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Indlæser... Termination Shockaf Neal Stephenson
  
Books Read in 2022 (34) Top Five Books of 2022 (107) Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog.   ) dabacon | Mar 14, 2024 |  Thus, Neal Stephenson’s Termination Shock is sort of a return to tradition. It’s set at some indeterminate time in the future, when climate change has become so severe that it’s impossible to go out in the daytime without a refrigerated suit. The United States government is “a basket case” and “a laughing stock” when it comes to dealing with the problem; it’s not spelled out how this happened but there are broad hints that it has something to do with a certain early 21st century political movement. Therefore a Texas billionaire decides to take matters into his own hands by undertaking a geoengineering project (he’s got a lot of investment in land that will end up underwater if sea level continues to rise, but is also motivated by humanitarian considerations). Needless to say, there are objections from government – just not the US government. Not much more to say without spoilers, but as usual in a Stephenson novel I learned quite a bit about diverse things – Dutch politics, Sikh martial arts, and falconry to name a few. (  )1  setnahkt | Mar 3, 2024 | ) yaj70 | Jan 22, 2024 |  ) postsign | Dec 28, 2023 | ) dbsovereign | Nov 15, 2023 | ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
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HTML: New York Times Bestseller From Neal Stephenson??who coined the term "metaverse" in his 1992 novel Snow Crash??comes a sweeping, prescient new thriller that transports readers to a near-future world in which the greenhouse effect has inexorably resulted in a whirling-dervish troposphere of superstorms, rising sea levels, global flooding, merciless heat waves, and virulent, deadly pandemics. "Stephenson is one of speculative fiction's most meticulous architects. . . . Termination Shock manages to pull off a rare trick, at once wildly imaginative and grounded." ?? New York Times Book Review One man??visionary billionaire restaurant chain magnate T. R. Schmidt, Ph.D.??has a Big Idea for reversing global warming, a master plan perhaps best described as "elemental." But will it work? And just as important, what are the consequences for the planet and all of humanity should it be applied? Ranging from the Texas heartland to the Dutch royal palace in the Hague, from the snow-capped peaks of the Himalayas to the sunbaked Chihuahuan Desert, Termination Shock brings together a disparate group of characters from different cultures and continents who grapple with the real-life repercussions of global warming. Ultimately, it asks the question: Might the cure be worse than the disease? Epic in scope while heartbreakingly human in perspective, Termination Shock sounds a clarion alarm, ponders potential solutions and dire risks, and wraps it all together in an exhilarating, witty, mind-expanding speculative No library descriptions found. |
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