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Century Rain by Alastair Reynolds (2006, Uk- a Format Paperback)
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Three hundred years from now, Earth has been rendered uninhabitable due to the technological catastrophe known as the Nanocaust. Archaeologist Verity Auger specializes in the exploration of its surviving landscape. Now, her expertise is required for a far greater purpose. Something astonishing has been discovered at the far end of a wormhole: mid-twentieth century Earth, preserved like a fly in amber. Somewhere on this alternate planet is a device capable of destroying both worlds at either end of the wormhole. And Verity must find the device, and the man who plans to activate it, before it is too late—for the past and the future of two worlds…
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100441013074
ISBN-139780441013074
eBay Product ID (ePID)51079669
Product Key Features
Book TitleCentury Rain
Number of Pages640 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2006
TopicScience Fiction / Space Opera, Science Fiction / General
GenreFiction
AuthorAlastair Reynolds
Book SeriesRevelation Space Ser.
FormatUk- a Format Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight10.2 Oz
Item Length6.8 in
Item Width4.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Reviews"Reynolds possesses the true and awesome widescreen SF imagination…an exciting, thought-provoking novel."-- Locus "Century Rain fuses time travel, hard SF, alternate history, interstellar adventure, and noir romance to create a novel of blistering powers and style."-- SF Revu "Plenty of action."-- The Olympian (Olympia, WA) "An intelligent space opera."--Time Out"A darkly brilliant love story set in worlds we think we know but don't."--The Guardian (UK), "Reynolds possesses the true and awesome widescreen SF imagination…an exciting, thought-provoking novel."-- Locus "Century Rain fuses time travel, hard SF, alternate history, interstellar adventure, and noir romance to create a novel of blistering powers and style."-- SF Revu "Plenty of action."-- The Olympian (Olympia, WA) "An intelligent space opera."-- Time Out "A darkly brilliant love story set in worlds we think we know but don't." -- The Guardian (UK), "Reynolds possesses the true and awesome widescreen SF imagination…an exciting, thought-provoking novel."- Locus "Century Rain fuses time travel, hard SF, alternate history, interstellar adventure, and noir romance to create a novel of blistering powers and style."- SF Revu "Plenty of action."- The Olympian (Olympia, WA) "An intelligent space opera."- Time Out "A darkly brilliant love story set in worlds we think we know but don't." - The Guardian (UK)
Dewey Edition22
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
Series Volume Number7
Grade ToUP
Dewey Decimal823/.92
SynopsisThree hundred years from now, Earth has been rendered uninhabitable due to the technological catastrophe known as the Nanocaust. Archaeologist Verity Auger specializes in the exploration of its surviving landscape. Now, her expertise is required for a far greater purpose. Something astonishing has been discovered at the far end of a wormhole: mid-twentieth century Earth, preserved like a fly in amber. Somewhere on this alternate planet is a device capable of destroying both worlds at either end of the wormhole. And Verity must find the device, and the man who plans to activate it, before it is too late--for the past and the future of two worlds…, Three hundred years from now, Earth has been rendered uninhabitable due to the technological catastrophe known as the Nanocaust.Archaeologist Verity Auger specializes in the exploration of its surviving landscape. Now, her expertise is required for a far greater purpose.Something astonishing has been discovered at the far end of a wormhole: mid-twentieth century Earth, preserved like a fly in amber. Somewhere on this alternate planet is a device capable of destroying both worlds at either end of the wormhole. And Verity must find the device, and the man who plans to activate it, before it is too late for the past and the future of two worlds ", The award-winning author of the Revelation Space trilogy continues to forge the future of science fiction in this awe-inspiring new novel.
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