Category Archives: News and Other SFF-Related Ramblings

Lookin’ Good: Four titles from Ian McDonald’s backlist now available in ebook format!

Posted on July 5, 2013 by Stefan (Far Beyond Reality)

I just received some wonderful news from the good folks at Open Road Media: four older titles by acclaimed SF author Ian McDonald are now available as ebooks! I’m sure many people discovered McDonald through his brilliant and award-winning The … Continue reading →

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Lookin’ Good: 23 Years On Fire by Joel Shepherd

Posted on June 24, 2013 by Stefan (Far Beyond Reality)

Follow my blog with Bloglovin I’ve been going on for years now about how under-appreciated the Australian SF and fantasy author Joel Shepherd is. He’s written a great SF series about Cassandra Kresnov, a synthetic person and fascinating multi-dimensional kickass … Continue reading →

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

Posted on June 6, 2013 by Stefan (Far Beyond Reality)

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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Reviewing With Emotion

Posted on May 31, 2013 by Stefan (Far Beyond Reality)

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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Talking With Tom: A Conversation Between Tom Doherty and Gregory Benford

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Stefan (Far Beyond Reality)

Today Tor.com posted the third installment in my Talking With Tom series, which covers a series of conversations between Tor Publisher Tom Doherty and some of the authors he’s worked with over the years. In this post, Tom Doherty chats … Continue reading →

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Lookin’ Good: In the Company of Thieves by Kage Baker

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Stefan (Far Beyond Reality)

Oh my. Look what I just spotted on Kathleen Bartholomew’s blog: In the Company of Thieves, a brand new collection of Company stories by Kage Baker. From Tachyon Publications’ site: The employees of Dr. Zeus Incorporated travel through (and meddle … Continue reading →

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Speculative Fiction 2012, edited by Justin Landon and Jared Shurin

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Stefan (Far Beyond Reality)

As you may know, Justin Landon (of Staffer’s Book Review) and Jared Shurin (of Pornokitsch) have been working on a collection of the best genre-related non-fiction content published on the web in 2012. The book, called Speculative Fiction 2012, just … Continue reading →

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Talking With Tom: A Conversation Between Tom Doherty and Harriet McDougal

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Stefan (Far Beyond Reality)

Today Tor.com posted the second installment in my Talking With Tom series, which covers a series of conversations between Tor Books Publisher Tom Doherty and some of the authors he’s worked with over the years. In this article, Tom Doherty … Continue reading →

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Lookin’ Good: The Alteration by Kingsley Amis

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Stefan (Far Beyond Reality)

Yes, I know doing a Lookin’ Good post for a novel that was originally published more than 35 years ago may seem a bit odd, but the forthcoming new edition of The Alteration by Kingsley Amis looks just lovely. This novel, … Continue reading →

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Excellent deal on The Mongoliad right now!

Posted on February 23, 2013 by Stefan (Far Beyond Reality)

I don’t do these kinds of posts very often, but this is just too timely: if you’re a Neal Stephenson fan like me but were holding out for the final book of The Mongoliad (the amazing alt-history Stephenson created with … Continue reading →

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