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blog:book_reviews:fantasy:jay_northearn:bfr [2019/06/15 13:28] – created Phil Ideblog:book_reviews:fantasy:jay_northearn:bfr [2019/11/30 13:07] (current) Phil Ide
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-{{:blog:book_reviews:fantasy:jay_northearn:beyondfr.jpg?direct&300 |}}**Beyond Falcon's Reach** by Jay Northearn, is a mish-mash of high fantasy, gothic-horror, steampunk and electropunk, with a dash of semi-intelligent machine-learning AI's thrown-in to boot. Yet for all of this, the world Northearn has created is homogenous and holistic - two watchwords I'll bang on about until the cows come home, to anyone who'll listen. Giving everything in your world a place and a reason for being there is something that every writer should always keep in mind. You could learn a thing or two about this from Northearn.+{{:blog:book_reviews:fantasy:jay_northearn:beyondfr.jpg?direct&300 |}} 
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 +**Beyond Falcon's Reach** by Jay Northearn, is a mish-mash of high fantasy, gothic-horror, steampunk and electropunk, with a dash of semi-intelligent machine-learning AI's thrown-in to boot. Yet for all of this, the world Northearn has created is homogenous and holistic - two watchwords I'll bang on about until the cows come home, to anyone who'll listen. Giving everything in your world a place and a reason for being there is something that every writer should always keep in mind. You could learn a thing or two about this from Northearn.
  
 There is magic, but it's subtle. This is not a Harry Potter world. There are god-like creatures, but they interact with the world in etheric ways. There are strange creatures aplenty. There is magic, but it's subtle. This is not a Harry Potter world. There are god-like creatures, but they interact with the world in etheric ways. There are strange creatures aplenty.
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 Put this on your 'books-to-read-before-you-die' list. Right now. Put this on your 'books-to-read-before-you-die' list. Right now.
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