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GEORGE MANN edited the Solaris Book of New Science Fiction anthology series and is the author of a number of fiction and nonfiction books, including The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. The first of the Newbury & Hobbes investigations, The Affinity Bridge, was his first novel.
A wonderful penny-dreadful. It's an unashamed galloping romp through the ins and outs of the Victorian metropolis and the lurid generic conventions of adventure fiction. All the way through I felt like George Mann was having a whale of a time with this.--Paul Magrs, author of several Doctor Who novels and a Carnegie Medal finalist, on The Osiris Ritual A wonderful penny-dreadful. It's an unashamed galloping romp through the ins and outs of the Victorian metropolis and the lurid generic conventions of adventure fiction. All the way through I felt like George Mann was having a whale of a time with this. --Paul Magrs, author of several Doctor Who novels and a Carnegie Medal finalist, on The Osiris Ritual Newbury and Hobbes make a charming pair, and their investigative adventures are a great deal of fun. Mann's reimagined Victorian era is a fabulous place, and the mix of pea-soup fog, zombies, and clockwork automata makes for an excellent detective story. Let us hope to see more of Hobbes and Newbury. --Booklist on The Affinity Bridge [An] intriguingly bizarre version of 1901 L ondon...a strong addition to the 'steampunk' subgenre and one that creates a lively alternative world. --Library Journal on The Affinity Bridge A wonderful penny-dreadful. It's an unashamed galloping romp through the ins and outs of the Victorian metropolis and the lurid generic conventions of adventure fiction. All the way through I felt like George Mann was having a whale of a time with this. Paul Magrs, author of several Doctor Who novels and a Carnegie Medal finalist, on The Osiris Ritual Newbury and Hobbes make a charming pair, and their investigative adventures are a great deal of fun. Mann's reimagined Victorian era is a fabulous place, and the mix of pea-soup fog, zombies, and clockwork automata makes for an excellent detective story. Let us hope to see more of Hobbes and Newbury. Booklist on The Affinity Bridge [An] intriguingly bizarre version of 1901 L ondon a strong addition to the steampunk' subgenre and one that creates a lively alternative world. Library Journal on The Affinity Bridge A wonderful penny-dreadful. It's an unashamed galloping rompthrough the ins and outs of the Victorian metropolis and the lurid generic conventions of adventure fiction. All the way through I felt like George Mann was having a whale of a time with this. --Paul Magrs, author of several Doctor Who novels and a Carnegie Medal finalist, on The Osiris Ritual Newbury and Hobbes make a charming pair, and their investigative adventures are a great deal of fun. Mann's reimagined Victorian era is a fabulous place, and the mix of pea-soup fog, zombies, and clockwork automata makes for an excellent detective story. Let us hope to see more of Hobbes and Newbury. --Booklist on The Affinity Bridge [An] intriguingly bizarre version of 1901 L ondon...a strong addition to the 'steampunk' subgenre and one that creates a lively alternative world. --Library Journal on The Affinity Bridge
