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The Planet on the Table by Kim Stanley Robinson is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Planet on the Table about?
From Publishers WeeklyIn the past two years Robinson has published three well-received novels. This, his first collection of shorter work, is comprised of eight stories, including a World Fantasy Award winner and several Hugo and Nebula nominees. Robinson's strengths are a clean, clear style and a depth of characterization unusual for science fiction. Among the stories are "The Lucky Strike," which tells about bombardier Frank January, who in an alternate World War II, refuses to drop the Hiroshima bomb, a gesture that lands him in front of a firing squad and eventually ignites a world-wide peace and disarmament movement. In the award-winning novelette, "Black Air," a boy pressed into service on La Lavia, a galleon in the Spanish Armada, witnesses death in many forms when the Armada is smashed and La Lavia helplessly sails ever northward. The other tales here are similarly strong and imaginative. Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Who reads The Planet on the Table?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Kim Stanley Robinson
- Publisher
- Tor Books
- Published
- 1986
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780006511489
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Science Fiction
- Rating
- 3.47 / 5 (6 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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