The Snow >>>> A SUPERB SIGNED UK FIRST EDITION & FIRST PRINTING HARDBACK <<<<

Adam Roberts

ISBN 10: 057507180X / ISBN 13: 9780575071803

Published by Gollancz, London, 2004

About this Item

A near fine UK first edition, first printing hardback in a near fine unclipped dustjacket - All my books are always securely packed with plenty of bubblewrap in professional boxes and promptly dispatched (within 2-3 days) - SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR - Pictures of the book are available upon request.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Snow >>>> A SUPERB SIGNED UK FIRST EDITION & FIRST PRINTING HARDBACK <<<<
• Publisher: Gollancz, London
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 057507180X
• ISBN 13: 9780575071803
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

And this is how the world will end...'The snow started falling on the sixth of September, soft noiseless flakes filling the sky like a swarm of white moths, or like static interference on your TV screen - whichever metaphor, nature or technology, you find the more evocative. Snow everywhere, all through the air, with that distinctive sense of hurrying that a vigorous snowfall brings with it. Everything in a rush, busy-busy snowflakes. And, simultaneously, paradoxically, everything is hushed, calm, as quiet as cancer, as white as death. And at the beginning people were happy.' But the snow doesn't stop. It falls and falls and falls. Until it lies three miles thick across the whole of the earth. Six billion people have died. Perhaps 150,000 survive. But those 150,000 need help, they need support, they need organising, governing. And so the lies begin. Lies about how the snow started. Lies about who is to blame. Lies about who is left. Lies about what really lies beneath.

About the Author

Adam Roberts is 38 and Reader in English at London University. His first novel, Salt, was nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke Award. He has also published a number of academic works on both 19th century poetry and SF.