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Review title: Connecticut Yankee meets the Iron Dream
Product review: Michael Swanwick = Mark Twain + Orson Scott Card + Hal Clement + Alfred Bester + Norman Spinrad + a twist on the rocks.This is a book mined deep from the pure seam of the genre. Malzerbergian? Hommage?Twain's Connecticut Yankee - the impact of modern tech and science on pre industrial Europe. Card's Ender's Game + Hal Clement [+ Stephen Baxter?] - visions from fast living aliens a long, long way away. A Besterian equation explaining what Mephistopheles really means (remember I = pi i^ e mu). And a Nuremberg rally with"just add water" war toys.With this book you could play spot the reference and wear out your Clute - but you could just read and relish the satire that is Jack Faust.
