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Gnomon by Nick Harkaway

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Ted Gioia
Jan 01, 2000
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I came to this novel after a series of disappointments and mishaps with recent science fiction. I’m not sure whether it’s just my bad luck or an indicator of the current state of the genre, but I had recently run through a series of highly touted sci-fi novels, launched with glowing blurbs and bold marketing campaigns, and found them disappointingly tri…

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