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Title: DOUBLE PLANET
By: John Gribbin, Marcus Chown
Format: Electronic book text

List price: £6.66


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ISBN 10: 0575132396
ISBN 13: 9780575132399
Publisher: ORION PUBLISHING CO
Pub. date: 30 November, 2012
Edition: Digital original
Synopsis: The Dragon, an enormous comet, is on a trajectory that will bring it perilously close to an Earth that is still suffering from the scars of a nuclear incident, and from the problems of the Greenhouse Effect. For the optimists - those that remain - it is a sign of change for the better; for others, the comet foreshadows humanity's final doom.But to Francis Reese and the hard-pressed astronauts of the depleted space programme, the Dragon presents a third outrageous, yet irresistible possibility - the transformation of a barren world into a new home for the beleaguered peoples of Earth.
Publication: UK
Imprint: Gateway
Returns: Non-returnable
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