false<![CDATA[Flood]]>21116345Next year. Sea levels begin to rise. The change is far more rapid than any climate change predictions; metres a year. Within two years London, only 15 metres above the sea, is drowned. New York follows, the Pope gives his last adress from the Vatican, Mecca disappears beneaths the waves. Where is all the water coming from? Scientists estimate that the earth was formed with seas 30 times in volume their current levels. Most of that water was burnt off by the sun but some was locked in the earth's mantle. For the tip of Everest to disappear beneath the waters would require the seas to triple their volume. That amount of water is still much less than 1% of the earth's volume. And somehow it is being released. The world is drowning. The biblical flood has returned. And the rate of increase is building all the time. Mankind is on the run, heading for high ground. Nuclear submarines prowl through clouds of corpses rising from drowned cities, populations are decimated and finally the dreadful truth is known. Before 50 years have passed there will be nowhere left to run. FLOOD tells the story of mankind's final years on earth. The stories of a small group of people caught up in the struggle to survive are woven into a tale of unimaginable global disaster. And the hope offered for a unlucky few by a second great ark . . .
21170421772008Floodtotal:75|5:4|4:6|3:5|2:0|1:1|752571922831falsefalseThu Mar 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009Thu Mar 26 11:56:27 -0700 2009Thu Mar 26 12:03:00 -0700 2009 As with many of his books the typical cast of scientists are generally unreflect...more...]]>
50falsetrueSun Oct 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009Tue Nov 03 18:55:09 -0800 2009Tue Nov 03 18:56:50 -0800 2009
more...]]>
30falsefalseMon Sep 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009Thu Sep 24 13:27:48 -0700 2009Thu Sep 24 13:47:46 -0700 2009
more...]]>
30falsefalseThu Nov 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009Sun Nov 08 12:58:23 -0800 2009Thu Nov 12 11:01:22 -0800 2009
Flood is your standard end of the world science fiction novel, written by a mathematician/aeroengineer-turned-novelist. Baxter's background in hard science gives the book a strong foundation in engineering, climatology, geology, biology, and even astronomy that is both interesting and accessible.* ...more...]]>
31falsefalseWed Aug 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009Sat Aug 22 09:47:46 -0700 2009Thu Aug 27 08:15:18 -0700 2009
more...]]>
52falsefalseMon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009Thu Jun 11 06:46:12 -0700 2009Thu Jun 11 06:53:41 -0700 2009 Bax...more...]]>
40falsefalseWed Jan 21 00:00:00 -0800 2009Wed Jan 21 13:13:36 -0800 2009Wed Jan 21 13:24:55 -0800 2009 the premise of the book is very simple: what happens if the Earth's water level rises and keeps rising?
using a narrator who'd been kept hostage for 5 years underground allows Baxt...more...]]>
00falsefalseThu Feb 05 09:59:44 -0800 2009Thu Feb 05 09:59:44 -0800 2009
Most of the comments about Flood could have made about nearly any hard science fiction novel: cool science, mediocre characters. But anyone who has read a novel by Baxter (or Arthur C. Clarke, to whom he is often compared) will already be expecting these characteristics from the genre. Reviewers ind...more...]]>
51falsefalseSat Jul 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009Mon Jul 13 10:52:48 -0700 2009Mon Aug 03 14:08:37 -0700 2009
The Setup
The story begins in 2016. After being ...more...]]>
30falsefalseWed Jun 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009Sun May 17 20:30:13 -0700 2009Sat Jun 20 21:41:15 -0700 2009
more...]]>
30falsetrueThu Aug 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009Tue May 05 11:30:44 -0700 2009Tue Sep 22 15:48:18 -0700 20091
more...]]>
00falsefalseWed Sep 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008Sun Jul 27 01:44:46 -0700 2008Wed Sep 03 12:08:57 -0700 2008
It follows a group of hostages who are freed from their captivity in a near-future Spain to find that climate change is beginning to bite. A highly spectacular opening few chapters ill...more...]]>
20falsefalseWed Oct 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009Tue Oct 06 22:51:59 -0700 2009Tue Oct 06 22:55:12 -0700 2009
more...]]>
30falsefalseWed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009Thu Aug 20 17:43:05 -0700 2009Thu Aug 20 17:48:31 -0700 2009
more...]]>
40falsefalseSun Nov 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009Sun Nov 22 09:35:08 -0800 2009Sun Nov 22 11:56:07 -0800 200931falsefalseSat May 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009Thu May 07 18:48:15 -0700 2009Sat May 16 12:11:25 -0700 2009
Flood is not very deep. Kim Stanley Robinson's 'Forty Signs of Rain' trilogy is more substantial and less sensational - and a better read.]]>
10falsefalseWed Aug 12 08:57:30 -0700 2009Thu Jul 02 04:56:34 -0700 2009Wed Aug 12 08:57:30 -0700 2009
Got a few chapters in, but failed to grab me. Near future books often date faster – at one point he refers to Wimbledon being rained out, but Center court now has a roof. Reminded me of those cheesy disaster movies of the seventies...more...]]>
20falsefalseSat Aug 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009Sun Aug 09 20:00:16 -0700 2009Sat Aug 15 14:05:24 -0700 200930falsefalseMon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009Fri Sep 25 08:39:50 -0700 2009Fri Sep 25 08:40:07 -0700 200900falsefalseSun Jun 21 10:53:56 -0700 2009Sun Jun 21 10:54:53 -0700 2009
http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2111634