Anti-Ice - Rilegato

Baxter, Stephen

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0246138351 ISBN 13: 9780246138354

Casa editrice: Collins, 1993

Riassunto

Stephen Baxter’s steam punk classic set in an alternate universe of late Victorian-era space travel.

1870: the power of the British Empire is supreme. The principles of Enhanced Conductance which are utilized by anti-ice have supercharged the Industrial Revolution. At the New Great Exhibition in Manchester, Ned Vicars, a young attache at the Foreign Office, meets the discoverer of anti-ice, Sir Josiah Traveller - and the beautiful Francoise. His fate is doubly sealed.

Before he learns the truth about Francois, Ned must survive an unscheduled trip to the Moon and back. But by then the world has gone mad. The only certainty is war... and anti-ice is the most powerful weapon humanity has ever possessed.

Su questo libro

Recensione:

‘The most important living science-fiction writer in the country’
THE TIMES

‘The best SF writer in Britain’
SFX

L'autore:

Stephen Baxter applied to become an astronaut in 1991. He didn’t make it, but achieved the next best thing by becoming a science fiction writer, and his novels and short stories have been published and won awards around the world. His science background is in maths and engineering. He is married and lives in Buckinghamshire.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Collins
• Data di pubblicazione: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0246138351
• ISBN 13: 9780246138354
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 256