- Climatic changes, Sustainable development, Fiction, Extraterrestrial bases
Twenty-third century Earth, ravaged by climate change, looks backwards to the holy ideal of a pre-industrial Eden. Political power has been grabbed by a few powerful families and their green saints.
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Epic, classical in form, grave and contemporary.
- intimateepic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- earnestironic
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About the book
- Author
- Paul J. McAuley
- First published
- 2009
- Pages
- 405
- Publisher
- Pyr
- Editions
- 1
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781591027812
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