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Title: Excellent story. Grossly spoiled by the introduction.
Review: I have to give this edition one star. The story itself is magnificent, as you'll read in other reviews.However, the introduction, by Adam Roberts, utterly ruined it for me. It gave away the physical appearance of the Overlords (saying that we learn this 'fairly early' in the book. By my estimate we actually learn this about a third of the way through - NOT early at all, and all the suspense leading up to this revelation is ruined).The introduction also tells us pretty much exactly how the story ends! I mean what the hell! A book whose overarching theme is the question of what the Overlords are here for and what mystery awaits humanity, and the conclusion of the plot is spoiled before I even got a chance to start reading!Utterly unforgivable. I feel cheated.You only get to read a book for the first time once, and this one was ruined before I started. Thanks a lot, Adam Roberts.
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