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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... wind rose to gale force it became unbearable . You simply couldn't face it . Unfortunately , she could see that that kind of a wind was very possibly approaching them from downglacier . It was like being in a train crash in slow motion ...
... wind rose to gale force it became unbearable . You simply couldn't face it . Unfortunately , she could see that that kind of a wind was very possibly approaching them from downglacier . It was like being in a train crash in slow motion ...
Side 400
... wind stopped . Val stopped too . It shifted onto her left cheek , like a slap to the head ; went dead , though the howl of it was all around them ; then hit her again from the right . Then it struck her full in the face , the hardest ...
... wind stopped . Val stopped too . It shifted onto her left cheek , like a slap to the head ; went dead , though the howl of it was all around them ; then hit her again from the right . Then it struck her full in the face , the hardest ...
Side 402
... Wind - chill factor must have been a hundred below ; it dropped exponentially with the speed of the wind . Too windy to put up any tents . But the rock wall was growing . Had to be careful , though , as the wind would quickly throw any ...
... Wind - chill factor must have been a hundred below ; it dropped exponentially with the speed of the wind . Too windy to put up any tents . But the rock wall was growing . Had to be careful , though , as the wind would quickly throw any ...
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Ice Planet | 1 |
Science in the Capital | 34 |
In the Antarctic Grain | 51 |
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