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"I read Jones's first story, Rat Up a Drainpipe, and couldn't put it down. I laughed out loud, and felt unusually good. It was fast paced and full of quirky incidents. When it ended I wanted more.

Typical of Jones, Transported crosses genres. There's science fiction, comedy and satire, and even a few tales involving global warming. The Wadestown Shore has Pete rowing around a drowned Wellington foreshore between high-rise buildings, trawling for treasures. The seat of government has moved to Taupo. You have to laugh, but should we?

Jones's bag of literary tricks is witty and refreshingly humorous. He's not new to the literary scene, but with Transported, his second short story collection, he will not linger in the background again. Bring it on, Tim Jones!"

Transported is available from New Zealand Books Abroad: http://www.nzbooksabroad.com/shopdetail....]]>