Slow River

Slow River

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name = Slow River
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image_caption = Cover of first edition (hardcover)
author = Nicola Griffith
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country = United Kingdom
language = English
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genre = Science fiction novel
publisher = Ballantine Books
release_date = 1995
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media_type = Print (Hardcover & Paperback)
pages = 343 pp
isbn = ISBN 0-345-39165-9
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"Slow River" is British writer Nicola Griffith's second science fiction novel, first published in 1995. It won the Nebula Award for Best Novel and the Lambda Literary Award in 1996.

Plot introduction

Lore Van de Oest was born in one of the mightiest families on earth. However, she suddenly loses everything.


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