Century Rain - by Reynolds (Paperback)
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Highlights
- Part science fiction thriller, part interstellar adventure, and part noir crime, Century Rain is an astonishing international bestseller of "blistering powers and style" (SF Revu).
- About the Author: Alastair Reynolds was born in Barry, South Wales, in 1966.
- 592 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Science Fiction
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About the Book
Archaeologist Verity Auger spends her time exploring the landscape of Earth, which has been rendered uninhabitable by a technological catastrophe, and when a section of mid-twentieth century Earth is found perfectly preserved, she believes sh has found a link to the past that may help her protect the future.Book Synopsis
Part science fiction thriller, part interstellar adventure, and part noir crime, Century Rain is an astonishing international bestseller of "blistering powers and style" (SF Revu).Three hundred years from now, Earth has been rendered uninhabitable due to the technological catastrophe known as the Nanocaust. Archaeologist Verity Auger specializes in the exploration of its surviving landscape. Now, her expertise is required for a far greater purpose. Something astonishing has been discovered at the far end of a wormhole: a mid-20th-century version of Earth, preserved like a fly in amber.
Somewhere on this alternate planet is a device capable of destroying both worlds at either end of the wormhole. And Verity must find the device, and the man who plans to activate it, before it's too late -- for the past and the future of two worlds.
Century Rain is a jaw-droppingly good SF thriller, packed with pace, adventure, brilliant storytelling and with twists that will keep you guessing to the end.
Review Quotes
"A darkly brilliant love story set in worlds we think we know but don't."--The Guardian (UK) on Century Rain
"An intelligent space opera."--Time Out on Century Rain
"Century Rain fuses time travel, hard SF, alternate history, interstellar adventure, and noir romance to create a novel of blistering powers and style."--SF Revu on Century Rain
"Reynolds possesses the true and awesome widescreen SF imagination...an exciting, thought-provoking novel."--Locus on Century Rain
About the Author
Alastair Reynolds was born in Barry, South Wales, in 1966. He studied at Newcastle and St. Andrews Universities and has a Ph.D. in astronomy. He stopped working as an astrophysicist for the European Space Agency to become a full-time writer. Revelation Space and Pushing Ice were shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award; Revelation Space, Absolution Gap, Diamond Dogs, and Century Rain were shortlisted for the British Science Fiction Award, and Chasm City won the British Science Fiction Award.Dimensions (Overall): 9.1 Inches (H) x 5.9 Inches (W) x 1.7 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.55 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 592
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: Science Fiction
Publisher: Orbit
Theme: Hard Science Fiction
Format: Paperback
Author: Reynolds
Language: English
Street Date: August 4, 2020
TCIN: 1004983747
UPC: 9780316462662
Item Number (DPCI): 247-14-3242
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship weight: 1.55 pounds
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