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2019 Nebula Award for Best Novella (nominee)
Discover a shifting history of adventure as humanity clashes over whether to repair their ruined planet or luxuriate in a less tainted past.
In 2267, Earth has just begun to recover from worldwide ecological disasters. Minh is part of the generation that first moved back up to the surface of the Earth from the underground hells, to reclaim humanity's ancestral habitat. She's spent her entire life restoring river ecosystems, but lately, the kind of long-term restoration projects Minh works on have been stalled due to the invention of time travel. When she gets the opportunity take a team to 2000 BC to survey the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, she jumps at the chance to uncover the secrets of the shadowy think tank that controls time travel technology.
Genre: Science Fiction
In 2267, Earth has just begun to recover from worldwide ecological disasters. Minh is part of the generation that first moved back up to the surface of the Earth from the underground hells, to reclaim humanity's ancestral habitat. She's spent her entire life restoring river ecosystems, but lately, the kind of long-term restoration projects Minh works on have been stalled due to the invention of time travel. When she gets the opportunity take a team to 2000 BC to survey the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, she jumps at the chance to uncover the secrets of the shadowy think tank that controls time travel technology.
Genre: Science Fiction
Praise for this book
"A necessary meditation on the nature of change and the sacrifice required to manifest it, Robson's novella pulls no punches, spares no rods, and leaves no idea unexamined." - Madeline Ashby
"A tour-de-force, with nuanced characters in a masterfully conceived world of stunning, mind-bending eco-tech." - Annalee Newitz
"Rich, nuanced characters, deeply compelling story, and a powerfully conceived world make Gods, Monsters and the Lucky Peach one of the best novellas of recent times." - Jonathan Strahan
"The far future, the distant past. Time travel, bioengineering, office politics-- and ecological consulting. How could I not love this?" - Peter Watts
"A tour-de-force, with nuanced characters in a masterfully conceived world of stunning, mind-bending eco-tech." - Annalee Newitz
"Rich, nuanced characters, deeply compelling story, and a powerfully conceived world make Gods, Monsters and the Lucky Peach one of the best novellas of recent times." - Jonathan Strahan
"The far future, the distant past. Time travel, bioengineering, office politics-- and ecological consulting. How could I not love this?" - Peter Watts
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