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Snail's Pace

by Susan McDonough

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Victorian orphan Susannah McKay is delighted when the Chinese man in Hong Kong offers her a job as a governess. However, even the adventurous Susannah is taken aback to find that the young male she is to teach is an alien aboard a spaceship - an alien who looks quite disconcertingly like a snail.Snail's Pace is a quirky science fantasy, a "comedy of manners that is unlike any you've read..."That is another thing Snail's Pace has going for it: this is a one-sitting book. If you still aren't sure of the value of e-books, here is a perfect model to test-drive. Take it out for a spin and you'll see you really don't need paper to enjoy a good story."-- Lisa DuMond, The SF Site… (more)
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Victorian orphan Susannah McKay is delighted when the Chinese man in Hong Kong offers her a job as a governess. However, even the adventurous Susannah is taken aback to find that the young male she is to teach is an alien aboard a spaceship - an alien who looks quite disconcertingly like a snail.Snail's Pace is a quirky science fantasy, a "comedy of manners that is unlike any you've read..."That is another thing Snail's Pace has going for it: this is a one-sitting book. If you still aren't sure of the value of e-books, here is a perfect model to test-drive. Take it out for a spin and you'll see you really don't need paper to enjoy a good story."-- Lisa DuMond, The SF Site

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