent leads a double life: to all outward appearances the self-assured young man is a law student and interns with a respectable law firm during the day, but at night he becomes the Shadowman, a notorious thief and burglar … Continue reading

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Low Town by Daniel Polansky

This week sees the UK release of Tomorrow, the Killing by Daniel Polansky, sequel to last year’s excellent debut Low Town/The Straight Razor Cure. My review of the new novel should be popping up on Tor.com soon, but just in … Continue reading

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Pirate Cinema by Cory Doctorow

Trent McCauley is a talented teenager: his main hobby, more an obsession really, is creating movie clips by downloading, remixing and reassembling footage of his favorite actor. Problem is, those movies tend to be copyrighted, which means Trent’s innocuous pastime … Continue reading

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Giveaway winners: Near + Far by Cat Rambo

With apologies for the delay, here are the winners of the Near + Far giveaway I ran a few weeks ago: David S. of Eagan, MN Michael B. of Smyrna, TN Cassandra H. of Roswell, GA Hydra House, the publisher … Continue reading

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At the Mouth of the River of Bees by Kij Johnson

It’s hard to believe that it’s taken until 2012 to get an actual, printed volume of Kij Johnson’s short stories. After all, Kij has been publishing stories for a quarter of a century now, and several of them have won … Continue reading

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Near + Far by Cat Rambo

Cat Rambo has published over a hundred science fiction and fantasy short stories to date, in places like Asimov’s, Weird Tales, and on Tor.com. The field of short genre fiction is quite crowded nowadays—which is wonderful, don’t get me wrong—but … Continue reading

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Clean by Alex Hughes

Adam was a successful and talented member of the Telepaths’ Guild until his drug habit got him kicked out. Now he works for the Atlanta police department as a consultant and interrogator: after all, a Level Eight Telepath like Adam, … Continue reading

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Author Interview: Cat Rambo (includes a giveaway!)

Cat Rambo’s short story collection Near + Far just came out this week, and as expected from this author, it’s a wonderful set of stories. I’ll re-post my Tor.com review of the book here next week, but for now I … Continue reading

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Stormdancer by Jay Kristoff

The Shima Isles are on the brink of ruin. The empire practically runs on chi, a substance extracted from the bloodlotus plant which fuels its engines but also poisons its soil, kills its animals, and keeps its people addicted with … Continue reading

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Giveaway winners: Mockingbird

The winners of this week’s giveaway, who will each get a copy of Chuck Wendig’s excellent novel Mockingbird (my review) courtesy of Angry Robot, are: Jax B. of Suffolk, U.K. Tim M. of Pickerington, OH Congratulations to the winners, and … Continue reading

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