{"id":2537,"date":"2017-05-31T14:01:44","date_gmt":"2017-05-31T18:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.graymanwrites.com\/blog\/?p=2537"},"modified":"2017-05-31T14:01:44","modified_gmt":"2017-05-31T18:01:44","slug":"quite-a-favorable-comparison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grayrinehart.com\/blog\/quite-a-favorable-comparison\/","title":{"rendered":"Quite a Favorable Comparison"},"content":{"rendered":"

The American Library Association’s Booklist Online<\/em> recently included a brief review of Walking On The Sea of Clouds<\/em>, and the last line of the review compared my novel to another recent science fiction novel you might have heard of. The comparison was so nice that the good folks at WordFire Press<\/a> added it to the back cover:<\/p>\n

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If the image isn’t clear (e.g., if you’re reading this on a phone and it’s too small to see), the new back-cover quote is:<\/p>\n

Much like The Martian<\/em>, Walking on the Sea of Clouds<\/em> puts you on a lifeless rock and makes you think about why we explore new frontiers even as it explains how it can be done.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Not too shabby. Here’s looking forward to celebrating the book’s release in a few weeks!<\/p>\n

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