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The Man Who Pulled Down the Sky:
by
John Barnes
Plagues, famines and nuclear disasters have left Earth a third-world planet ruled by the iron hand of the Orbital Republics.
Yet this space superpower now threatens the independant asteroids of the Solar System Confederation. A dangerous shortage of life-sustaning volatiles will soon leave teh Confederation defenseless. But they've got one chance. Fuel a rebillion on Earth....more
Yet this space superpower now threatens the independant asteroids of the Solar System Confederation. A dangerous shortage of life-sustaning volatiles will soon leave teh Confederation defenseless. But they've got one chance. Fuel a rebillion on Earth....more
Hardcover, 256 pages
Published
April 1st 1987
by Congdon & Weed
(first published 1986)
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John Barnes (born 1957) is an American science fiction author, whose stories often explore questions of individual moral responsibility within a larger social context. Social criticism is woven throughout his plots. The four novels in his Thousand Cultures series pose serious questions about the effects of globalization on isolated societies. Barnes holds a doctorate in theatre and for several yea...more
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