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| '''The Family Trade''' can refer to: | |||
| {{For|the reality television series|Family Trade}} | |||
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| | country = United States | |||
| | language = English | |||
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| | release_date = December 2004 | |||
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| | media_type = Print (] & ]) | |||
| | pages = 303 pp | |||
| | isbn = 0-7653-0929-7 | |||
| | dewey= 813/.6 22 | |||
| | congress= PR6119.T79 F36 2004 | |||
| | oclc= 55044730 | |||
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| '''''The Family Trade''''' is the first book of ]' ], ] series '']''. It placed fifth in the annual ] for best fantasy novel as well as winning the Sidewise Award for Alternate History a year later (as part of Stross's "Merchant Princes" sequence).<ref name=locus></ref> | |||
| * ''The Family Trade'', a 2003 science fantasy novel and the first book in ] series by Charles Stross. | |||
| The first novel introduces the reader to journalist Miriam Beckstein, who finds herself in a parallel world in which her extended family holds power. | |||
| * '']'', a 2013 reality television series broadcast by Game Show Network. | |||
| ==Plot summary== | |||
| Miriam's ] ] gives her a shoebox filled with items that belonged to Miriam's birth mother, a ] who died mysteriously when Miriam was only a baby. Among other items, Miriam finds a ]. Inside is a design not unlike a ], and when she focuses on it, she is transported to a parallel world that never developed beyond the ]—except for the men on horses who try to kill her with machine guns. | |||
| Miriam quickly finds herself caught up in the ]s of her estranged family, which calls itself the Clan. The Clan has used the genetic ability to travel back and forth between the two worlds to build a lucrative import/export trade. However, one of their main sources of income is transporting drugs into and out of the United States which bothers Miriam for ethical and other reasons. | |||
| Miriam finds a kindred soul in Roland, a distant relation who would also like to be free of the Clan's machinations. | |||
| ==Sequels== | |||
| The second book in the series is '']'' (2005); these two were originally written as one novel. They are followed by '']'' (2006), the first part of the second story. On June 3, 2006, Stross announced "I just handed in #4 and should be starting on #5 in another couple of months. Nope, it's not a trilogy."<ref></ref> '']'' (#4), '']'' (#5, 2009), and '']'' (#6) were published in 2007, 2009, and 2010 respectively. In January 2013 Tor Books announced a new Merchant Princes trilogy. | |||
| ==Awards== | |||
| *Winner of the ] (as part of trilogy)<ref name=locus/> | |||
| ==References== | |||
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| ==External links== | |||
| * at Worlds Without End | |||
| * at Upcoming4.me | |||
| {{Charles Stross}} | |||
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Revision as of 07:55, 3 January 2017
The Family Trade can refer to:
- The Family Trade, a 2003 science fantasy novel and the first book in The Merchant Princes series by Charles Stross.
- Family Trade, a 2013 reality television series broadcast by Game Show Network.