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The Stone Gods by Jeanette Winterson

Monday April 28, 2008

In the bleak future of Jeanette Winterson's The Stone Gods, the inhabitants of Orbus are running out of planet. The unchecked consumption of fossil fuels has finally run its course. Global Warming is no longer a disputed phenomenon or a point for political positioning. Sea levels have risen, ice caps have melted, and the planet has been laid to waste. The world has devolved to three massive urban axes: The Central Power (a thinly disguised United States), Eastern Caliphate, and the SinoMosco Pact.

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