Earth
| Title | Earth |
| Year for Search | 1990 |
| Authors | Brin, [Glen] David(b. 1950) |
| Tertiary Authors | Brin, David |
| Date Published | 1990 |
| Publisher | Bantam Books |
| Place Published | New York |
| Keywords | Male author, US author |
| Annotation | Dystopia of a collapsed environment. One thread of the novel is set in New Zealand and uses Māori myth. In this thread a black hole is created to provide power, but the power plant is destroyed, and the black hole begins to absorb material the center of the Earth and cause earthquakes and other disasters. Another thread is a future where very little of the natural world remains, resulting in mass migration, and conflicts among the remaining nations. |
| Holding Institutions | PSt |
| Author Note | The author (b. 1950) has a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of California at San Diego. |
| Full Text | 1990 Brin, [Glen] David (b. 1950). Earth. New York: Bantam Books. PSt Dystopia of a collapsed environment. One thread of the novel is set in New Zealand and uses Māori myth. In this thread a black hole is created to provide power, but the power plant is destroyed, and the black hole begins to absorb material from the center of the Earth and cause earthquakes and other disasters. Another thread is a future where very little of the natural world remains, resulting in mass migration and conflicts among the remaining nations. The author has a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of California at San Diego. |
