: Kim Stanley Robinson
: Gold Coast
: Tor Publishing Group
: 9781466861336
: 1
: CHF 29.80
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: Krimis, Thriller, Spionage
: English
'Bold, manic, wonderful,' this dystopian sci-fi thriller imagines ecological collapse in an alternative future California (Los Angeles Times). 2027: Southern California is a developer's dream gone mad, an endless sprawl of condos, freeways, and malls. Jim McPherson, the affluent son of a defense contractor, is a young man lost in a world of fast cars, casual sex, and designer drugs. But his descent in to the shadowy underground of industrial terrorism brings him into a shattering confrontation with his family, his goals, and his ideals. 'Owes more to 1984 and A Clockwork Orange than to the usual SF scenario.?.?.?. Robinson offers a stark cautionary tale with a glimmer of hope at the end.' -Publishers Weekly 'A rich, brave book?.?.?. It celebrates, with an earned and elated refusal of despair, the persistent, joyful survival of human persons in the interstices of the American juggernaut.' -Washington Post