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| name = The Hidden Family |
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| author = [[Charles Stross]] |
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| cover_artist = [[Paul Youll]] |
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| country = United States |
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| language = English |
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| genre = [[Alternate history]], [[Science fiction]] novel |
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| publisher = [[Tor Books]] |
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| release_date = June 2005 |
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| media_type = Print ([[Hardcover]] and [[Paperback]]) |
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| pages = 303 pp |
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| isbn = 0-7653-1347-2 |
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| dewey= 813/.6 22 |
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| congress= PR6119.T79 H53 2005 |
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| oclc= 57286043 |
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| preceded_by = [[The Family Trade]] |
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| followed_by = [[The Clan Corporate]] |
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'''''The Hidden Family''''' is the second book of [[Charles Stross]]' [[alternate history]], [[science fiction]] series ''[[The Merchant Princes]]''. It completes the story begun in ''[[The Family Trade]]'' (2004); the two were originally written as one novel.{{Citation needed|date=August 2008}} They are followed by ''[[The Clan Corporate]]'' (2006), the first part of the second story. |
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==Reception== |
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''[[Publishers Weekly]]'' in their review said "Stross continues to mix high and low tech in amusing and surprising ways. However, while giving a gritty SF portrait of the marvels of modern market economics and correcting the too pretty portrait of too many medieval fantasy lands, he sometimes overlooks the realities that constrain both. Still, less historically minded readers can lose themselves in Miriam's attempts to survive the Clan's equally dangerous high-stakes business and social games. Stross weaves a tale worthy of [[Robert Ludlum]] or [[Dan Brown]]."<ref name="Publishers Weekly">{{cite journal|date=April 25, 2005|title=THE HIDDEN FAMILY: Book Two of Merchant Princes|journal=Publishers Weekly|volume= 252|issue= 17|pages=43|issn=0000-0019}}</ref> Roland Green reviewing the book for [[Booklist]] compared it to the early novels in [[Roger Zelazny|Roger Zelazny's]] [[The Chronicles of Amber|Amber]] series.<ref name="Green">{{cite journal|last=Green|first=Roland|date=June 1, 2005|title=The Hidden Family|journal=Booklist|volume= 101|issue= 19/20|pages=1769|issn=0006-7385}}</ref> |
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==Awards== |
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''The Hidden Family'' was a finalist for the 2006 [[Prometheus Award]]<ref name="urlLibertarian Futurist Society">{{cite web |url=http://www.lfs.org/novel_nominees.htm |title=Libertarian Futurist Society |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= http://www.webcitation.org/5c5Cjkzz1|archivedate= 2008-11-04|quote= |accessdate=2008-11-04}}</ref> and won the 2006 [[Sidewise Award for Alternate History]].<ref name="urlThe Sidewise Awards for Alternate History">{{cite web |url=http://www.uchronia.net/sidewise/complete.html |title=The Sidewise Awards for Alternate History |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |quote= |accessdate=2008-11-04}}</ref> |
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==Notes== |
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==External links== |
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* [http://upcoming4.me/news/book-news/review-charles-stross-the-bloodline-feud The Bloodline Feud review] at Upcoming4.me |
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[[Category:Alternate history novels]] |
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[[Category:Libertarian science fiction]] |
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[[Category:Novels by Charles Stross]] |
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[[Category:Sidewise Award for Alternate History winning works]] |
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