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Title details for The Bookman by Lavie Tidhar - Available

The Bookman

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by Lavie Tidhar
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LATE EXTRA!
BOMB OUTRAGE IN LONDON!

A masked terrorist has brought London to its knees -- there are bombs inside books, and nobody knows which ones. On the day of the launch of the first expedition to Mars, by giant cannon, he outdoes himself with an audacious attack.

For young poet Orphan, trapped in the screaming audience, it seems his destiny is entwined with that of the shadowy terrorist, but how? His quest to uncover the truth takes him from the hidden catacombs of London on the brink of revolution, through pirate-infested seas, to the mysterious island that may hold the secret to the origin not only of the shadowy Bookman, but of Orphan himself...

Like a steam-powered take on V for Vendetta, rich with satire and slashed through with automatons, giant lizards, pirates, airships and wild adventure. The Bookmanis the first of a series.

File Under: Steampunk [ Alternate History! | Reptilian Royalty! | Diabolical Anarchists! | Extraordinary Adventure! ]

  • Creators

  • Series

    Bookman Histories

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    September 28, 2010

  • Formats

    • Kindle Book

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9780857660350

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9780857660350
      • File size: 361 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      August 16, 2010
      Tidhar (HebrewPunk) sets this ingenious but oddly uninvolving steampunk novel in a particularly strange alternate 19th century. Queen Victoria is a bipedal, intelligent lizard, one of many such aliens controlling the British empire. The sinister Bookman commits terrorist outrages, perhaps on behalf of humankind. Young would-be poet Orphan adores the lovely Lucy, but when she is incinerated by one of the Bookman’s bombs, he stumbles off on a confusing quest through London, France, and the Caribbean. Orphan interacts—sometimes helpfully, often not—with notables such as Tom Thumb, Jules Verne, Karl Marx, and Sherlock Holmes; plays chess with lifelike automata; and gets the clearest explanation of what’s happening from a one-eyed, swashbuckling lizard pirate captain. The hapless hero and his story are far less interesting than his surroundings and companions, but readers will enjoy watching Tidhar’s imagination throwing off sparks like a Roman candle.

Formats

  • Kindle Book
  • OverDrive Read
  • EPUB ebook

subjects

Languages

  • English

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