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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... perhaps ten red pins , some around the Weddell Sea , some here in the Ross Sea region , some on the polar cap . ' And the yellow pins ? ' ' Those represent odd sightings on satellite photos , for the most part . Things or shapes , or ...
... perhaps ten red pins , some around the Weddell Sea , some here in the Ross Sea region , some on the polar cap . ' And the yellow pins ? ' ' Those represent odd sightings on satellite photos , for the most part . Things or shapes , or ...
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... perhaps walk in with one of the groups we have touring the Dry Valleys . ' He was frowning ; not a hiker , perhaps . Or perhaps he was only thinking of the time he had . ' You'd like to talk to him quickly . ' ' Yes . ' ' Well ...
... perhaps walk in with one of the groups we have touring the Dry Valleys . ' He was frowning ; not a hiker , perhaps . Or perhaps he was only thinking of the time he had . ' You'd like to talk to him quickly . ' ' Yes . ' ' Well ...
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... perhaps . ' Wade and Val laughed , but Michelson waved a finger at them : ' No , that's very fast . A blink of the eye ! ' ' I'll tell Senator Chase that , ' Wade said . ' No no , ' Michelson protested , ' what you have to tell him is ...
... perhaps . ' Wade and Val laughed , but Michelson waved a finger at them : ' No , that's very fast . A blink of the eye ! ' ' I'll tell Senator Chase that , ' Wade said . ' No no , ' Michelson protested , ' what you have to tell him is ...
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Ice Planet | 1 |
Science in the Capital | 34 |
In the Antarctic Grain | 51 |
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