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"Ingenious" Who Needs Cleopatra? compared to Douglas Adams

Posted at 15:56 on 05 Dec 2006


The British Fantasy Society’s quarterly magazine, Dark Horizons, has just carried a great review:

"This episodic, picaresque novel is deserving of that Great British adjective which has lately fallen out of use: Madcap...

"Steve Redwood is to be commended for his continuous invention throughout the book and some of the plot twists, double crosses and revelations of true identity or motive are ingenious. I could offer a whole host of reference points... Perhaps the most pertinent comparison, though, is The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy. With its cast of alternately ruthless and feckless characters and silly/scary scenarios, in Who Needs Cleopatra?, Steve Redwood is hoping to do for temporal what Douglas Adams did for intergalactic travel.

"Approach this book with a sense of fun and a relaxed attitude, and there's much to enjoy and many laughs and smiles to be had. A good summer read.

"Reverb is an independent publisher with a commitment to publishing new authors and working with independent bookshops before the big chains kill them all off. Even if this particular book isn't entirely to your taste, Reverb deserves your support and attention."


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