The Lucky Strike
Combining dazzling speculation with a profoundly humanist vision, this astounding alternate history tale presents a dramatic encounter with destiny wrapped around a simple yet provocative premise: the terrifying question of what might have happened if the fateful flight over Hiroshima had gone...
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Combining dazzling speculation with a profoundly humanist vision, this astounding alternate history tale presents a dramatic encounter with destiny wrapped around a simple yet provocative premise: the terrifying question of what might have happened if the fateful flight over Hiroshima had gone a bit differently. An extensive interview with the author, offering insight into his fiction and philosophies, is also included.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781604860856 (1604860855)
Publish date: October 1st 2009
Publisher: PM Press
Pages no: 144
Edition language: English
Rating: 4.5* of fiveThe Book Report: A fifty-seven page novella of alternative developments on Tinian Island in the run-up to the atom bombing of Japan in 1945. A sixteen-page essay on the nature of alternative history and its quantum influences. And a twenty-page interview of author Robinson by fe...
Picked this up on a whim at the library today (4/6/12). Lord knows I have enough on the TBR shelf but it's short and looks intriguing.____________________________________The only other Kim Stanley Robinson work that I’ve read is The Years of Rice and Salt and while I liked it well enough, I have to ...
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