Forty Signs of Rain

Robinson, Kim Stanley

ISBN 10: 0553803115 / ISBN 13: 9780553803112

Published by Bantam Dell Pub Group, 2004

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The dust jacket is unclipped ($25.00). 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 number line. Signed by the author on the title page. Seller Inventory # 001071

Bibliographic Details

Title: Forty Signs of Rain

Publisher: Bantam Dell Pub Group

Publication Date: 2004

Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: Tom Hallman and Dominic Forbes, dj art

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition 1st Printing.

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Synopsis:

It's an increasingly steamy summer in the nation's capital as Senate environmental staffer Charlie Quibler cares for his young son and deals with the frustrating politics of global warming. Charlie must find a way to get a skeptical administration to act before it's too late - and his progeny find themselves living in Swamp World. But the political climate poses almost as great a challenge as the environmental crisis when it comes to putting the public good ahead of private gain.
While Charlie struggles to play politics, his wife, Anna, takes a more rational approach to the looming crisis in her work at the National Science Foundation. There a proposal has come in for a revolutionary process that could solve the problem of global warming - if it can be recognized in time. But when a race to control the budding technology begins, the stakes only get higher.
As these everyday heroes fight to align the awesome forces of nature with the extraordinary march of modern science, they are unaware that fate is about to put an unusual twist on their work - one that will place them at the heart of an unavoidable storm.

About the Author:

Kim Stanley Robinson is a winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus awards. He is the author of ten previous books, including the bestselling Mars trilogy and The Years of Rice and Salt, named one of the best science fiction novels of 2002 by Book magazine. He lives in Davis, California.