Darwinia
A Novel of a Very Different Twentieth Century
- Publisher
- Tor/Forge
- Initial publish date
- Sep 2007
- Category
- General, Alternative History
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780812566628
- Publish Date
- Jul 1999
- List Price
- $8.99
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780765319050
- Publish Date
- Sep 2007
- List Price
- $32.5
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Description
In 1912, history was changed by the Miracle, when the old world of Europe was replaced by Darwinia, a strange land of nightmarish jungle and antediluvian monsters. To some, the Miracle was an act of divine retribution; to others, it is an opportunity to carve out a new empire.
Leaving an America now ruled by religious fundamentalists, young Guilford Law travels to Darwinia on a mission of discovery that will take him further than he can possibly imagine…to a shattering revelation about mankind's destiny in the universe.
Robert Charles Wilson has crafted a brilliant science fiction novel—a view of an utterly different 20th century.
Darwinia is a 1999 Hugo Award Nominee for Best Novel.
About the author
Robert Charles Wilson was born in California, but grew up near Toronto, Ontario. Apart from another short period in the early 1970s spent in Whittier, California, he has lived most of his life in Canada, and in 2007 he became a Canadian citizen. He resided in Nanaimo, British Columbia, and breifly in Vancouver. Currently he lives with his wife Sharry in Concord, Ontario, just north of Toronto. He has two sons, Paul and Devon. His novel Spin won science fiction’s Hugo Award in 2006. Earlier, he won the Philip K. Dick Award for his debut novel A Hidden Place; Canada’s Aurora Award for Darwinia; and the John W. Campbell Award for The Chronoliths.
Awards
- Nominated, Hugo Award - Nominee
Editorial Reviews
“In the best tradition of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Jules Verne, and H. G. Wells…A page-turner.” —Toronto Globe and Mail on Darwinia
“Rich, lucid, and literate…Comparable to Philip D. Dick or A. E. Van Vogt. Remarkable indeed.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) on Darwinia
“Robert Charles Wilson is a hell of a storyteller.” —Stephen King, Entertainment Weekly, on Spin
