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Sixty Days and Counting: Science in the Capital, Book 3 (Unabridged)
 
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Sixty Days and Counting: Science in the Capital, Book 3 (Unabridged) [Audio Download]

by Kim Stanley Robinson (Author, Narrator), Peter Ganim (Narrator)
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  • Listening Length: 20 hours and 25 minutes
  • Program Type: Audiobook
  • Version: Unabridged
  • Publisher: Audible Frontiers
  • Audible Release Date: 11 Dec 2008
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B002SPV6H6
  • Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

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By the time Phil Chase is elected president, the world's climate is far on its way to irreversible change. Food scarcity, housing shortages, diminishing medical care, and vanishing species are just some of the consequences. The erratic winter the Washington, D.C., area is experiencing is another grim reminder of a global weather pattern gone haywire: bone-chilling cold one day, balmy weather the next.

But the president-elect remains optimistic and doesn't intend to give up without a fight. A maverick in every sense of the word, Chase starts organizing the most ambitious plan to save the world from disaster since FDR - and assembling a team of top scientists and advisers to implement it.

For Charlie Quibler, this means re-entering the political fray full-time and giving up full-time care of his young son, Joe. For Frank Vanderwal, hampered by a brain injury, it means trying to protect the woman he loves from a vengeful ex and a rogue "black ops" agency not even the president can control - a task for which neither Frank's work at the National Science Foundation nor his study of Tibetan Buddhism can prepare him.

In a world where time is running out as quickly as its natural resources, where surveillance is almost total and freedom nearly nonexistent, the forecast for the Chase administration looks darker each passing day. For as the last - and most terrible - of natural disasters looms on the horizon, it will take a miracle to stop the clock . . . the kind of miracle that only dedicated men and women can bring about.

BONUS AUDIO: Includes an exclusive introduction by author Kim Stanley Robinson.

©2007 Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group; (P)2008 Audible, Inc.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Talk about catching the wave! There is an almost eerie sensation as you read this book, as day to day news headlines reflect the authors obvious bang up to date knowledge of abrupt climate change ..bit scary actually. As ever KSR is a great literary writer, populating his ( science ) fictions with believable people and real places and institution's, at times it almost felt real. You do leave off worrying some about your carbon foot print! For some readers the thriller element will be lacking a bit especially those expecting a Michael Crichton or a Dan brown ( he is far far better than those two ) but this is great climax to a trilogy of novels and a highly recommended science thriller.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Counted the days... 24 July 2007
By G
Format:Hardcover
...until I could get my hands on the final book of this excellent trilogy.
Mixing hard science with optimism and humour Kim Stanley Robinson has created a thoroughly enjoyable book series.

I have found that the true joy is in observing how the different characters view the patterns of the world. The small moments are every bit as pleasing as the large.

In relation to the large, whats more pertinent that climate change given the recent flooding in the UK.

If you enjoyed the first two books, this one is obviously a must-buy.
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A good, solid read 4 Nov 2008
Format:Paperback
This volume follows on nicely from the events in 'Forty Signs of Rain' and 'Fifty Degrees Below'. It deals with the in-fighting in DC, following the new President Chase as he races to undo the damage wrought by decades of an uncaring, polluting White House. The only downside was the excessive attention paid to Frank's burgeoning relationship - I read the book for the politics and world-making, not for the romance. Still, a good book in the series - looking forward to the next one!
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