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Subject: Re: The Knife and the Serpent, Tim Pratt
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On 1/08/24 04:28, -dsr- wrote:
> In the first of two story threads, we meet Glenn Browning, a reasonably nice
> inhabitant of San Francisco working on a doctorate in the history of science.
> His girlfriend of the last year or so, Vivian, seems to have family issues that
> she is unwilling to discuss. Other than that, things are going pretty well.
> 
> In the second thread, Tamsin takes off from her San Francisco tech-startup job 
> to attend her grandmother's funeral and to discover what has been left to her
> from the estate.
> 
> Both of these threads then transit parallel universes and meet each other
> several times. 
> 
> Yes, this book is a complete story in one volume.
> 
> If books are often in conversation with other authors, this one is talking to
> Iain Banks (both with and without the M.), making a comment to Douglas Adams,
> and waving frantically at previous multiverse authors including Pratchett and 
> Heinlein.
> 
> I enjoyed this more than I was expecting, and I was expecting to be entertained.
>
What a great review. Brief outline of characters, plot and structure
followed by innovative description of authorial style and just as
importantly, an opinion.
I am getting a copy today. Thank you.