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2047: and for sixty years America has been quarantined after a devastating nuclear attack.
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Classical in form, grave and earnest.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- effortlessdemanding
- cooloverwhelming
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About the book
- Author
- Kim Stanley Robinson
- First published
- 1984
- Pages
- 371
- Publisher
- London: Macdonald, Skyboat Media and Blackstone Audio, Futura
- Editions
- 9
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781481529686
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First sentence
“"It wouldn't really be grave-robbing," Nicolin was explaining.”
About Kim Stanley Robinson · 1952
American science fiction writer
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