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Author
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B |
John
Barnes |
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Title
Index
M |
Mother
of Storms |
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| Year |
1994 |
| Publisher |
Millennium |
| ISBN |
1857982444 |
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Synopsis
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This
futuristic
disaster novel by
the author of A
Million Open Doors
opens in the year
2028, when a
preemptive missile
strike releases
billions of tons
of methane trapped
in the ocean
floor. The
resultant
atmospheric heat
spawns massive
supernatural
hurricanes that
ravage the world's
coastlands and
claim millions of
lives. The only
hope of salvation
rests with
astronaut Louie
Tynan--who has
become
superintelligent,
perhaps
superhuman,
through a computer
system linked to
his mind--and his
desperate plan to
shield the earth
from the sun until
it can cool.
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Review
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The
mother of storms
is a global
epidemic of
hurricanes ...
While experts
struggle in vain
to counteract the
consequent,
devastating
greenhouse effect,
coastlines sink,
cities are
decimated and
politicians
manoeuvre for
control ... John
Barnes masterfully
juggles many
narrative
elements, ranging
from a realistic
vision of the
mid-twenty-first
century to a wide
cast of complex,
believable
characters.
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Credit:
NASA
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Twin
Typhoons
The
Moderate
Resolution
Imaging
Spectroradiometer
(MODIS) on
NASA's
Terra
satellite
snapped
this image
of
Typhoons
Mindulle,
left, and
Tingting
spinning
side by
side in
the
Pacific
Ocean on
June 30,
2004. News
reports
blame
Mindulle
for
several
deaths in
the
Philippines
and
massive
floods in
Taiwan.
When this
picture
was taken,
Mindulle's
maximum
wind speed
was 125
miles per
hour. |
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NASA
Image of
the day
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