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The Sky Road

Ken MacLeod

Published 1999 by Orbit · 291 pages

Hugo · 2001

Finalist
Science Fiction

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4 award entries · 4 books · 0 wins · 2000–2006

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Synopsis

In two interleaved timelines, a young scholar in a pastoral post-technological Scotland helps build humanity's first starship, while in the near-future, a political activist struggles to prevent nuclear war. The final book in the Fall Revolution series explores competing visions of humanity's future.

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Details

Series
Fall Revolution · Book 4
Author nationality
United Kingdom
ISBN
9781857237559