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Paradox Resolution

#2 Spider Webb

K a Bedford

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English
EDGE SF & FANTASY PUBLICA
01 August 2012
"Aloysius ""Spider"" Webb is a good man in a bad situation.

Aloysius ""Spider"" Webb fixes time machines for a living. He hates his job; he hates his life, and hates time travel even more. He's a hard working -Australian bloke - a good man in a bad -situation who is willing to do almost anything to regain his self-respect and the affection of his nearly -ex-wife, Molly; a mad sculptress on her way to international fame and fortune.

Spider's life and his world are changing. -After quitting the Western Australian Police Service, Spider studied to become a time -machine repair -mechanic, eking out a sparse -living fixing broken down machines. But the -repair business isn't what it used to be. Once, time machines were as big as cars; but now they're smaller and compact, portable, and cost too much to get fixed so it's easier for people to simply buy a new one. Times are tough and there is no end in sight.

Meanwhile, Spider's new boss at the Time -Machines Repaired While-U-Wait franchise needs help: his -secretly built, totally -illegal, radically overclocked, hot-rod time -machine has been stolen, and Spider is the right man to get it back before it falls into the wrong hands, or worse inadvertently destroys the entire universe.

Spider's journey begins with a simple favor to help his almost ex-wife, Molly, and moves to the icy wastes of the far, far future.

Surprise and shock are the only -constants in -Spider's life; why should this job be any -different?"

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Imprint:   EDGE SF & FANTASY PUBLICA
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 216mm,  Width: 143mm,  Spine: 21mm
Weight:   290g
ISBN:   9781894063883
ISBN 10:   1894063880
Pages:   288
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Reviews for Paradox Resolution (#2 Spider Webb)

"""Bedford is funny in a crazed, Rudy Rucker kind of way. While Rucker writes of gonzo theorists, Bedford writes of the gonzo mechanics who keep the machines running."" -- Fred Cleaver, Denver Post ""It's hard to do anything fresh with time travel, but ... K. A. Bedford delivers by focusing less on the ""wow"" factor than on the social-implications factor."" -- Dru Pagliassotti, The Harrow ""I have to say I really liked this book, and think K. A. Bedford a writer easily capable of taking his place with better-known contemporary sf authors like Alister Reynolds, Ken McLeod, and Paul McAuley."" -- New York Review of Science Fiction ""The mastery of the projected technologies is dazzling, far more so than in most military space opera, and it is not there simply for display. These technologies have consequences. The vocabulary associated with them is credible and vital. Setting and complication are real strengths for this writer, and the pacing and action keep the reader fully occupied."" -- Dave Luckett, reviewer - The West Australian ""Bedford is funny in a crazed, Rudy Rucker kind of way. While Rucker writes of gonzo theorists, Bedford writes of the gonzo mechanics who keep the machines running."" -- Fred Cleaver, Denver Post ""It's hard to do anything fresh with time travel, but ... K. A. Bedford delivers by focusing less on the ""wow"" factor than on the social-implications factor."" -- Dru Pagliassotti, The Harrow ""I have to say I really liked this book, and think K. A. Bedford a writer easily capable of taking his place with better-known contemporary sf authors like Alister Reynolds, Ken McLeod, and Paul McAuley."" -- New York Review of Science Fiction ""The mastery of the projected technologies is dazzling, far more so than in most military space opera, and it is not there simply for display. These technologies have consequences. The vocabulary associated with them is credible and vital. Setting and complication are real strengths for this writer, and the pacing and action keep the reader fully occupied."" -- Dave Luckett, reviewer - The West Australian Praise: ""Bedford is funny in a crazed, Rudy Rucker kind of way. While Rucker writes of gonzo theorists, Bedford writes of the gonzo mechanics who keep the machines running.""-- Fred Cleaver, Denver Post ""It's hard to do anything fresh with time travel, but ... K. A. Bedford delivers by focusing less on the ""wow"" factor than on the social-implications factor.""-- Dru Pagliassotti, The Harrow ""I have to say I really liked this book, and think K. A. Bedford a writer easily capable of taking his place with better-known contemporary sf authors like Alister Reynolds, Ken McLeod, and Paul McAuley.""-- New York Review of Science Fiction ""The mastery of the projected technologies is dazzling, far more so than in most military space opera, and it is not there simply for display. These technologies have consequences. The vocabulary associated with them is credible and vital. Setting and complication are real strengths for this writer, and the pacing and action keep the reader fully occupied."" -- Dave Luckett, reviewer - The West Australian"


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