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Tighe lives on the wall. It towers above his village and falls away below it. It is vast and unforgiving and it is everything he knows. Life is hard on the wall, little more than a clinging on for dear life.
And then one day Tighe falls off the wall. And falls, and falls, and falls ...
Lavishly praised everywhere from Asimov's magazine to Interzone, ON is proof positive that Adam Roberts is a new author whose potential for greatness is rapidly being realised.
ON is at once a vertiginous concept novel, a coming of age saga, a picaresque journey across a changed world and an epic adventure in the very best traditions of SF.
Tighe lives on the wall. It towers above his village and falls away below it. It is vast and unforgiving and it is everything he knows. Life is hard on the wall, little more than a clinging on for dear life.
And then one day Tighe falls off the wall. And falls, and falls, and falls ...
Lavishly ...
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Adam Roberts is the Professor of 19th century literature at Royal Holloway. He won the John W. Campbell and the BSFA awards for Best Novel for Jack Glass. He has produced one of the most acclaimed and varied bodies of work in modern SF. He is also the author of several academic works on both SF and 19th century poetry.
Adam Roberts is the Professor of 19th century literature at Royal Holloway. He won the John W. Campbell and the BSFA awards for Best Novel for Jack Glass. He has produced one of the most acclaimed and varied bodies of work in modern SF. He is also the author of several academic works on both SF a...
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