ICEHENGE
by Robinson, Kim Stanley
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- Condition
- A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#169203) (29877)
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
[London]: Macdonald, [1986]. First hardcover edition. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#169203) (29877). Octavo, boards. The author's second novel. "A sophisticated tripartite narrative involving a failed revolution in a Mars colony of the twenty-third century and an enigmatic structure -- the 'icehinge' of the title -- on the outer planet Pluto." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 181. "A clever, bleak, adult book. As it closes, it thrusts us out to think." - John Clute. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 4-445.
Synopsis
Icehenge (1985) is a science fiction novel by Kim Stanley Robinson. Though it was published almost ten years before Kim Stanley Robinson's acclaimed Mars trilogy and takes place in a different version of the future, Icehenge contains elements that should be familiar to readers of the Mars series. Extreme human longevity, Martian revolution, historical revisionism, and shifts between primary characters are all present.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29877
- Title
- ICEHENGE
- Author
- Robinson, Kim Stanley
- Book Condition
- Used - A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#169203) (29877)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First hardcover edition
- Publisher
- Macdonald
- Place of Publication
- [London]
- Date Published
- [1986]
- Keywords
- SF
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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