The sea and summer /
"2041: In a dangerously overpopulated world, Francis Conway is Swill--one of the ninety percent who subsist on the inadequate charities of the state. Government corruption, official blindness and unchecked global climate change have conspired to turn his home--and those of billions like him--in...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Gollancz,
2013.
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| Series: | SF masterworks
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| Summary: | "2041: In a dangerously overpopulated world, Francis Conway is Swill--one of the ninety percent who subsist on the inadequate charities of the state. Government corruption, official blindness and unchecked global climate change have conspired to turn his home--and those of billions like him--into a watery tomb. Now, Francis seeks desperately to rise above his circumstances and escape the approaching tide of disaster. But here, at the end of everything, there is no higher ground ..."--Back cover. |
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| Item Description: | Originally published as The sea and summer published in 1987 and in the USA as Drowning Towers in 1988. |
| Physical Description: | xiii, 364 pages ; 20 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9780575118690 0575118695 0575118709 9780575118706 |