Posted by: Fence in Books
Author: Christopher Priest
ISBN: 0575075783 DDC: 823.914
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Her name is Teresa Ann Gravatt and she is seven years old: She has a mirror through which she can see into another world.
There were two reasons I picked this up at the shop. First of all I recognised the name Christopher Priest from the film The Prestige and second of all I quite liked the cover. Why a slightly blurry photo of a man pointing a gun at me appealed I’m not sure, but it did. Reading the blurb I wasn’t too sure. Virtual reality and police procedures didn’t grab my interest, so I opened the first few pages and took a quick skim. That made up my mind.
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ISBN: 0340685972
Author: Kirsten Bakis
DDC: 813.54
In the near future a group of dogs head for New York, but these are not your average four legged friends. They walk on their hindlegs, can talk, have hands and dress in formal 19th-century Prussian clothes. This is their story.
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