@booklet {2953, title = {YV88; An Eco-Fiction of Tomorrow}, year = {1977}, month = {1977}, pages = {248 pp.}, publisher = {Sierra Club Books}, address = {San Francisco, CA}, abstract = {

Ecological eutopia set in 1988 focusing on Yosemite National Park beginning with a ride on a new train into the park that replaces the road and runs on a combination of the roadbed and the right of way of an earlier train. Most of the facilities in the park have been removed to return the park to a wilderness. Wildlife is returning. Extensive use of improved solar power. De-damming. There is a chronology showing the changes between 1978 and 1988 (104-05). Presented in a wide variety of ways including letters, postcards, reminiscences, architectural plans, an argument between two people, a TV transcript, detailed plans for the train engine, stations, and rail cars. stories, and stories. The policies that were developed for reversing environmental damage, such as removing asphalt, are slowly being adopted elsewhere in the country.

}, keywords = {Male author, US author}, author = {Christopher Swan and Chet Roaman (b. 1939)} }