A Short, Sharp Shock
Fantasy novel by Kim Stanley Robinson
978-0-929-48018-3 A Short, Sharp Shock (sometimes titled Short, Sharp Shock) is a 1990 fantasy novel by Kim Stanley Robinson.[1] The story deals with a man who awakens without memory in a strange land and journeys through it to find the woman he woke alongside.
His journey takes him along the narrow strip of land, surrounded by ocean, which makes up the whole world.
The phrase "short, sharp shock" is taken from Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta The Mikado.
References
- ^ Kim Stanley Robinson, A Short, Sharp Shock, Harpers Collins, 1990
External links
- Google Books
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Kim Stanley Robinson
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| Three Californias |
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| Mars |
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| Science in the Capital/Green Earth |
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- The Planet on the Table (1986)
- Escape from Kathmandu (1989)
- Remaking History (1991)
- Vinland the Dream (2001)
- The Best of Kim Stanley Robinson (2010)
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