"Brin, David - Earth (UC)" - читать интересную книгу автора (Brin David)

EARTH. 2040:
World areas expected to be submerged when Greenland and
Antarctic ice sheets fully melt.
Large portions of Estonia, Denmark, eastern Britain, northern
Germany, and northern Poland.
The Netherlands.
Western Siberia (the Occidental Plain) east of the Urals,
linking the Black Sea to the Caspian and Azov seas, nearly to
the Arctic.
Lowlands of Libya, Iraq.
The Hindustan and Indus Valleys in India.
Portions of northeastern China.
Southwestern New Guinea and a large bight extending into
the Eastern Australian Desert.
The Lower Amazon and La Plata valleys, the Yucatan Peninsula.
Large portions of the states of Georgia, North Carolina,
and South Carolina.
Florida, Louisiana. . . .
"The prime attraction of Earth is the author's unfailing
resourcefulness in extrapolating a post-greenhouse effect
future that is plausible, dismaying, and amazing in equal
parts. . . . Erin's prose ranges from regular to high octane
... his characters have vivid intellectual lives." --Entertainment Weekly
"It is indeed a book that anyone interested in the survival
of our terrifying species should read."--Interzone
EARTH, 2040:
Archaic or obsolete activities or occupations:
. . . flint knapping, entrail reading, arrow fletching . . .
smithing, barrel making, art appraising . . . clock making,
reindeer herding, dentistry, handwriting . . . game-show host,
channeler, UFOlogist . . . drug smuggler, golf course manager,
confidential banker . . . sunbathing, drinking tap-
water . . .
New service professions:
. . . household toxin inspector, prenuptial genetic counselor,
meme adjustment specialist . . . indoor microecologist,
biotect, prenatal tutor, cerebrochemical balance advisor . . .
Net-SIC consultant, voxpop arbitrageur, ferret designer, insurance
life-style adjuster . . .
World human population figures:
1982: 4.3 billion
1988: 5.1 billion
2030: 10.3 billion
"A major effort conceived with great imagination and
written with Brin's usual panache." --Locus
"Fully dimensional and engaging characters with plausible
motivations . . . Brin's exciting prose style will
probably make this a Hugo nominee, and will certainly
keep readers turning pages." --Publishers Weekly
Bantam Spectra Books by David Brin