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PublisherRandom House Publishing Group

ISBN-100553585819

ISBN-139780553585810

eBay Product ID (ePID)54234548

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Book TitleFifty Degrees below

Number of Pages640 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicScience Fiction / Action & Adventure, Political, Thrillers / Technological, Action & Adventure, Science Fiction / General

Publication Year2007

GenreFiction

AuthorKim Stanley Robinson

Book SeriesScience in the Capital Ser.

FormatMass Market

Dimensions

Item Height1.6 in

Item Weight12 Oz

Item Length6.8 in

Item Width4.2 in

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Reviews"Fifty Degrees Below should be required reading for anyone concerned about our world's future.... it provides perhaps the most realistic portrayal ever created of the environmental changes that are already occurring on our planet."--"Publishers Weekly," starred review "Fast-paced and exciting.... First-rate ecological speculation."--"Kirkus Reviews" "Could give Michael Crichton a run for his money.... should be required reading for government officials and voters."--"St. Louis Post-Dispatch" "From the Hardcover edition.", "Fifty Degrees Below should be required reading for anyone concerned about our world's future.... it provides perhaps the most realistic portrayal ever created of the environmental changes that are already occurring on our planet."- Publishers Weekly , starred review "Fast-paced and exciting.... First-rate ecological speculation."- Kirkus Reviews "Could give Michael Crichton a run for his money.... should be required reading for government officials and voters."- St. Louis Post-Dispatch From the Hardcover edition., " Fifty Degrees Below should be required reading for anyone concerned about our world's future.... it provides perhaps the most realistic portrayal ever created of the environmental changes that are already occurring on our planet." -- "Publishers Weekly," starred review " Fast-paced and exciting.... First-rate ecological speculation." -- "Kirkus Reviews" " Could give Michael Crichton a run for his money.... should be required reading for government officials and voters." -- "St. Louis Post-Dispatch" "From the Hardcover edition.", "Fifty Degrees Below should be required reading for anyone concerned about our world's future.... it provides perhaps the most realistic portrayal ever created of the environmental changes that are already occurring on our planet."-Publishers Weekly, starred review "Fast-paced and exciting.... First-rate ecological speculation."-Kirkus Reviews "Could give Michael Crichton a run for his money.... should be required reading for government officials and voters."-St. Louis Post-Dispatch From the Hardcover edition., "FIFTY DEGREES BELOW should be required reading for anyone concerned about our world's future.... it provides perhaps the most realistic portrayal ever created of the environmental changes that are already occurring on our planet."--"Publishers Weekly," starred review "Fast-paced and exciting.... First-rate ecological speculation."--"Kirkus Reviews" "Could give Michael Crichton a run for his money.... should be required reading for government officials and voters."--"St. Louis Post-Dispatch" "From the Hardcover edition.", "Fifty Degrees Below should be required reading for anyone concerned about our world's future.... it provides perhaps the most realistic portrayal ever created of the environmental changes that are already occurring on our planet." Publishers Weekly , starred review "Fast-paced and exciting.... First-rate ecological speculation." Kirkus Reviews "Could give Michael Crichton a run for his money.... should be required reading for government officials and voters." St. Louis Post-Dispatch From the Hardcover edition.

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SynopsisSet 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. When the storm got bad, Frank Vanderwal was in his office at the National Science Foundation. When it was over, large chunks of San Diego had eroded into the sea, and D.C. was underwater. Everything Frank and his colleagues feared had culminated in this disaster. And now the world was looking to them to fix it. But even as D.C. bails itself out, a more extreme climate change looms. The melting polar ice caps are shutting down the warm Gulf Stream waters--meaning Ice Age conditions could return. And the last time that happened, eleven thousand years ago, it took just three years to start...., The award-winning author continues his groundbreaking trilogy, begun in "Forty Signs of Rain," with this second novel, set in a near-future Washington, D.C., and inspired by headline-making scientific and environmental research., 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 beimminent. 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. "From the Hardcover edition."