|
Drowning Towers
|
 |
Avg. Rating:♥♥♥♥♥
List Price: $5.99
This item is currently not available.
|
Drowning Towers was published back in 1987 and won an Arthur C. Clarke award. It was written by the Australian writer George Turner, who was in his 70s at the time and is now deceased.
It's an exceptional and prescient book about the potential effects of global warming, which now seems more timely than ever. Think of it as a portrait of ... »
|
|
Down There In Darkness
|
 |
Avg. Rating:♥♥♥♥♥
List Price: $15.95
This item is currently not available.
|
I am an Aussie and I stumbled across this book not long ago. I was impressed with the cover so decided to take a chance to read as I had not heard of the author before but since it was an Aussie book i decided to give it ago. I read this book and was very impressed. I wondered why George Turner is unknown when he writes great books such as "Down There ... »
|
|
Vaneglory
|
 |
Avg. Rating:♥♥♥♥♥
List Price: $5.99
This item is currently not available.
|
This is another in Turner's somewhat connected Ethical series. This time, the two blokes are woken up from cryogenic suspensions as representatives of the past, or 'Gone Time'.
That not being all, it appears there may be some immortal mutants around, and of course everyone wants to get their hands on people like that. The hunt, therefore i... »
|
|
Beloved Son
George Turner's Beloved Son is another of his books dealing with an outsider coming back and coming into conflict with a society that has changed and evol... »
|
Yesterday's Men
A powerful Ethics organisation is trying to prevent any wars from happening again on Earth. To try and work out how to do this they run experiments on non... »
|
The Destiny Makers
George Turner's *The Destiny Makers* is set in the same future as his award-winning novel *Drowning Towers* (aka *The Sea and Summmer* in Australia/UK). H... »
|
Genetic Soldier
A complex tale that is a sequel to the Destiny Makers, as travellers return to Earth many centuries later to find a lot of changes.
Some peop... »
|
Brain Child
David Chance is a young journalist, brought up in an orphanage.
Many years later he gets a message out of the blue, and a man claims to be hi... »
|
The Sea and Summer
A really interesting look at our current society falling apart due to the weather, etc. For a pleasant change, not set in 'ho-hum, not New York again, who... »
|
|
|
Buy Drowning Towers George Turner Darkness