Pavane
by:
Keith Roberts (author)
A work of alternative-world fiction, set in an imaginary 20th century in which history has taken a different course: there has been no Industrial Revolution and progress in Europe has been greatly slowed. Now the wind of change is beginning to blow strongly.
A work of alternative-world fiction, set in an imaginary 20th century in which history has taken a different course: there has been no Industrial Revolution and progress in Europe has been greatly slowed. Now the wind of change is beginning to blow strongly.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780575061033 (0575061030)
Publish date: November 16th 1995
Publisher: Victor Gollancz
Pages no: 279
Edition language: English
I found this deadly dull and gave up after 79 pages of descriptions about cables and something (endless) about pistons.... There's always the risk that page 80 will prove to be the deal-maker, of course...; but WTF...(My reading of SF continues to turn up what is for me, at least, one disaster after...
A group of somewhat vaguely connected stories set in contemporary Dorset, only not as we know it because England is a mere vassel state of Rome (along with the rest of the world). Dominated and repressed by the Catholic church, many freedoms restricted, scientific progress retarded, linguistically a...
Some random highlights from this rather fine parallel world novel:- Semaphore stations can operate in full duplex mode, carrying messages simultaneously in both directions.- When issuing an ultimatum, it's unwise to stand directly in front of a loaded cannon.- Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition.
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