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for the 1989 fantasy novel Mother of Storms, see Adrian Cole.
Mother of Storms Author(s) John Barnes Cover artist Bob Eggleton Genre(s) science fiction Publisher Tor Publication date July 1994 Media type hardcover Pages 432 ISBN 0-312-85560-5 Mother of Storms is a 1994 science fiction novel by John Barnes. It was nominated for three major science fiction awards.[1]
Contents
Plot summary
In the early 21st century, the earth suffers from a giant hurricane spawned by the release of clathrate compounds, as the result of a nuclear explosion. While the hurricane spawns hundreds of progeny, which by novel's end kill at least 1 billion people, two massively computer augmented human intelligences, both of whom witness their organic bodies die, race to corral a comet from beyond Pluto's orbit. They use the ice from the comet to reduce earth surface temperatures, and quell the mother of storms.
Scientific ideas referenced
The clathrate gun hypothesis is the basis for the origin of the hurricane.
Award nominations
- 1995 - Locus Poll Award, Best Science Fiction Novel nominee
- 1995 - Arthur C. Clarke Award, shortlist
- 1995 - Hugo Award, Best Novel nominee
- 1996 - Nebula Award, Best Novel nominee
Translations
- French
- La Mère des Tempêtes, translated by Jean-Daniel Brèque. Le Livre de Poche (2001), ISBN 2-253-07235-4
References
External links
- Mother of Storms publication history at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Mother of Storms at Macmillan Publishers website
Books by John Barnes The Century Next Door series Orbital Resonance (1991) • Kaleidoscope Century (1995) • Candle (2000) • The Sky So Big and Black (2002)The Thousand Cultures series A Million Open Doors (1993) • Earth Made of Glass (1999) • The Merchants of Souls (2002) • The Armies of Memory (2006)The Time Raider series Wartide (1992) • Battle Cry (1992) • Union Fires (1992) •The Timeline Wars series Patton's Spaceship (1997) • Washington's Dirigible (1997) • Caesar's Bicycle (1997) • Timeline Wars (1997) (omnibus)The Jak Jinnaka series Duke of Uranium (2002) • A Princess of the Aerie (2003) • In the Hall of the Martian King (2003)The Daybreak series Directive 51 (2010) • Daybreak Zero (2011) • The Last President (2012)Other books The Man Who Pulled Down the Sky (1987) • Sin of Origin (1988) • Mother of Storms (1995) • Encounter with Tiber (1996) • One For the Morning Glory (1996) • Apocalypses & Apostrophes (1998) • Finity (1999) • The Return (2001) • Gaudeamus (2004) • Payback City (2007) • Tales of the Madman Underground (2009) • Losers in Space (2012)Categories:- American science fiction novels
- American post-apocalyptic novels
- 1994 novels
- Climate change books
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