04346cam a2200469 4500 233385554 TxAuBib 20150605120000.0 ||||||s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780307571854 0307571858 B0036S4BE4 Amazon 2ee843b9-a278-4944-868d-668511850689 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 355053 OverDrive (Product ID) 156192 355053 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Robinson, Kim Stanley. Antarctica [Libby eBook]. Random House Publishing Group, 2010. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 2950kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. HTML:<p>From the award-winning author of the Mars Trilogy comes a thrilling new novel....<br /> <br /> Kim Stanley Robinson, author of the Hugo and Nebula award-winning Mars trilogy, is one of the most original and visionary writers of fiction today. Now, in his latest novel, he takes us to a harsh, alien landscape covered by a sheet of ice two miles deep. This is no distant planet--it is the last pure wilderness on earth.<br /> <br /> A stark and inhospitable place, its landscape poses a challenge to survival; yet its strange, silent beauty has long fascinated scientists and adventurers. Now Antarctica faces an uncertain future. The international treaty that protects the continent is about to dissolve, clearing the way for Antarctica's resources and eerie beauty to be plundered. As politicians and corporations move to determine its fate from half a world away, radical environmentalists carry out a covert campaign of sabotage to reclaim the land. The winner of this critical battle will determine the future for this last great wilderness....<br /> <br /> <i>From the Paperback edition.</i></p>. HTML:"[<b>Antarctica</b>] should be included in any short-list of books about the frozen continent....Compelling characters...a rich and dense story...Robinson has succeeded not only in drawing human characters but also in bringing Antarctica to life. Whatever happens in the outer world, <b>Antarctica</b>--both the book and the continent--will become part of the reader's interior landscape.". HTML:<i>The Washington Post Book World</i>. HTML:"<i>The</i> epic of Antarctica. This is the James A. Michener novel of the South Pole. If the meaty one-word title didn't give it away, the writing would. The whole human history of the continent is here.". HTML:<i>Interzone</i>. "Robinson writes about geography and geology with the intensity and unhurried attention to detail of a John McPhee.". HTML:<i>The New York Times Book Review</i>. HTML:<p>"Forbidding yet fascinating, like the continent it describes...echoes Jon Krakauer's <b>Into Thin Air</b>."</p>. HTML:<i>People</i>. HTML:"<b>Antarctica</b> will take your breath away.". HTML:<i>Associated Press</i>. "A gripping tale of adventure on the ice.". HTML:<i>Publishers Weekly</i>. "Passionate, informed...vastly entertaining.". HTML:<i>Kirkus Reviews</i>. Science Fiction. Fiction. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2015-08-05 20:00:03. http://camellia.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=2ee843b9-a278-4944-868d-668511850689 http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/2EE/843/B9/Antarctica9780307571854.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=2EE843B9-A278-4944-868D-668511850689&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/2EE/843/B9/Antarctica9780307571854.epub Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=2EE843B9-A278-4944-868D-668511850689&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/2EE/843/B9/Antarctica9780307571854.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=2EE843B9-A278-4944-868D-668511850689&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)