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Sci-fi

Colony

by Ben Bova
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Description

The Earth has been poisoned by pollution, choked by overpopulation, and ravaged by the mindless greed of power-hungry corporations. A fragile peace is threatened by landless revolutionaries and global anarchy seems imminent. Yet a single ray of hope remains. . . Island One is a celestial utopia, and David Adams is its most perfect creation - a man with a brain as advanced as any computer and a body free of human frailties. But David is a prisoner—a captive of the colony that created him—destined to spend the days of his life in an island-sized cylinder that circles a doomed and desperate home planet. Thousands of miles below him, a world trembles; its people cringe in terror and despair in anticipation of an impending apocalypse. And as Earth's boundaries, fate has cast one extraordinary human in the role of savior. For David Adams has a plan—one that will ultimately ensure the salvation of his species . . . or its annihilation.

What it’s like

ViolenceStandard
CombatIncidental
HorrorCreepy

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Details

First published
July 1978
Pages
480
Reading time
About 10 hours
Format
Novel
Audience
Adult
Publisher
Tor Books
Language
English
ISBN
9780812532456
Series
Standalone

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