E.J. Swift
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Swift, Emma J.
- Data di nascita
- 20th century
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- UK
- Agente
- Margaret Halton
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 14
- Opere correlate
- 12
- Utenti
- 294
- Popolarità
- #79,674
- Voto
- 3.4
- Recensioni
- 18
- ISBN
- 26
A gem. It’s set in three timelines, the past, the present and the future, in and around Australia. (Apparently the author has not actually been to Australia, but I couldn’t tell.) The unifying theme is environmental apocalypse, as observed by women scientists; the three plots are each engaging on their own terms, and then the linkage at the end is very satisfying. A real warning about what we are doing to our world and ourselves. It is very much in keeping with the spirit of other recent Clarke winners, and Sir Arthur himself would have appreciated the diving scenes; personally I was especially grabbed by the nineteenth century science.… (altro)