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09.07.2010 20:42 malte@skipforward.net The story mainly follows Edward Mallory, an paleontologist, who by accident got hold of a set of apparently very valuable punch cards. He stumbles through some rather unconnected adventures that mainly draw from the setting. - I had big trouble not just stopping reading the book. This feels like someone has worked ages on a story setting, then started writing, and forgot that an actual plot is needed, too. The outcome is something that could be as well minutes of a pen and paper role playing session

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09.07.2010 20:42 malte@skipforward.net strange people do strange (and often uncoordinated) things in an over-elaborate but in the end inconsequential setting. I guess people who are really into less-than-likely alternate history settings might love this. For me it certainly didn't work.

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