Alien Nation by Barry B Longyear
'A tale of irresponsibility and inexperience' THE TIMES
'Graphically written with a sense of dramatic construction' SCOTSMAN On December 28th 1879, the night of the Great Storm, the Tay Bridge collapsed, along with the train that was crossing, and everyone on board. This is the true story of that disastrous night, told from multiple viewpoints: The station master waiting for the train to arrive - who sees the approaching lights simply vanish.The bored young boys watching from their bedroom window who witness the disaster.
The dreamer who designed the bridge which eventually destroyed him.
The old highlanders who professed the bridge doomed from the outset.
The young woman on the ill-fated train, carrying a love letter from the man she hoped to marry. THE HIGH GIRDERS is a vivid, dramatic reconstruction of the ill-omened man-made catastrophe of the Tay Bridge disaster - and its grim aftermath.
Barry B. Longyear is the first writer to win the Nebula Award, Hugo Award, and John W. Campbell Award all in the same year. In the same year, he won the Campbell Award for Best New Writer. His writings include numerous short stories, the Circus World series, the Infinity Hold series, and novels ranging from Sea of Glass to The God Box, as well as his famed Science-fiction Writer's Workshop-I. The Write Stuff, his online writing seminar, was just published in commercial paperback and Kindle formats. Jaggers & Shad: ABC is for Artificial Beings Crimes, the whole award-winning science-fiction mystery series, and Dark Corners, his hardest-hitting collection of stories from the dark side, are two of his most recent books. Barry Longyear's website is www.barrylongyear.com.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780671736026 |
| ISBN 10 | 0671736027 |
| Title | Alien Nation |
| Author | Barry B Longyear |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
| Year published | 1994-12-31 |
| Number of pages | 309 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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