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The Years of Rice and Salt

The Years of Rice and Salt

by KimStanleyRobinson (Author)

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    Hardcover 2002

    $18.94
Synopsis

As Bold Bardash, a military horseman, rides west across the steppe and on to the Magyar Plain, he comes across a town in which everyone lies dead. Long dead. Plague has struck Europe. So die the ancestors of Da Vinci, Newton, and Shakespeare. A novel of the past 700 years as it could have been.

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More Information

Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 688
 Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 04 Mar 2002
ISBN 10: 0002246791
ISBN 13: 9780002246798
Book Overview: Marketing: Nationwide advertising campaign, author promotion, superproof. (Temporary)
 Prizes: Shortlisted for Arthur C Clarke Award 2003 and Arthur C. Clarke Award 2003.

Media Reviews
Best known for his epic science fiction, Robinson has produced a massive historical thriller that is likely to bring his work to a legion of new readers. That's not to say he has left SF concepts behind: a Great Plague has destroyed Europe, and the world is a very different place. Bold Bardash is a horseman in the army of Temur. As he rides west across the Steppe and onto the Magyar Plain, he discovers a town in which everyone is dead, destroyed by the plague. Into a now empty land pour the opportunists: the merchants, the slavers and the warlords. Into this complex and colourfully detailed narrative, Robinson has woven a haunting poetic strand that is never subsumed in the adventure and sweep of the tale.
Author Bio
Kim Stanley Robinson was born in 1952 and, after travelling and working around the world, has now settled in his beloved California. He is the award-winning author of The Orange County Trilogy, The Mars Trilogy (Red, Green and Blue Mars), Antarctica and a number of highly-praised short story collections.