Can’t judge these books by their covers

Books wrapped in brown wrappers ready for a blind date at ABC

Here’s an interesting gimmick, from my local science fiction bookstore: books wrapped in brown paper, with only a couple of keywords to keep you guessing. Can you guess which books are hidden behind thes descriptions?

  • Fantasy, paranormal, suspense, Prague. Could be anything
  • Science-fiction, planet spanning shield, Earth is doomed, teleological engineering. Perhaps Robert Charles Wilson’s Spin?
  • Fantasy, Low Countries 1421, deluge of Biblical proportions, three conspirators. Dunno, but sounds interesting.
  • Fantasy, clash of civilisations, holy war, divided loyalties. Could be any epic fantasy novel
  • Fantasy, poker tournament, monsters and demons, underdog. ?
  • Fantasy, Mississippi, riverboat, pale gentleman. This could be George R. R. Martin’s Fevre Dream.

2 Comments

  • Aaron B.

    September 27, 2013 at 1:57 pm

    #1 sounds like The City & The City.
    #5 is clearly Last Call by Tim Powers (an excellent although thoroughly confusing book that reminds me of Grant Morrison or Robert Anton Wilson in its total immersion in the occult).

  • Tibicina

    October 18, 2013 at 2:50 am

    I actually think #5 is the Myth-series book about Dragon Poker. Largely because Last Call would end up with some other key words. And probably not ‘Monsters and Demons’.

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