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Tor Books
September 2011
On Sale: September 13, 2011
48 pages
ISBN: 0765329565
EAN: 9780765329561
Kindle: B004ULPL72
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Science Fiction
One of the most respected writers of hard SF, it has been
more than ten years since Joan Slonczewski's last novel. Now
she returns with a spectacular tour de force of the college
of the future, in orbit. Jennifer Ramos Kennedy, a girl from
a rich and politically influential family (a distant
relation descended from the famous Kennedy clan), whose twin
brother has died in an accident and left her bereft, is
about to enter her freshman year at Frontera College. Frontera is an exciting school built with media money, and a
bit from tribal casinos too, dedicated to educating the best
and brightest of this future world. We accompany Jenny as
she proceeds through her early days at school, encountering
surprises and wonders and some unpleasant problems. The
Earth is altered by global warming, and an invasive alien
species called ultraphytes threatens the surviving
ecosystem. Jenny is being raised for great things, but while
she's in school she just wants to do her homework, go on a
few dates, and get by. The world that Jenny is living in is
one of the most fascinating and creative in contemporary SF,
and the problems Jenny faces will involve every reader,
young and old.
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