Pacific Edge

Kim Stanley Robinson

November 15, 1990 · Hardcover · Tor · 326 pp

First edition · ISBN 9780312850975 · English · US · Dewey 813.54 · LC PS3568.O2893 P3 1990

Science Fiction

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Set at the end of the 21st century in California, this story revolves around a seemingly perfect society. At first, bio-architect Kevin Claiborne thinks he has indeed found Utopia, but gradually events lead him to discover the corruption beneath the surface.

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