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Grave, classical in form, contemporary and cool.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- cooloverwhelming
- earnestironic
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About the book
- Author
- John Barnes
- First published
- 1991
- Pages
- 230
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Group, Limited, Gollancz, TOR
- Editions
- 8
- Language
- German, dan, English
- ISBN
- 9781857985108
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First sentence
“Dr. LOVELL says I have writing talent, so I have to enter this stupid contest, so I'm stuck with a bunch of extra hours at the werp-and with my Full Adult exam less than six months away, too.”
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