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Ill Windby Anderson, Kevin J.; Beason, Doug
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Book DescriptionNew York, New York, U.S.A.: Forge, 1995 Hardcover. Sound, clean & very nice copy, hint of edgewear. Jacket is bright & clean, light rubbing/edgewear. Not price clipped.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo. Book summaryIn an attempt to ease the ecological carnage unleashed by a massive oil spill in San Francisco Bay, a petroleum eating microbe is released. Soon out of control, all petroleum based products in the world are annihilated. Transportation, communication, and most aspects of modern life are destroyed.. A few brave individuals attempt to rebuild society. The heroes and villains of the catastrophe are portrayed along with the everyday people who must cope with a world gone mad.Media Reviews"A real winner, this book has the potential to become a classic. Our grasp of the science, the technology, and the political scene--and your ability to weave a truly engrossing fabric involving all of them in authoritative fashion--are unique. My only worry is that you may have done to biotechnology what 'The China Syndrome' did to nuclear energy--scared the hell out of the public." -- D. Alan Bromley "Anderson and Beason have managed to take a plausible premise and turn it into a very entertaining (and also plausible) 'civilization in the aftermath' story." -- Walter S. Scott "'Ill Wind' is a believable and fast read. It goes George Stewart's classic 'Earth Abides' one better, illustrating the perils of overreacting to environmental problems and misusing technology." -- Wilson K. Talley Publisher NotesWhen a supertanker crashes off the coast of San Francisco, creating the largest oil spill in history, a multinational oil company releases an untested virus designed to break up the spill and causes a biotechnological disaster. Other Recommended Books
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