| Virga: Cities of the Air: Sun of Suns and Queen of Candesce Contributor(s): Schroeder, Karl (Author) |
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ISBN: 0765326701 ISBN-13: 9780765326706 Publisher: Tor Books OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Science Fiction - Space Opera - Fiction | Science Fiction - Steampunk |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Virga |
| Physical Information: 1.7" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (1.55 lbs) 592 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: It is the distant future. The world known as Virga is a fullerene balloon three thousand kilometers in diameter, filled with air, water, and floating chunks of rock. The humans who live in this vast environment must build their own fusion suns and towns --enormous wood and rope wheels that are spun for centripetal gravity. This complex and fascinating world is the setting for the novels of Virga, Karl Schroeder's interstellar far-future space habitat sealed off from contamination by the rest of the inhabited universe. These books have set a high standard for hard SF adventure in the last decade, and now the first two novels, Sun of Suns and Queen of Candesce, are brought out for the first time in one trade paper omnibus. |
Contributor Bio(s): Schroeder, Karl: - KARL SCHROEDER lives in Toronto, Canada with his wife and daughter. He is the author of New York Times Notable book Ventus as well as the acclaimed Virga steampunk space opera series. A member of the Association of Professional Futurists, Karl consults and speaks about the future as well as writing about it. |
