Author | Kim Stanley Robinson |
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Cover artist | Dominic Harman |
Language | English |
Series | Science in the Capital |
Genre | Hard science fiction novel |
Publisher | HarperCollins (UK) Bantam Spectra (US) |
Publication date | 2005 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (Paperback) |
ISBN | 0-553-80312-3 |
OCLC | 60454714 |
813/.54 22 | |
LC Class | PS3568.O2893 F54 2005 |
Preceded by | Forty Signs of Rain |
Followed by | Sixty Days and Counting |
Fifty Degrees Below (2005) is the second book in the hard science fiction Science in the Capital trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson. It directly follows the events of Forty Signs of Rain, with a greater focus on character Frank Vanderwal, and his decision to remain at the National Science Foundation, following the earlier novel’s superstorm and devastating flood of Washington D.C.