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Keeping It Real (2007)

Justina Robson
Reviewed by Will Boisvert | Mar 09, 2007
EW's GRADE
B-

Details Release Date: Mar 14, 2007; Writer: Justina Robson; Genres: Fantasy, Fiction; Publisher: Pyr

In Justina Robson's Keeping It Real, a quantum bomb blows a hole in space-time, enabling demons, faeries, and talking eagles to immigrate to Earth, along with a rock-star elf protected by cyborg Lila Black.

For Fans of...
Tolkien, had he gone electric, dropped acid, and discovered tantric sex.

Lowdown
A teeming fantasy that sometimes stalls in come-together preachiness and turgid mysticism. B-

Originally posted Feb 23, 2007 Published in issue #925 Mar 16, 2007 Order article reprints

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