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Classical in form, contemporary, cool and grave.
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- cooloverwhelming
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
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About the book
- Author
- Ken MacLeod
- First published
- November 1, 2001
- Pages
- 352
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group Limited, Tor Books, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom
- Editions
- 8
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780765340733
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First sentence
“A god stood in the sky high above the sunset horizon, his long white hair streaming in the solar wind.”
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