explorer / books · 1989
The Sea and Summer
George Turner’s only award entry in this dataset.
Published 1987 by Faber & Faber · 352 pages
Nebula · 1989
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This book is recorded on the Nebula ballot only. Each row shows the full Best Novel ballot for that award and ceremony year. Winners appear first.
Nebula 19897 finalists
Synopsis
Set in a near-future Melbourne devastated by greenhouse flooding and economic collapse, society has split into the privileged Sweet and the impoverished Swill. Through the intertwined lives of two families across class lines, Turner delivers a harrowing vision of climate catastrophe and social disintegration that feels eerily prophetic.
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