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Half a Crown: A Story of a World That Could Have Been

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Half a Crown: A Story of a World That Could Have BeenFor the first time in paperback, the culminating novel of Hugo and Nebula Award winner Jo Walton's stunning Small Change trilogy. Following the award winning Farthing and its sequel Ha'penny, Half a Crown is an amazing alternate world noir tale of resistance to encroaching fascism, from the author of Among Others. In 1941 the European war ended in the Farthing Peace, a rapprochement between Britain and Nazi Germany. The balls and banquets of Britain's

For the first time in paperback, the culminating novel of Hugo and Nebula Award-winner Jo Walton's stunning Small Change trilogy.
Following the award-winning Farthing and its sequel Ha'penny, Half a Crown is an amazing alternate-world noir tale of resistance to encroaching fascism, from the author of Among Others.

In 1941 the European war ended in the Farthing Peace, a rapprochement between Britain and Nazi Germany. The balls and banquets of Britain's upper class never faltered, while British ships ferried undesirables across the Channel to board the cattle cars headed east.

Peter Carmichael is commander of the Watch, Britain's distinctly British secret police. It's his job to warn the Prime Minister of treason, to arrest plotters, to discover Jews. The midnight knock of a Watchman is the most dreaded sound in the realm.

Now, in 1960, a global peace conference is convening in London, where Britain, Germany, and Japan will oversee the final partition of the world. Hitler is once again on British soil. So is the long-exiled Duke of Windsor--and the rising gangs of British Power streetfighters, who consider the Government soft, may be the former king's bid to stage a coup d'etat.

Amidst all this, two of the most unlikely persons in the realm will join forces to oppose the fascists: a debutante whose greatest worry until now has been where to find the right string of pearls, and the Watch Commander himself.
A literary Guernica--a top-notch thriller set in a terrified Britain that is all too willing to trade freedom for security, and which gets neither. --Cory Doctorow on Ha'penny

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Tor Books
Published: 09/03/2013
ISBN: 9780765323156
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 8.26h x 5.54w x 0.86d
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The screws they include are so cheap and they start to strip halfway in (even with pilot holes). The holders themselves are fine but now now the screws can go in or get out so it's either destroy the product or live with it. I used a quality screw on the one side and it worked just fine. Poor quality and not very thoughtful. If you buy, get your own screws.
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I didn’t buy this for a laptop at all—I specifically purchased it to mount my docking station and charger under my desk, and it works perfectly for that. The size is great, the shelf is sturdy, and it keeps everything neatly tucked away instead of cluttering up my workspace. If you’re looking for an under-desk solution for a docking station, charger, or other accessories (even if you don’t plan to mount a laptop), this is absolutely worth it. It cleaned up my whole setup. Highly recommend!
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Fantastic for my desk. I ended up using this to mount a Topping DAC under my desk and I used the side cubby to put my Google Nest Mini and Broadlink RF device. Got all that off my desk and everything tucked away just perfect. I haven't used the headphone mount yet, but I plan to use that to, low and behold, hang headphones! These are easy as heck to install and strong enough to hold up anything that will fit in the space for the most part.
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