''Crystal Rain'' (2006) is the

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writer

Tobias S. Buckell Tobias S. Buckell (born 1979) is a New York Times Bestselling author and World Fantasy Award winner born in the Caribbean. He grew up in Grenada and spent time in the British and US Virgin Islands, which influence much of his work. His novels and ...

. Buckell calls it his "Caribbean

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novel". Although ''Crystal Rain'' is a stand-alone novel, Buckell's books ''

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'' (2007) and ''

Sly Mongoose ''Sly Mongoose'' is the third science fiction novel of Caribbean writer Tobias S. Buckell. The novel is a standalone but is set in the same universe as Buckell's novels '' Crystal Rain'' and ''Ragamuffin Ragamuffin or Raggamuffin may refer t ...

'' (2008) are set in the same universe with some recurring characters. The novel is set on Nanagadahoodababa, a planet far from Earth.

References

External links

''Crystal Rain'' at Tobias Buckell website.
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