Three Californias

Author : Kim Stanley Robinson
Publisher : Tor Books
ISBN 13 : 1250758955
Total Pages : 848 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Three Californias written by Kim Stanley Robinson and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 2020-02-04 with total page 848 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the internationally bestselling author of the Mars Trilogy and New York 2140 Before Kim Stanley Robinson terraformed Mars, he wrote three science fiction novels set in Orange County, California, where he grew up. These alternate futures—one a post-apocalypse, one an if-this-goes-on future reminiscent of Philip K. Dick, and one an ecological utopia—form a whole that illuminates, enchants, and inspires--collected here as Three Californias. What if... there was a limited nuclear war that left the United States blockaded, fragmented, the few survivors living in the ruins of a once-great nation? What if... this goes on, and technology continues to accelerate, and power continues to be consolidated into corporate culture, a developer’s dream world gone mad: an endless sprawl of condos, freeways, and malls, and designer drugs? What if... a revolution happens, and the US addresses climate change in a responsible way. Is a future green Utopia all that great when you’re young and in love? This Tor Essentials edition of Three Californias includes an introduction by Francis Spufford, bestselling author of Golden Hill and Red Plenty. “[Robinson] invites us to share his characters’ intensely personal, intensely local attachment to what they have. The result may shame you into entertaining new hope for the future.” —The New York Times on Pacific Edge At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Kim Stanley Robinson
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1466861320
Total Pages : 435 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Wild Shore written by Kim Stanley Robinson and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2013-12-31 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Wild Shore is the first novel in Kim Stanley Robinson's highly-acclaimed Three Californias Trilogy. 2047: For the small Pacific Coast community of San Onofre, life in the aftermath of a devastating nuclear attack is a matter of survival, a day-to-day struggle to stay alive. But young Hank Fletcher dreams of the world that might have been, and might yet be--and dreams of playing a crucial role in America's rebirth. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Kim Stanley Robinson
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1466861347
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pacific Edge written by Kim Stanley Robinson and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2013-12-31 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The concluding book in Kim Stanley Robinson's critically-acclaimed Three Californias Trilogy, Pacific Edge. 2065: In a world that has rediscovered harmony with nature, the village of El Modena, California, is an ecotopia in the making. Kevin Claiborne, a young builder who has grown up in this "green" world, now finds himself caught up in the struggle to preserve his community's idyllic way of life from the resurgent forces of greed and exploitation. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Kim Stanley Robinson
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1466861339
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gold Coast written by Kim Stanley Robinson and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2013-12-31 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gold Coast, set an alternative future of ecological collapse, is the second novel in Kim Stanley Robinson's Three Californias trilogy. 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. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : John David Borthwick
Publisher : Franklin Classics Trade Press
ISBN 13 : 9780344423628
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Three Years in California [1851-1854 by J.D. Borthwick, With Eight Illustrations by the Author written by John David Borthwick and published by Franklin Classics Trade Press. This book was released on 2018-10-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : William Deverell
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520292421
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Water and Los Angeles written by William Deverell and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program for monographs. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Los Angeles rose to significance in the first half of the twentieth century by way of its complex relationship to three rivers: the Los Angeles, the Owens, and the Colorado. The remarkable urban and suburban trajectory of southern California since then cannot be fully understood without reference to the ways in which each of these three river systems came to be connected to the future of the metropolitan region. This history of growth must be understood in full consideration of all three rivers and the challenges and opportunities they presented to those who would come to make Los Angeles a global power. Full of primary sources and original documents, Water and Los Angeles will be of interest to both students of Los Angeles and general readers interested in the origins of the city.

Author : Aaron Betsky
Publisher : Rizzoli Intl Pubns
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Three California houses written by Aaron Betsky and published by Rizzoli Intl Pubns. This book was released on 2002 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This glorious book showcases three architecturally important private residences, now owned by and home to the expansive art collections of Max Palevsky, director emeritus of Intel. Each house has either been restored or reworked by a well-known contemporary architect to make a magnificent showplace. The three houses together encapsulate the twentieth-century architectural history of Southern California. Presented in detail are the Palm Spring House, by renowned mid-century modernist architect Craig Ellwood; the extravagant Malibu Spanish-style House, with interior renovations by renowned Italian architect Ettore Sottsass; and the opulent Beverly Hills House of the 1920s by George Washington Smith-with interiors that have been reworked recently by the young and already well-known avant-garde California architect Coy Howard.

Author : Kim Stanley Robinson
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312890384
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pacific Edge written by Kim Stanley Robinson and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1995-05-15 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set at the end of the 21st century in California, this story revolves around a seemingly perfect society. At first, bio-architect Kevin Claiborne thinks he has indeed found Utopia, but gradually events lead him to discover the corruption beneath the surface.

Author : Walter Colton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 534 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Three Years in California [1846-1849] written by Walter Colton and published by . This book was released on 1850 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Walter Colton (1797-1851) of Vermont had a career as clergyman and journalist before sailing to California as naval chaplain of the Congress. In July 1846, Commodore Stockton named him alcalde of Monterey, a post to which he was elected a few months later. He remained in California until 1849, using his time to found the state's first newspaper and building its first schoolhouse. Three years in California (1850) contains Colton's memoirs of that period, including descriptions of the U.S. military occupation of California, social life and customs of Monterey, discovery of gold and firsthand impressions of the Sonora mining camp in the Southern Mines, visits to Stockton and San José, John Charles Frémont, the Constitutional Convention of 1849, and California missions.

Author : Walter Colton
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The land of gold; or, Three years in California written by Walter Colton and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-07-10 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The land of gold; or, Three years in California" by Walter Colton. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.