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Vellum

By Hal Duncan
Vellum by Hal Duncan digital book - Fable

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An extraordinary, incendiary debut from a rare new talent, Vellum showcases a complex and sophisticated level of writing coupled with a fecund imagination that defies description.

It’s 2017 and angels and demons walk the earth. Once they were human; now they are unkin, transformed by the ancient machine-code language of reality itself. They seek The Book of All Hours, the mythical tome within which the blueprint for all reality is transcribed, which has been lost somewhere in the Vellum—the vast realm of eternity upon which our world is a mere scratch.

The Vellum, where the unkin are gathering for war.

The Vellum, where a fallen angel and a renegade devil are about to settle an age-old feud.

The Vellum, where the past, present, and future will collide with ancient worlds and myths.

And the Vellum will burn. . . .

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“Interesting mess, this books is. I give a 5, but 4 in this reality lol”
“I literally don’t know what I just read. It’s beautiful, but nearly indecipherable. The prose is magnificent, almost poetic, with occasional alliteration as well as run on sentences that make internal sense. It has many story lines, including at least one that is meta. What it doesn’t have is a discernable plot. The story line is non-linear, jumping between past, ancient past, future, and present. If it weren’t for the book’s description on jacket flap, I would have never known what it was supposed to be about. Reading it was a cross between joy and penance. I’ve read lots of reviews of the book, and they are all over the place. Many people love it, many people hate it. Enough people gave it love to get several awards nominations, winning the Gaylactic Spectrum Award for 2007. I would not have been so generous. That probably means I wouldn’t like James Joyce’s “Ulysses” if I were ever to attempt that novel. Come visit my blog for the full review… https://itstartedwiththehugos.blogspot.com/2020/07/vellum.html”

About Hal Duncan

Born in 1971, Hal Duncan grew up in small-town Ayrshire, Scotland, and now lives in the West End of Glasgow. He is a member of the Glasgow SF Writers’ Circle and is currently working part-time as a computer programmer. Vellum is his first novel.

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