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Paul J. McAuley: Fairyland (2009, Gollancz) 4 stars

In a near-future Europe, gene-hacker Alex Sharkey has created a new life form: fairies - …

Solid sci-fi that holds up well

4 stars

Fairyland is good, and despite being [checks watch] 27 years old it doesn't really feel dated. Things I particularly liked were the pacing of the story - action unfolds and then the story skips forward years at a time to when the action unfolds again in a different setting. I also liked the characterisation, it was well done and kept me interested. I would probably have liked it even more if I was a bigger sci-fi fan.