Vellum

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• Vellum: The Book of All Hours By Hal Duncan

  The third cause for excitement is the U.S. publication of Hal Duncan's debut, Vellum: The Book of All Hours, which has burned up science fiction bestseller charts (and Internet discussion boards) since it appeared last summer in the U.K. A deeply rea ... (read full critics)

  bookpage published on Fri, 17 Sep 2010

• Vellum : The Book of All Hours Part 1

  This novel is a likely candidate for the 'most hyped first novel of 2005' award. Its publishers, Macmillan, have likened the significance of its publication to that of Iain Banks's The Wasp Factory, and well before its publication in August numbered ... (read full critics)

  infinityplus published on Tue, 31 Aug 2010

3 Reviews

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  A slow read, but a really interesting one.
  It takes some (dozens of) pages to get used to Hal Duncan's hysteric jumping from a topic to another, switching points of view and even the time in which the story is set. But once the reader manages to overcome the writer's challenge and grasp the generic ... (continue)

  A slow read, but a really interesting one.
  It takes some (dozens of) pages to get used to Hal Duncan's hysteric jumping from a topic to another, switching points of view and even the time in which the story is set. But once the reader manages to overcome the writer's challenge and grasp the generic plot the story unfolds magnificently, with the second half admittedly smoother than the first.

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• ARC, #49 of 600, First Edition

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• Book 1 of 2 in the Book of Hours series.

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  Tif said on Mar 12, 2007 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Paperback 600 Pages
• Edition: New Ed
• ISBN-10: 0330438360
• ISBN-13: 9780330438360
• Publisher: Pan
• Pub date: Jul 07, 2006
• Dimensions: 1290 mm x 839 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Hardcover and eBook
• In other languages: other languages Libros en Español

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