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The Web: Gulliverzone is a 1997 young adult novel by Stephen Baxter.

The novel's title is a reference to a key theme park in the book, which is based on Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver's Travels . [1]

On behalf of BookPage, Colleen Cahill called GulliverZone "exciting", noting that it "is especially good for those interested in computers and virtual reality". [1] Locus and Interzone also reviewed the novel. [2] [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Cahill, Colleen (August 2005). "Trouble in paradise". BookPage. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  2. Cushman, Carolyn (November 1997). "The Web: Gulliverzone". Locus Magazine (442): 25.
  3. Gilmore, Chris (December 1997). "The Web: Gulliverzone". Interzone (126).