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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* This novel continues many of the themes in the television story ''[[Pyramids of Mars (TV story)|Pyramids of Mars]]'' and functions as both a prequel and a sequel. | * This novel continues many of the themes in the television story ''[[Pyramids of Mars (TV story)|Pyramids of Mars]]'' and functions as both a prequel and a sequel. | ||
* The story was released as an e-book on the BBC website in 2004, with the book remaining on the website until 2010. It contained illustrations by [[Peter McKinstry]] and added an alternate ending to the story. The alternate ending was added into the story by having a character called [[the Chronicler]] run a simulation of the events of the ending of the novel "if things had gone differently". | * The story was released as an e-book on the BBC website in 2004, with the book remaining on the website until 2010. It contained illustrations by [[Peter McKinstry]] and added an alternate ending to the story. The alternate ending was added into the story by having a character called [[the Chronicler]] run a simulation of the events of the ending of the novel "if things had gone differently". | ||
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File:Sands of Time Chapter 15.jpg|<div style="font-size:80%;line-height:100%">"A drunk stirred in the gutter as one of the massive figures stepped over him. He stared in fuzzy horror at the shape moving above him, then dragged himself to his feet and fled noisily in the opposite direction."</div> | File:Sands of Time Chapter 15.jpg|<div style="font-size:80%;line-height:100%">"A drunk stirred in the gutter as one of the massive figures stepped over him. He stared in fuzzy horror at the shape moving above him, then dragged himself to his feet and fled noisily in the opposite direction."</div> | ||
File:Sands of Time Alternate Ending.jpg|<div style="font-size:80%;line-height:100%">"The Chronicler peered into the glowing embers of reality. Deep within the holosphere, a single quantum choice played itself out for him. He was at one with the world he watched, oblivious to the great hallway in which he worked."</div> | File:Sands of Time Alternate Ending.jpg|<div style="font-size:80%;line-height:100%">"The Chronicler peered into the glowing embers of reality. Deep within the holosphere, a single quantum choice played itself out for him. He was at one with the world he watched, oblivious to the great hallway in which he worked."</div> | ||
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== Alternative covers == | |||
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File:The Sands of Time ebook cover.jpg|The [[Target Books]]-style cover for the ebook | |||
File:Dw sands of time 600.jpg|''The Monster Collection'' cover | |||
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