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In 3229 A.D., human civilization is scattered among the planets, moons, and asteroids of the solar system. Billions of lives depend on the technology derived from the breakthroughs of the greatest physicist of the age, Arthur Holywelkin.
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Grave, epic, contemporary and classical in form.
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
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About the book
- Author
- Kim Stanley Robinson
- First published
- 1985
- Pages
- 352
- Publisher
- Macdonald, Orb Books, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom
- Editions
- 10
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781466862197
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