Author: Paul McAuley
Publisher: Gollancz
ISBN: 147321839X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1520
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THE QUIET WAR Who decides what it means to be human? Twenty-third century Earth has been ravaged by climate change, and is now dominated by a few powerful families, with millions of people in prison and millions more labouring to rebuild ruined ecosystems. Meanwhile on Jupiter and Saturn, live the Outers. They have built a wild variety of scientific utopias crammed with exuberant creations of the genetic arts. Now they want to colonise Earth and drive human evolution in a new direction. On Earth, some want to launch a pre-emptive strike against the Outers while others wish to exploit the talents of the gene wizards. It is clear that the fragile detente between the two branches of humanity is breaking down and they may be heading towards war . . . GARDENS OF THE SUN The Quiet War is over. A century of enlightenment, rational utopianism and exploration of new ways of being human has fallen dark. But victory is fragile, and riven by vicious internal politics. While seeking out and trying to anatomise the strange gardens abandoned in place by Avernus, the Outers' greatest genius, the gene wizard Sri Hong-Owen is embroiled in the plots and counterplots of the family that employs her. The diplomat Loc Ifrahim soon discovers that profiting from victory isn't as easy as he thought. And in Greater Brazil, the Outers' democratic traditions have infected a population eager to escape the tyranny of the great families who rule them. After such a conflict only one thing is clear. No one can escape the consequences of war - especially the victors.
Author: Paul Mcauley
Publisher: Prometheus Books
ISBN: 1616141166
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 361
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Twenty-third century Earth, ravaged by climate change, looks backwards to the holy ideal of a pre-industrial Eden. Political power has been grabbed by a few powerful families and their green saints. Millions of people are imprisoned in teeming cities; millions more labour on Pharaonic projects to rebuild ruined ecosystems. On the moons of Jupiter and Saturn, the Outers, descendants of refugees from Earth's repressive regimes, have constructed a wild variety of self-sufficient cities and settlements: scientific utopias crammed with exuberant creations of the genetic arts; the last outposts of every kind of democratic tradition. The fragile detente between the Outer cities and the dynasties of Earth is threatened by the ambitions of the rising generation of Outers, who want to break free of their cosy, inward-looking pocket paradises, colonise the rest of the Solar System, and drive human evolution in a hundred new directions. On Earth, many demand pre-emptive action against the Outers before it's too late; others want to exploit the talents of their scientists and gene wizards. Amid campaigns for peace and reconciliation, political machinations, crude displays of military might, and espionage by cunningly wrought agents, the two branches of humanity edge towards war...
Author: Paul Mcauley
Publisher: Prometheus Books
ISBN: 1616143436
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 363
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The Quiet War is over. The city states of the moons of Jupiter and Saturn, founded by descendants of refugees from Earth’s repressive regimes, the Outers, have fallen to the Three Powers Alliance of Greater Brazil, the European Union, and the Pacific Community. A century of enlightenment, rational utopianism and exploration of new ways of being human has fallen dark. Outers are herded into prison camps and forced to collaborate in the systematic plundering of their great archives of scientific and technical knowledge, while Earth’s forces loot their cities and settlements and ships, and plan a final solution to the ‘Outer problem.’ But Earth’s victory is fragile, and riven by vicious internal politics. While seeking out and trying to anatomise the strange gardens abandoned in place by the Outers’ greatest genius, Avernus, the gene wizard Sri Hong-Owen is embroiled in the plots and counterplots of the family that employs her. The diplomat Loc Ifrahim soon discovers that profiting from victory isn’t as easy as he thought. And on Earth, in Greater Brazil, the democratic traditions preserved and elaborated by the Outers have infected a population eager to escape the tyranny of the great families who rule them. Meanwhile, in the outer reaches of the Solar System, a rag-taggle group of refugees struggle to preserve the last of the old ideals. And on Triton, fanatical members of a cabal prepare for a final battle that threatens to shatter the future of the human species. After a conflict fought to contain the expansionist, posthuman ambitions of the Outers, the future is as uncertain as ever. Only one thing is clear. No one can escape the consequences of war -- especially the victors.
Author: Erich Maria Remarque
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9780606320863
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Now repackaged--the timeless classic of World War I Germany that speaks to generation after generation.
Author: Graham Greene
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0099478390
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Discover Graham Green’s prescient political masterpiece ‘The novel that I love the most is The Quiet American’ Ian McEwan Into the intrigue and violence of 1950s Indo-China comes CIA agent Alden Pyle, a young idealistic American sent to promote democracy through a mysterious 'Third Force'. As his naive optimism starts to cause bloodshed, his friend Fowler, a cynical foreign correspondent, finds it hard to stand aside and watch. But even as he intervenes he wonders why: for the greater good, or something altogether more complicated? WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ZADIE SMITH **One of the BBC’s 100 Novels That Shaped Our World**
Author: Mark Kemp Venables
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780959768404
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 77
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Author: John Ames Mitchell
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781019614372
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The Silent War is a novel by John Ames Mitchell, first published in 1907. The novel tells the story of a secret war waged between the United States and an unnamed European power, fought with submarines and other advanced technologies. The novel explores themes of nationalism, militarism, and the ethics of war. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author: John Ames Mitchell
Publisher:
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Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 242
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Author: John Browning
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780709142850
Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 191
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Author: John Ames Mitchell
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781330619865
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 234
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Excerpt from The Silent War As the ostrich who buries his head in the yellow sand for too long a period ceases to be an authority on events about him, so the reveller in the golden harvest, dazzled by his own prosperity and ignoring the ravenous faces that watch him from barren fields, may lose taken edge of his perception. Eyes too reverently fixed, and for too long a period, upon the glories of the treasure house discern but vaguely the hungry toilers among the shadows - in the malodorous places. Occasional mutterings from the owners of empty stomachs, from the fathers of fading children, from the overworked and the unemployed, make discordant and unwelcome music for cultivated ears. Sounds of this kind, as is natural, annoy the more comfortable people, who continue to expound the law of the Survival of the Fittest. To these happy philosophers this brief tale is dedicated. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
