Fifty Degrees Below - Kim Stanley Robinson - Books - Bantam - 9780553585810 - January 30, 2007
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Fifty Degrees Below

Kim Stanley Robinson

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Fifty Degrees Below

Bestselling, award-winning, author Kim Stanley Robinson continues his groundbreaking trilogy of eco-thrillers?and propels us deeper into the awesome whirlwind of climatic change. Set in our nation?s capital, here is a chillingly realistic tale of people caught in the collision of science, technology, and the consequences of global warming?which could trigger another phenomenon: abrupt climate change, resulting in temperatures...

When the storm got bad, scientist Frank Vanderwal was at work, formalizing his return to the National Science Foundation for another year. He?d left the building just in time to help sandbag at Arlington Cemetery. Now that the torrent was over, large chunks of San Diego had eroded into the sea, and D. C. was underwater.

Shallow lakes occupied the most famous parts of the city. Reagan Airport was awash and the Potomac had spilled beyond its banks. Rescue boats dotted the saturated cityscape. Everything Frank and his colleagues in the halls of science and politics feared had culminated in this massive disaster. And now the world looked to them to fix it.

Whatever Frank can do, now that he is homeless, he?ll have to do from his car. He?s not averse to sleeping outdoors. Years of research have made him hyperaware of his status as just another primate. That plus his encounter with a Tibetan Buddhist has left him resolved to live a more authentic life.

Hopefully, this will prepare him for whatever is to come....

For even as D. C. bails out from the flood, a more extreme climate change looms. With the melting of the polar ice caps shutting down the warm waters of the Gulf Stream, another Ice Age could be imminent. The last time it happened, eleven thousand years ago, it took just three years to start.

Once again Kim Stanley Robinson uses his remarkable vision, trademark wry wit, and extraordinary insight into the complexity between man and nature to take us to the brink of disaster?and slightly beyond.


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Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released January 30, 2007
ISBN13 9780553585810
Publishers Bantam
Pages 603
Dimensions 110 × 28 × 173 mm   ·   294 g
Language English  

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