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An early novel from Science Fiction legend Kim Stanley Robinson, now available for the first time in decades: Icehenge. On the North Pole of Pluto there stands an enigma: a huge circle of standing blocks of ice, built on the pattern of Earth's Stonehenge--but ten times the size, standing alone at the farthest reaches of the Solar System. What is it? Who came there to build it?
The secret lies, perhaps, in the chaotic decades of the Martian Revolution, in the lost memories of those who have lived for centuries.
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Voted one of the best science fiction novels of the year in the 1985 Locus Poll, Icehenge is an early novel by Kim Stanley Robinson (author of the trilogy comprising Red Mars, Green Mars, and Blue Mars) and takes place in the same universe. The story is part mystery and part psychological drama, divided into three distinct sections.
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In the year 2248, Mars is ruled by a Politburo-like committee that actively discourages dissent as well as travel and exploration of other planets. Scientist Emma Weil becomes involved in a covert plot to convert a stolen ship into a self-supporting spaceship. She turns down a chance to accompany the starfarers, and returns to her beloved Mars where she joins the revolution already in progress.
Three centuries later, archaeologist Hjalmar Nederland unearths a governmental cover-up of the true facts behind the old revolution. At the same time, a Stonehenge-like monument is discovered on the north pole of Pluto, and Nederland sets out to prove his theory that the monument is connected to revolutionaries and their contemporaries who left for the stars. Seventy years later, his great-grandson Edmond Doya becomes convinced that Icehenge is a hoax, and attempts to disprove Nederland's theory.
In addition to futuristic issues such as interstellar travel and the terraforming of Mars, Robinson's characters grapple with politics, careers, families, and aging. Icehenge is a worthy introduction to the author's winning combination of hard science and believable characterization. --Bonnie Bouman
On the North Pole of Pluto there stands an enigma: a huge circle of standing blocks of ice, built on the pattern of Earth's Stonehenge--but ten times the size, standing alone at the farthest reach of the Solar System. What is it? Who came there to build it?
The secret lies, perhaps, in the chaotic decades of the Martian Revolution, in the lost memories of those who have lived for centuries.
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- PublisherMacdonald
- Publication date1984
- ISBN 10 0356124029
- ISBN 13 9780356124025
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages272
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Book Description Octavo, boards. First hardcover edition. Brief signed inscription by Robinson to "Jack" on title page. "A sophisticated tripartite narrative involving a failed revolution in a Mars colony of the twenty-third century and an enigmatic structure -- the 'icehinge' of the title -- on the outer planet Pluto." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 181. "A clever, bleak, adult book. As it closes, it thrusts us out to think." - John Clute. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 4-445. Pulpy text paper a bit tanned, a fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#141370). Seller Inventory # 141370
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Book Description Octavo, boards. First hardcover edition. The author's second novel. "A sophisticated tripartite narrative involving a failed revolution in a Mars colony of the twenty-third century and an enigmatic structure -- the 'icehinge' of the title -- on the outer planet Pluto." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 181. "A clever, bleak, adult book. As it closes, it thrusts us out to think." - John Clute. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 4-445. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#169203). Seller Inventory # 169203
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