Tag Archives: Tor

Quintessence by David Walton

Posted on March 20, 2013 by Stefan (Far Beyond Reality)

Christopher Sinclair is an alchemist who cares about only one thing: discovering the quintessence, the mystical fifth element that may be able to transmute base metals into gold and even bring the dead back to life. Stephen Parris, a physic … 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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The Mad Scientist’s Guide to World Domination by John Joseph Adams (Ed.)

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

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 →

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Excerpt: The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Stefan (Far Beyond Reality)

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 →

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Homeland by Cory Doctorow

Posted on February 12, 2013 by Stefan (Far Beyond Reality)

To prepare for Homeland, the sequel to Cory Doctorow’s wildly successful 2007 YA novel Little Brother, I decided to give that first book a quick re-read. Not for the first time, I was struck by how clever and awesome it is that … Continue reading →

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Giveaway winners! (Imager’s Battalion giveaway)

Posted on January 28, 2013 by Stefan (Far Beyond Reality)

The winners of last week’s giveaway are: Brian K. of St. George Brant, ON Brian H. of Forest Grove, OR Lauren M. of Acton, MA Congratulations to the winners! Your copies of Imager’s Battalion by L.E. Modesitt (my review) are … Continue reading →

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Imager’s Battalion by L.E. Modesitt Jr.

Posted on January 22, 2013 by Stefan (Far Beyond Reality)

Imager’s Battalion is the sixth novel in L.E. Modesitt Jr.’s Imager Portfolio series, and the third one focusing on the life and times of Quaeryt, after Scholar and Princeps. The initial three novels (Imager, Imager’s Challenge and Imager’s Intrigue) had … Continue reading →

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Talking With Tom: A Conversation Between Tom Doherty and L.E. Modesitt Jr.

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Stefan (Far Beyond Reality)

Tor.com just posted what’s certainly my biggest assignment for them to date: a long conversation between Tor Books founder Tom Doherty and science fiction and fantasy author L.E. Modesitt Jr. I’m not going to re-post the entire thing here, but … Continue reading →

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Lookin’ Good: Quintessence by David Walton

Posted on December 4, 2012 by Stefan (Far Beyond Reality)

I mentioned a few weeks ago that I sometimes can be motivated to try an unfamiliar author or novel if the plot summary is sufficiently weird. (And as a matter of fact, I did try that novel out. What’s more: … Continue reading →

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Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd-Century America by Robert Charles Wilson

Posted on November 6, 2012 by Stefan (Far Beyond Reality)

It’s been quiet here, mainly because I’ve been working on a bunch of upcoming Tor.com reviews, which will all appear here in due course. So, to break the silence, I’ll re-post an older review of a great novel that’s very … Continue reading →

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