This book is not just a green globe-trotting adventure; it is also a thoughtful mix of warning and promise

GUARDIAN

One hell of a novel . . . has what sci-fi readers want these days; intelligence, action, and an epic scale

ISAAC ASIMOV'S SCIENCE FICTION MAGAZINE

He weaves the alien textures exquisitely

NEW SCIENTIST

TIME IS RUNNING OUTDecades from now, an artificial black hole has fallen into the Earth's core. As scientists frantically work to prevent the ultimate disaster, they discover that the entire planet could be destroyed within a year.But while they look for an answer, some claim that the only way to save Earth is to let its human inhabitants become extinct: to reset the evolutionary clock and start over.Earth is the Hugo and Locus Award-nominated novel that, with countless accurate predictions, earned David Brin his reputation as a visionary futurologist.
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A brand new look for one of SF master David Brin's most acclaimed novels: a scientifically faithful tale of the fate of our world and the havoc mankind wreaks upon it
This book is not just a green globe-trotting adventure; it is also a thoughtful mix of warning and promise
This book is not just a green globe-trotting adventure; it is also a thoughtful mix of warning and promise - GUARDIANOne hell of a novel . . . has what sci-fi readers want these days; intelligence, action, and an epic scale - ISAAC ASIMOV'S SCIENCE FICTION MAGAZINEHe weaves the alien textures exquisitely - NEW SCIENTIST
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* Author website at www.davidbrin.com * Author interview on MTV.com, Wired.com and i09.com * Major feature in Orbit newsletter, going out to over 10,000 SFF readers * Multiple author posts featured on author's own site and promoted to David Brin's 7,500 twitter followers * Sharable interactive online activity & giveaways, distributed via Orbit social media channels including the Orbit website, Facebook and Twitter
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780356501765
Publisert
2012
Utgiver
Vendor
Orbit
Vekt
480 gr
Høyde
196 mm
Bredde
130 mm
Dybde
42 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
624

Forfatter

Om bidragsyterne

David Brin is the acclaimed Hugo and Nebula award-winning author of over fifteen novels, including the classic Uplift series, THE POSTMAN (translated into 25 languages around the world) and the critically acclaimed EXISTENCE. He has a doctorate in astrophysics, and has been a consultant to NASA and a graduate-level physics professor. He lives in California.