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Alastair Reynolds 'upcoming book, Terminal World, is described as a "snarling, drooling, crazy-eyed mongrel of a book: equal parts steampunk, western, planetary romance and far-future SF."
April 2009 2009
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His latest novels are the near-future cyberthriller Fools 'Experiments, just re-released in paperback, and (with Larry Niven) the far-future interstellar epics Fleet of Worlds and Juggler of Worlds.
MIND MELD: Bad Guys We Love to Hate: The Best Literary Villains in SF/F/H 2009
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Heck, even far-future novels that, contain, for example, references to the Soviet Union, may ring a bit false twenty years after the collapse of the Berlin Wall.
Friends in high places « Haikasoru: Space Opera. Dark Fantasy. Hard Science. 2009
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His latest novels are the near-future cyberthriller Fools 'Experiments and, with Larry Niven, the far-future interstellar epic Juggler of Worlds (newly re-released in paperback).
MIND MELD: Real-Life Places That Inspire Exceptional World Building 2009
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While they explained they were unable to communicate about near-future (20 years) issues they were more than happy to talk about far-future (50+ years) issues.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Going Wobbly on Russia’s Cybersecurity Disarmament Proposal? 2010
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Of course, these novels are pirate stories set in a world without gravity -- but hey, swashes are still buckled, swords unsheathed, and boarding parties formed in the far-future world of Virga.
MIND MELD: Anime Film Favorites (+ The Top 14 Anime Films of All Time!) 2010
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I can see how it saves them money, but they really should hit those far-future ship dates on the nose in exchange for the money they save.
Dark Horse’s Delayed Collections: Where Are Blacksad and Sinfest? » Comics Worth Reading 2010
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It is split into three parts: near future (new few centuries), mid-future (few thousand years) and far-future (the point where the Earth will actually die, a billion years hence).
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A visionary account of intrigue, ambition, and technological marvels set within a beautifully realized far-future milieu, it combines world-class storytelling with a provocative meditation on the mystery, grandeur, and inconceivable immensity of the universe.
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I've been fascinated by the implied connections between the present-day world of the Word and Void series and the far-future world of the Shannara books.
An interview with Terry Brooks about his new series that begins with Armageddon's Children 2010
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