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Book Review of Fairyland

Fairyland
Fairyland
Author: Paul J. McAuley
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy
Book Type: Paperback
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The first third is excellent: a dystopian view of a future London that, given that it was written in the mid-90s, is startlingly prescient.

However, with Section 2, McAuley shifts tone and perspective in such a way that all of the good-will he has generated with his clever world-building is lost.