Split By the Sun

TitleSplit By the Sun
Year for Search2019
AuthorsFaunce, Tom [Thomas Alured](b. 1958)
Date Published2019
PublisherWorld Scientific Publishing
Place PublishedLondon
KeywordsAustralian author, Male author
Annotation

The premise of the novel is that synthetic photosynthesis has been developed and applied so that almost any surface can be used to produce clean food and fuel. Set in a deeply conflicted future so that there are both eutopian and dystopian elements to the novel. Aboriginal themes. 

Info Notes

The book includes a “Postscript” discussing current research into artificial photosynthesis (397-99) and a “Bibliography” (407-16).

Title Note

The copyright page includes the subtitle The Tragic History of the Sustainocene

Illustration

Illus. Harriet Birks

Author Note

The author (b. 1958) is Professor in the Law School and Medical School at Australian National University.

Full Text

2019 Faunce, Tom [Thomas Alured] (b. 1958). Split By the Sun. Illus. Harriet Birks. London: World Scientific Publishing. The copyright page includes the subtitle The Tragic History of the Sustainocene. The book includes a “Postscript” discussing current research into artificial photosynthesis (397-99) and a “Bibliography” (407-16). EBook

The premise of the novel is that synthetic photosynthesis has been developed and applied so that almost any surface can be used to produce clean food and fuel. Set in a deeply conflicted future so that there are both eutopian and dystopian elements to the novel. Aboriginal themes. The author is Professor in the Law School and Medical School at Australian National University.