Earth
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780356501765 (0356501760)
Publish date: November 1st 2012
Publisher: Orbit
Pages no: 624
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Science Fiction Fantasy,
Science Fiction,
Literature,
American,
20th Century,
Environment,
Speculative Fiction,
Hard Science Fiction,
Cyberpunk,
Near Future
bookshelves: published-1990, sci-fi, environmental-issues, winter-20132014, tbr-busting-2014, fraudio, epic-proportions, dystopian, desert-regions, lifestyles-deathstyles Read from December 18, 2013 to January 11, 2014 Description: Set in the year 2038, the book is a cautionary tale of the harm h...
To be honest I wouldn't have finished this one if it wasn't a bookcrossingIE choice. I'm not sorry I read it but it was a bit too scientific for my real enjoyment and went down some avenues that I wouldn't have gone if I had a choice. In a near future the earth is wracked with ecological damange an...
This is not an easy read in spite of the well written, accessible prose, some good characterization, and some exciting scenes. The difficulty is due to the ambitious scope of the book which seems to necessitate numerous plot strands, myriad characters, and frequent expositions and infodumps. Persona...