The Wild Shore: Three Californias: 1 - Softcover

Robinson, Kim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312890362 ISBN 13: 9780312890360

Publisher: Orb Books, 1995

Synopsis

2047: For the small Pacific Coast community of San Onofre, life in the aftermath of a devastating nuclear attack is a matter of survival, a day-to-day struggle to stay alive. But young Hank Fletcher dreams of the world that might have been, and might yet be--and dreams of playing a crucial role in America's rebirth.

The Wild Shore is the first novel in Kim Stanley Robinson's highly-acclaimed Three Californias Trilogy.

About this title

Review:

"There's a fresh wind blowing in The Wild Shore." --Ursula K. Le Guin

"Part Huck Finn and part Our Town....A well-written, engaging rite of passage." --Publishers Weekly

"Beautifully written...with a vivid depth rarely encountered in science fiction." --The Washington Post

From the Back Cover:

2047: and for sixty years America has been quarantined after a devastating nuclear attack.

Seventeen-year-old Henry wants to help make America great again. Like it was before all the bombs went off. But for the people of Onofre Valley, on the coast of California, just surviving is challenge enough. Living simply on what the sea and land can provide, they strive to preserve what knowledge and skills they can in a society without mass communications. Then one day the world comes to Henry, in the shape of two men who say they represent the new American resistance. And Henry and his friends are drawn into an adventure that will mark the end of their childhood...

"Simply one of our best writers"
GENE WOLFE

"Robinson's writing ranks in the highest levels of the genre"
PUBLSIHERS WEEKLY

"Robinson's Orange County books form a multi-faceted reflection of the fears and desires of their age, our age – they make their market-place competitors look trivial"
THE GUARDIAN

About this edition

• Publisher: Orb Books
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0312890362
• ISBN 13: 9780312890360
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384