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Yellow Blue Tibia: A Novel

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Yellow Blue Tibia: A Novel
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Adam Roberts
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:368
Dimensions(mm): Height 200,Width 178
Category/GenreScience fiction
ISBN/Barcode 9780575083585
ClassificationsDewey:823.92
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Orion Publishing Co
Imprint Gollancz
Publication Date 13 May 2010
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Russia, 1946, the Nazis recently defeated, Stalin gathers together half a dozen of the top Soviet science fiction authors. Convinced that the defeat of America is only a few years away and equally convinced that the Soviet Union needs a massive external threat to hold it together, he tells the writers to concoct a highly detailed and believable story about aliens poised to invade earth, so that when America is defeated, the whole population of Soviet Russia will believe the story and before long, the world would as well. But then new orders come from Moscow: they are told to drop the project; Stalin has changed his mind; forget everything about it. So they do. They get on with their lives in their various ways; some of them survive the remainder of Stalin's rule, the changes of the 50s and 60s. And then, in the aftermath of Chernobyl, the survivors gather again, because something strange has started to happen. The story they invented in 1946 is starting to come true...

Author Biography

Adam Roberts is 41 and Professor of 19th century literature at London University. His novels, Salt and Gradisl have been shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award. He has also published a number of academic works on both 19th century poetry and SF.

Reviews

'Roberts joins my list of essential writers.' - Vector. 'The king of high-concept SF.' - Guardian.