FORTY SIGNS OF RAIN.
by Robinson, Kim Stanley
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine in near fine dust jacket./near fine
- ISBN 10
- 0553803115
- ISBN 13
- 9780553803112
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Synopsis
Forty Signs of Rain (2004) is the first book in the hard science fiction "Science in the Capital" trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson. The focus of the novel is the effects of global warming in the near future. Its characters are mostly scientists, either involved in biotech research, assisting government members or doing paperwork at the NSF. There are also several Buddhist monks working for the embassy of the fictional island nation of Khembalung.
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- Bookfever.com, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 68642
- Title
- FORTY SIGNS OF RAIN.
- Author
- Robinson, Kim Stanley
- Format/Binding
- SIGNED hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0553803115
- ISBN 13
- 9780553803112
- Publisher
- Bantam,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- (2004.)
- Keywords
- global warming, climate change,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction and Fantasy;
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