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Author | Philip Purser-Hallard |
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Cover artist | Steve Johnson |
Language | English |
Series | Faction Paradox |
Genre | Science fiction |
Publisher | Mad Norwegian Press |
Publication date | 2004 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (Trade Paperback) |
Pages | 256 pp |
ISBN | 0-9725959-4-5 |
OCLC | 56589181 |
Preceded by | This Town Will Never Let Us Go |
Followed by | Warlords of Utopia |
Of the City of the Saved... is an original novel by Philip Purser-Hallard set in the Faction Paradox universe.[1][2] Laura Tobin, who first appeared in the BBC Doctor Who books, is a major character in the novel.
The full title, as given on the title page, is Of the City of the Saved... of its diverse citizenry and of its sundry divinities, with a disquisition on the protocols of history. The novel won Best Book in the 2004 Jade Pagoda awards, voted on by members of a Doctor Who book mailing list.[3] It has been described as "a stunning debut from Purser-Hallard and easily one of the best Doctor Who-related original novels published to date".[4] The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction calls it "ambitious".[5]