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The Gold Coast - (Three Californias) by Kim Stanley Robinson (Paperback)

The Gold Coast - (Three Californias) by  Kim Stanley Robinson (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>From the author of the award-winning Red Mars comes the second book in the groundbreaking "Three Californias Trilogy". The Gold Coast presents a nightmarish urban future of uncontrolled, ruthless development which "celebrates . . . the persistent joyful survival of human persons in the interstices of the American juggernaut" (Washington Post Book World).<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b><i>The Gold Coast</i>, set an alternative future of ecological collapse, is the second novel in Kim Stanley Robinson's Three Californias trilogy. <br></b><br>2027: Southern California is a developer's dream gone mad, an endless sprawl of condos, freeways, and malls. Jim McPherson, the affluent son of a defense contractor, is a young man lost in a world of fast cars, casual sex, and designer drugs. But his descent in to the shadowy underground of industrial terrorism brings him into a shattering confrontation with his family, his goals, and his ideals.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"What a bold, manic, wonderful book this is!" --<i>Los Angeles Times</i> <p/>"A rich, brave book . . . It celebrates, with an earned and elated refusal of despair, the persistent, joyful survival of human persons in the interstices of the American juggernaut." --<i>The Washington Post</i> <p/>"Like light focused into coherent beam, <i>The Gold Coast</i> brilliantly illuminates the craziness of technology out of control." --<i>Interzone</i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Kim Stanley Robinson</b>'s Three Californias trilogy -- <i>The Gold Coast</i>, <i>The Wild Shore</i> and <i>Pacific Edge -- </i>has been observed as an intriguing work, one that will delight and entertain you, and, most importantly, cause you to stop and think (<i>The Santa Ana Register</i>). His many other novels include <i>Escape from Kathmandu</i> and <i>Green Mars -- </i>which won the Hugo and Locus Award for Best Novel.</p>

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