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It makes perfect sense that Snow White should live with seven samurai, once you've got the hang of Tom Holt's latest twisted fantasy comedy. Youngsters from our real world hack into fairyland's Mirrors operating system--which naturally runs on the wicked queen's magic mirror--and crash it so disastrously that all the stories get tangled. A spaghetti-western Dwarf With No Name (actually he's Dumpy) is hired to save three little pigs from the big bad wolf by recruiting a Magnificent Seven Dwarves' defence team, starting with Rumpelstiltskin and Tom Thumb but goingdownhill from there. Meanwhile, Fang the wolf has problems with Frog Prince transformations, Snow White learns from her own mirror that she has excellent wicked-queen potential and Baron Frankenstein's latest unholy creation proves to be Pinocchio. We also meet three colour-blind mice, the Beast fleeing in terror from Beauty, an elf who insists she's an "Indigenous Fairylander" and the Grimm Brothers--unconvincingly claiming that they're mere independent observers. After which, things become really complicated and silly, as Storyland is further fragmented by various mirror-users' efforts to gain control, until it seems quite reasonable that one little pig should find himself saying, "I am not a number. I am a free pig." Splendidly deranged entertainment, with quips galore. Holt's in good form. --David Langford. This review refers to the hardback edition
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Praise for Tom Holt: 'Uniquely twisted ... cracking gags' Rob Grant, THE GUARDIAN, 'Frantically wacky and wilfully confusing ... gratifyingly clever and very amusing' MAIL ON SUNDAY, 'Frothy, fast and funny' SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY, 'Dazzling' TIME OUT, 'Wildly imaginative' NEW SCIENTIST
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
For me Holt seems to show pieces of promising brilliance and then, often, fails to pull it off. This one, though, twisting fairy tales, inside out and back again manages on the whole to be a reasonbly entertaining read. Not classic Holt, but knocks on the door... Running DOS!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is the book I realised I've been waiting for. I'm glad that Tom Holt has finally discovered that Snow White was up to no good, which is what most of us have suspected for some time now, and the idea of a bunch of samurai dwarves tickled me no end. Verbal sight gags by the score, and two fingers up at logic makes for a book that even the most confirmed Cybergeek could find satisfying and insightful. Good twist, too, on the "merciless wolf harrying harmless piggies" thing. Most enjoyable, worth all 5 stars!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is a brillant take off of the Windows Operating system - it is hilarously funny - you just have to read it!
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OK
I wasn't that keen on this book. I liked all of the other Tom Holt books but this was a bit of a let down. Read more
Published on 20 May 2004 by "drummermcd"
Not quite as good as I expected...
When I bought this book I must admit I had high expectations. I've read comic fantasy before, and had always enjoyed it. Read more
Published on 1 Jan 2002
Yet another disappointer from Tom Holt.
Sigh. Tom Holt used to put out such wonderful fantasy novels... This book starts with a decent premise - the classic fairy tales get scrambled - but goes down hill so rapidly that... Read more
Published on 3 Jan 2001
Snow White Which one
Very humorous and witty book. If you've ever seen or read the 10th kingdom this book is just as funny. An excellent twist on the fairy tale market
Published on 16 Oct 2000
Tom Holt tries too hard
I bought this book in an airport expecting a Terry Pratchet brand of humour - unfortunately Mr. Holt is not quite there. Read more
Published on 28 Sep 2000
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