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Contemporary, classical in form, epic and cool.
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- cooloverwhelming
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Charles Stross
- First published
- 2001
- Pages
- 386
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group, Ace Books, Ace
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780748130955
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