Mining the Oort

Pohl, Frederick

ISBN 10: 034537200X / ISBN 13: 9780345372000

Published by Del Rey : Ballantine Books, New York, 1993

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Sci-fi novel of futuristic colonists attempting Mars's rebirth - their hopes resting in the comets hanging in the night sky. Softcover, 279pp., book shows moderate general wear to spine. A nice copy. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Seller Inventory # 00011342

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mining the Oort
• Publisher: Del Rey : Ballantine Books, New York
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 034537200X
• ISBN 13: 9780345372000
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: First Paperback Edition.
• Condition: Very Good-
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science Fiction

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Synopsis

Mars was harsh and unforgiving, but for the colonists who called it home, its future was as bright as the comets that hung in the night sky, for locked in those icy bodies were the water and gases that would make Mars live again, mined from the vast Oort Cloud beyond Pluto. Young Dekker DeWoe yearned to become an Oort miner. But when he finally arrived on Earth to begin training, the mining project was abruptly canceled. Then he began to hear rumors of a plan to force the restoration of the mining -- a plan that would result in the deaths of millions . . .

From the Inside Flap

sh and unforgiving, but for the colonists who called it home, its future was as bright as the comets that hung in the night sky, for locked in those icy bodies were the water and gases that would make Mars live again, mined from the vast Oort Cloud beyond Pluto. Young Dekker DeWoe yearned to become an Oort miner. But when he finally arrived on Earth to begin training, the mining project was abruptly canceled. Then he began to hear rumors of a plan to force the restoration of the mining -- a plan that would result in the deaths of millions . . .