Mining the Oort
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Book Overview
Mars was harsh and unforgiving, but for the colonists who called it home, its future was as bright as the comets that hung in the night sky, for locked in those icy bodies were the water and gases that would make Mars live again, mined from the vast Oort Cloud beyond Pluto. Young Dekker DeWoe yearned to become an Oort miner. But when he finally arrived on Earth to begin training, the mining project was abruptly canceled. Then he began to hear rumors of a plan to force the restoration of the mining -- a plan that would result in the deaths of millions . . .
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:034537200X
ISBN13:9780345372000
Release Date:May 1993
Publisher:Del Rey Books
Length:480 Pages
Weight:0.25 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 4.2" x 6.9"
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
A Good Book.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
This makes an Okey-Dokey read, though it tends toward the better part of the statement. A good book, plenty of interesting characters and excellent personification of the main martian. As with all of Pohl's good books there's plenty of being human ( I was going to say "plenty of Pohl - if you know what I mean" but that sounds too nasty) - you get my drift.
Good enuff for a science project
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
Loved this book. My 14-year old son was similarly impressed and based his science project on the probability of the Oort Cloud creating/destroying life on earth. Pohl deserves the A it brought. Lots of fun figuring this one out.
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