Quite a knowing auctorial tone in this one - quite appropriate for a story all about the boundary between fiction and reality.
Changes: The opening follow-on from The Dominators is replaced by a trip to Vesuvius, which then erupts.
When Zoe 'sees' the City, she also hears the electronic music of the 21st century - and dances off in search of the vision.
There are one or two extra puzzles for the time travellers to solve. The unicorn turns into a statue, not a cardboard cut-out. The controlling force of the Land of Fiction is a giant brain, whose colour changes according to its mood, an effect which looked pretty good in my imagination.
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