Hal Duncan's extraordinary novel Vellum is released in mass market paperback. This is a heady and often surreal linguistic masterpiece, quite unlike anything I've ever read before or since. A second voume, Ink is due next year. In the meantime, Vellum has been nominated for the World Fnatasy Award - quite a feat considering it's a debut work. I have a feeling it might just win! My review of the original release is reprinted in this issue.

(Source: Pan)