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Category Archives: Reviews
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
The Bread We Eat In Dreams by Catherynne M. Valente
At first the narrator of “The Consultant,” the opening story of Catherynne M. Valente’s excellent new collection The Bread We Eat in Dreams, sounds like your standard, tired Raymond Chandler private investigator: She walks into my life legs first, a long … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, Science Fiction, Short Story Collections
Tagged Catherynne M. Valente, Subterranean Press
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The Cormorant by Chuck Wendig
The Cormorant is the third installment in Chuck Wendig’s Miriam Black series, after the excellent Blackbirds (my review) and equally excellent Mockingbird (my review). And, you know what, just to get it out of the way before we get to the meat of the matter: The … Continue reading
Invader and Inheritor by C.J. Cherryh
Invader and Inheritor are the second and third books in C.J. Cherryh’s Foreigner series. I reviewed the first novel, Foreigner itself, here. That review led to some interesting discussion about (main character) Bren’s agency or lack thereof, which in turn … Continue reading
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