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Fifty Degrees Below (2005) is the second book in the hard science fiction Science in the Capital trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson. It directly follows the events of Forty Signs of Rain , with a greater focus on character Frank Vanderwal, and his decision to remain at the National Science Foundation , following the earlier novel’s ...
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30 gen 2007 · Fifty Degrees Below. Kim Stanley Robinson. 3.72. 2,845 ratings217 reviews. Kim Stanley Robinson is at his visionary best in this gripping cautionary tale of progress and its price as our world faces catastrophic climate change – the sequel to Forty Signs of Rain.
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Like all three volumes in this trilogy, the novel is divided in ten parts. Each part begins with a short incipit (in italics), often unrelated to the main characters and told from a different or omniscient point of view. The part then contains short chapters, each focused on one of the main characters (essentially Frank and Charlie) and narrated in...
After the massive flood on Washington in May, life has taken its course again in the nation’s capital, just as before. Or so it would seem. Frank Vanderwal is now homeless. He leases a van, in which he sleeps; he subscribes to a fitness club, where he showers; he spends more hours in the office and outdoors: his new house is spread all over the cit...
Main page: List of Science In The Capital trilogy characters 1. Frank Vanderwal: Head of the so-called "Vanderwal Committee" of NSF, created to examine climate change mitigation and adaptation. Homeless, settles in a treehouse in Rock Creek Park that he built. 2. Anna Quibler: Director of the Bioinformatics Division at NSF. 3. Charlie Quibler: Envi...
Now he [Frank] was considering acting in accordance with his beliefs. (p.17)[Drepung:] "If you don’t act on it, it wasn’t a true feeling." (p.17)[Frank's thoughts] Now I have two bedrooms, in a modular home distributed throughout the city. One bedroom was mobile, the other in a tree. How cool was that? How perfectly rational and sane? (p.62)[Diane:] "Let’s proceed on the assumption that it is never too late. I mean, here we are." (p.69)About Fifty Degrees Below. 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. When the storm got bad, Frank Vanderwal was in his office at the National Science Foundation.
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25 ott 2005 · by Kim Stanley Robinson (Author) 4.3 323 ratings. Book 2 of 3: Science in the Capital. See all formats and editions. 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.
Fifty Degrees Below è un eBook in inglese di Stanley Robinson Kim, pubblicato da HarperVoyager a 8.41. Il file è in formato EPUB2 con Adobe DRM: risparmia online con le offerte IBS!
