In the Drift - (Dover Doomsday Classics) by Michael Swanwick (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>The Three Mile Island accident has contaminated all of central Pennsylvania, where two-headed monsters, mutated vampires, and other outcasts struggle to survive their shattered world. Compulsively readable. -- George R. R. Martin.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>A tough, keen-edged blade of a story ... powerful and moving! -- Roger Zelazny <br>This episodic tale of life, war, and survival in post-meltdown Pennsylvania builds a potent new myth from the grim reality of radioactive waste. Swanwick's clean, strong prose makes the story compulsively readable. -- George R. R. Martin <br>A vivid, fast-paced and evocative story by one of science fiction's best new writers. A generation-spanning saga of the fight for power and survival in a chillingly possible alternate future America ... one which could still yet come to pass, tomorrow or today. -- Gardner Dozois <br>In this dystopic world, radiation from the 1979 Three Mile Island accident has contaminated all of central Pennsylvania. A century after the disaster, the fallout zone -- known as the Drift -- harbors two-headed monsters, mutated vampires, and other outcasts. <i>In the Drift</i> chronicles the struggles of those on both sides of the divide as they fight to survive and transcend their shattered world.<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p>"A tough, keen-edged blade of a story ... powerful and moving!"―Roger Zelazny<br>"This episodic tale of life, war, and survival in post-meltdown Pennsylvania builds a potent new myth from the grim reality of radioactive waste. Swanwick's clean, strong prose makes the story compulsively readable."―George R. R. Martin <br>"A vivid, fast-paced and evocative story by one of science fiction's best new writers. A generation-spanning saga of the fight for power and survival in a chillingly possible alternate future America ... one which could still yet come to pass, tomorrow or today."―Gardner Dozois<br>In this dystopic world, radiation from the 1979 Three Mile Island accident has contaminated all of central Pennsylvania. A century after the disaster, the fallout zone―known as the Drift―harbors two-headed monsters, mutated vampires, and other outcasts. <i>In the Drift</i> chronicles the struggles of those on both sides of the divide as they fight to survive and transcend their shattered world. <br><b>www.doverpublications.com</b></p><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>American science-fiction author Michael Swanwick is a prolific writer of short stories, for which he has received five Hugo awards. He has also received a Nebula award for his 1991 novel, <i>Stations of the Tide.</i>
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