AntarcticaVoyager, 1998 - 562 sider Kim Stanley Robinson, author of the Hugo and Nebula award-winning Mars trilogy, is one of the most original and visionary writers of fiction today. Now, in his latest novel, he takes us to a harsh, alien landscape covered by a sheet of ice two miles deep. This is no distant planet--it is the last pure wilderness on earth. A stark and inhospitable place, its landscape poses a challenge to survival; yet its strange, silent beauty has long fascinated scientists and adventurers. Now Antarctica faces an uncertain future. The international treaty that protects the continent is about to dissolve, clearing the way for Antarctica's resources and eerie beauty to be plundered. As politicians and corporations move to determine its fate from half a world away, radical environmentalists carry out a covert campaign of sabotage to reclaim the land. The winner of this critical battle will determine the future for this last great wilderness. |
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Side 154
... face , inches from his ; again the surgical glare of tent light ; again her disconcerting beauty . The weathering of an outdoor life made her face look fiftyish , though asleep of course she also looked like a child , as everyone did ...
... face , inches from his ; again the surgical glare of tent light ; again her disconcerting beauty . The weathering of an outdoor life made her face look fiftyish , though asleep of course she also looked like a child , as everyone did ...
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... face , so that there was a slot of air there we could look down , like a crevasse five thousand feet deep . And I ... face , he let out this kind of funny yelp and threw himself off the ridge and down the face . ' ' On purpose ! ' ' Yeah ...
... face , so that there was a slot of air there we could look down , like a crevasse five thousand feet deep . And I ... face , he let out this kind of funny yelp and threw himself off the ridge and down the face . ' ' On purpose ! ' ' Yeah ...
Side 400
... face , the hardest blow of all . And suddenly they were hiking into the wind instead of away from it . Val cursed into her ski - mask . Already her sunglasses were icing up , and even at their lightest coloration their polarization ...
... face , the hardest blow of all . And suddenly they were hiking into the wind instead of away from it . Val cursed into her ski - mask . Already her sunglasses were icing up , and even at their lightest coloration their polarization ...
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Ice Planet | 1 |
Science in the Capital | 34 |
In the Antarctic Grain | 51 |
Copyright | |
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Amundsen Antarctic Treaty Antarctica anyway Barwick Valley beakers blimp blue called Cape Crozier Cape Evans Carlos clients climbed cloud cold course crevasse door Dry Valleys ecotage Elspeth everything expedition feng shui ferals glacier going happened hard haul head helo hiked hovercraft ice shelf inside Jack Jamesway kilometres kind Kiwi laughed live looked Mac Town Mai-lis McMurdo Michelson Misha Mohn Basin mountains never nodded okay parka Phil Pliocene polar cap pulled radio ridge Roberts Roberts Massif rock Ross Ice Shelf Ross Island Ross Sea scientists Scott sea ice Shackleton Glacier shouted side Sirius sledge sleeping slope snow Spiff stared station sure Sylvia talk tell tent there's things thought took Transantarctics trip turned Val's Wade asked walked wall warm wind Yeah