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Lafferty's writing has an easy style that draws the reader in... She manages to shape the well-worked clay in entertaining new ways.
— Publishers Weekly on The Ghost Train to New Orleans
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Mur Lafferty's debut novel is a must-read book for those who like their urban fantasy fast, furious, and funny. Terrific stuff!—Kat Richardson on The Shambling Guide to New York City
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This is a great start to what promises to be one of the gems of the comic urban fantasy crown. The Shambling Guide sets the wonderful world of the supernatural--and the slightly more esoteric world of travel guide publishing--on its ear, and the result is nothing short of delightful.—New York Times bestselling author Seanan McGuire
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An engagingly funny, and fun, romp through NYC. You'll love Zoe... to bits—New York Times bestselling Tobias S. Buckell on The Shambling Guide to New York City
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Shows exactly why so many writers have been buzzing about Mur Lafferty for so many years: an unbeatable mixture of humor, heart, imagination, and characterization. I want to live in Mur's New York.
— Cory Doctorow on The Shambling Guide to New York City
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Without Mur Lafferty, the SF genre would be a much duller place. Mur is constantly inventive, always great fun and deserves every success.
— Paul Cornell on The Shambling Guide to New York City
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Wit, style and plenty of sardonic dialogue, like Douglas Adams writing an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.—Financial Times
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If Buffy grew up, got therapy and found a real job, it would look like this.—Scott Sigler
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Well-written and immersive...a travel series you'll definitely want to stick with.—SFX
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Now THIS is the urban fantasy heroine we want.—i09 on The Shambling Guide to New York City
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A wild ride through the secret side of New York City, Mur Lafferty's mighty debut is urban fantasy the way it should be: fast, funny, with bags of action and characters you'll love. A total delight from cover to cover.
— Adam Christopher on The Shambling Guide to New York City
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"The Shambling Guide to New York City is a monstrously fun romp by one of our most engaging new authors.
— Tim Pratt
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Zombies and vampires and golems, oh my! The Shambling Guide to New York City rounds up the biggest cast of the undead and never-quite-alive ever to appear in a single novel, along with a wisecracking heroine whose picture belongs over the dictionary entry for spunky. This is a comic tour-de-force by a writer who lives and breathes popular culture. Mur Lafferty is throwing a monster party and you're invited.
— James Patrick Kelly, Hugo and Nebula Award Winner
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Mur Lafferty is a bright, shining light in speculative fiction. She brings a warm, humourous and startling fresh voice to the genre in The Shambling Guide to New York City.
— Kaaron Warren