Connie Willis0.0 For Jeff Johnston, a young historical researcher for a Civil War novelist, reality is redefined on a bitter cold night near the close of a lingering winter. He meets Annie, an intense and lovely young woman suffering from vivid, intense nightmares. Haunted by the dreamer and her unrelenting dreams, Jeff leads Annie on an emotional odyssey through the heartland of the Civil War in search of a cure. On long-silenced battlefields their relationship blossoms. Two obsessed lovers are linked by unbreakable chains of history, torn by a duty that could destroy them both. Suspenseful, moving, and highly compelling, 'Lincoln's Dreams' is a novel of rare imaginative power.
Francis Conway is Swill - one of the millions in the year 2041 who must subsist on the inadequate charities of the state. Life, already difficult, is rapidly becoming impossible for Francis and others like him, as government corruption, official blindness and nature have conspired to turn Swill homes into watery tombs. And now the young boy must find a way to escape the approaching tide of disaster.
The Sea and Summer, published in the US as The Drowning Towers is George Turner's masterful exploration of the effects of climate change in the not-too-distant future. Comparable to J.G. Ballard's The Drowned World, it was shortlisted for the nebula and won the Arthur C. Clarke Award.
When Third was a little girl, the Unconquered Country was tranquil, ordered and happy, its traditions proud and strong.
But one day the Neighbours came, armed with weapons given to them by the Big People. And with them came the Sharks.
They invaded and occupied the Unconquered Country and brough pain, terror and great change in their wake...
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