Playground
Powers, Richard, 1957-2024
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Twelve-year-old Evie Beaulieu sinks to the bottom of a swimming pool in Montreal strapped to one of the world's first aqualungs. Ina Aroita grows up in naval bases across the Pacific with art as her only home. Two polar opposites at an elite Chicago high school bond over a three thousand- year-old board game; Rafi Young will get lost in literature, while Todd Keane's work will lead to a startling AI breakthrough. They meet on the history-scarred island of Makatea in French Polynesia, whose deposits of phosphorus once helped feed the world. Now the tiny atoll has been chosen for humanity's next adventure- a plan to send floating, autonomous cities out onto the open sea. But first, the island's residents must vote to green light the project or turn the seasteaders away. Set in the world's largest ocean, this awe-filled book explores that last wild place we have yet to colonise in a still-unfolding oceanic game, and interweaves beautiful writing, rich characterisation, profound themes of technology and the environment, and a deep exploration of our shared humanity in a way only Richard Powers can.
Main title:
Playground / Richard Powers.
Author:
Powers, Richard, 1957-, author
Imprint:
London : Hutchinson Heinemann, 2024.©2024
Collation:
381 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
97815291543209781529154320978152915431397815291543209781529154320
Dewey class:
813.54
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
563478
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumaris Library | Adult Fiction - Sci-Fi | POWE | Onloan - Due: 19 Jul 2025 |
| Beaumaris Library | Adult Fiction - Sci-Fi | POWE | Onloan - Due: 09 Jul 2025 |
| Brighton Library | Adult Fiction - Sci-Fi | POWE | Onloan - Due: 04 Aug 2025 |
| Brighton Library | Adult Fiction - Sci-Fi | POWE | On Reserve Shelf - Awaiting collection within 10 days of this date. (Set: 26 Jun 2025) |
| Sandringham Library | Adult Fiction - Sci-Fi | POWE | In-transit from Sandringham Library to Brighton Library (Set: 20 Jun 2025) |