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The Wild Shore

(1984)
(The first book in the Three Californias series)
A novel by

 
 
Awards
1985 Locus Award for Best First Novel
1985 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee)
1984 Nebula Award for Best Novel (nominee)
1984 Philip K Dick Award (nominee)

In 2047, it has been sixty years since America was quarantined after a devastating nuclear attack. Henry, at 17, wants to help make America like it was before all the bombs went off. But, for the people of Onofre Valley, on the coast of California, just surviving is enough of a challenge. Living simply on what the sea and land can provide, they strive to preserve what knowledge and skillsthey can in a society without mass communications. Then one day Henry meets two men who say they represent the new American resistance.


Genre: Science Fiction

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