· Burn by James Patrick Kelly. ISBN: Print ISBN: ; Digital ISBN: Published: / Available Format(s): Hardcover and Particle Books. Digital edition featuring a new afterword from the author “Burn is James Patrick Kelly at his best, and there’s nothing better.” —Connie Willis, author of Doomsday BookOffer Count: 4. · Nebula Award WinnerHugo Award NomineeBurn is James Patrick Kelly at his best, and there#;s nothing better.#;#;Connie Willis, author of Doomsday BookThe tiny planet Morobe's Pea has been sold and renamed Walden. The new owner has some. the burn leapt after him, following like a fiery shadow. It chased him through a stand of pine; trees exploded like firecrackers. Sparks bit through his civvies and stung him. He could smell burning hair. His hair. In a panic he dodged into a stream choked with dead fish and poached frogs. But the water scalded his .
Burn is James Patrick Kelly at his best, and there's nothing better." —Connie Willis, author of Doomsday Book The tiny planet Morobe's Pea has been sold and renamed Walden. The new owner has some interesting ideas. Voluntary simplicity will rule in the Transcendent State; Walden is destined to become a paradise covered in lush new forests. Find many great new used options and get the best deals for BURN By James Patrick Kelly - Hardcover **Mint Condition** at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products! burn by James Patrick Kelly. Publication date Usage Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works Topics walden, science fiction Collection folkscanomy; additional_collections Language English. Colonization is the theme of this exciting, complex page-turner that provides a provocative and entertaining look at Thoreau's classic eco-text.
In Burn we get a glimpse of far-future humankind, with tech that borders on magic, but there's also a little mysticism. Or at least luck. That future is merely a backdrop, however; the actual conflicts, the personal and the political, are very human, and told from the point of view of Spur, someone we can understand. Burn is James Patrick Kelly at his best, and there’s nothing better.” ―Connie Willis, author of Doomsday Book The tiny planet Morobe's Pea has been sold and renamed Walden. The new owner has some interesting ideas. Voluntary simplicity will rule in the Transcendent State; Walden is destined to become a paradise covered in lush new forests. James Patrick Kelly’s Burn () was a finalist for the Hugo Award and won the Nebula Award for Best Novella in As Kelly explains in the afterword, the story was inspired by his dislike of Henry Thoreau’s Walden which depicts a pastoral utopian society where simplicity is valued and technology is shunned.
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