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ISBN-10: 9780765356178
ISBN-13: 978-0765356178
Author: Christopher Priest
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy
Publisher: Tor
Date Published: 2006.10.3
ISBN: 9780765356178
Format: Mass market paperback

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review by rbuchanan. June 07, 2011

posted in Forbidden Planet - Sci-Fi Books & Films!

Science (fiction) as magic explained

First presented to their audiences was a promise of misdirection that seemed to confirm what those in attendance knew. Then came an execution of a seemingly impossible act. Immediately thereafter - the prestige, that astonishing and inexplicable result of a successful illusion. Necessarily, the titular third stage of this achievement is of paramount importance, its success dependent on the secrecy of a comparatively ordinary act. Yet if the deed itself is just … more

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