Falling Sideways

Holt, Tom

ISBN 10: 1841491101 / ISBN 13: 9781841491103

Published by Orbit, 2002

About this Item

Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 406 pages. Item Type: Book. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Previous owner's signature in ink. Illustrator: Ben Sharp. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Fiction; . ISBN: 1841491101. ISBN/EAN: 9781841491103. Please contact H4o Books if you require images or further information. Inventory No: 031859. Seller Inventory # 031859

Bibliographic Details

Title: Falling Sideways

Publisher: Orbit

Publication Date: 2002

Binding: Softcover

Illustrator: Ben Sharp

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket

Edition: 1st Edition.

About this title

Synopsis:

From the moment Homo Sapiens descended from the trees, possibly onto their heads, humanity has striven towards civilization. Fire. The Wheel. Running Away from furry things with more teeth than one might reasonably expect—all are testament to man's ultimate supremacy. It is a noble story and so, of course, complete and utter fiction. For one man has discovered the hideous truth: that humanity's ascent to civilization has been ruthlessly guided by a small gang of devious frogs. The man’s name is David Perkins, and his theory is not, on the whole, widely admired, particularly not by the frogs themselves, who had invested a great deal of time and effort in keeping the whole thing quiet.

Reviews:

“Hitchhiker’s Guide aficionados will relish every line.”

David Perkins is in an art gallery, talking to a seventeenth-century painting. He loves the woman portrayed in it, who was burned as a witch almost 400 years before, and has since he was young. A lock of hair reputed to be hers will be auctioned off later that day, and David must obtain it. For he recently came across an obscure establishment, Honest John's House of Clones, that, upon inquiry, turned out to be exactly what its name implied, and he plans to take advantage of its services. And then he discovers that the place is run by raniform beings--frogs, that is--and everything he has done so far is in accordance with a scheme the frogs hatched back in the seventeenth century. Thereafter, between being wanted for murder and dealing with almost supernatural frogs as well as a baker's dozen clones of Honest John, David has very little time to wonder exactly how his innocent attempt to clone the girl of his dreams got him in so much trouble. Regina Schroeder
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