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Born with a set of gills, webbed fingers, and flippers, Giles Peach, an ingenious, imaginative young man addicted to the works of Edgar Rice Burroughs, becomes convinced that he is an exiled native of the center of the earth and sets out to return home
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This novel written in the style of Ray Bradbury is about an idiosyncratic character who has the power to realize his fantasies. The author presents us with a modern day Hieronymous Bosch cityscape in which the central figure lives his unrealistic existence, viewing life from a novel perspective. The author has won the World Fantasy Award and the Philip K.Dick Memorial Award for previous novels.
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Octavo, cloth. First hardcover edition. Limited to 1010 copies of which this is one of 300 numbered copies signed by Blaylock, Tim Powers, K. W. Jeter, and artist Ferret. This issue adds two articles, "The Pigs Have All Gone to France" by Powers, pages 279-281, and "The Invisible Book" by Jeter, pages 285-290. "A complicated adventure story that plays affectionately with supposedly antiquated pulp ideas, including the hollow Earth . Breezy homage to the delights and eccentricities of pulp SF, witty and well written" (Brian Stableford). Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-133. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 7-37. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 4A-33. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 86. A fine copy in fine dust jacket and cloth slipcase. (#99115). Seller Inventory # 99115
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