The Lucky Strike

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The Lucky Strike

Author:	Kim Stanley Robinson
Publisher:	PM Press, 2009
Series:	Outspoken Authors: Book 2
1. The Left Left Behind 2. The Lucky Strike 4. Mammoths of the Great Plains 5. Modem Times 2.0 6. The Wild Girls 7. Surfing the Gnarl 8. The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow 9. Report From Planet Midnight 10. The Human Front 11. New Taboos 12. The Science of Herself 13. Raising Hell 15. My Life, My Body 16. Gypsy 17. Miracles Ain't What They Used to Be 18. Fire. 19. Totalitopia 20. The Atheist in the Attic 21. Thoreau's Microscope 22. The Beatrix Gates 23. A City Made of Words 24. Talk Like a Man 25. Big Girl 26. The Planetbreaker's Son 27. The First Law of Thermodynamics 28. Utopias of the Third Kind 29. Night Shift 30. The Collapsing Frontier
Book Type:	Collection
Genre:	Science-Fiction
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Synopsis

Combining dazzling speculation with a profoundly humanist vision, this astounding alternate history tale presents a dramatic encounter with destiny wrapped around a simple yet provocative premise: the terrifying question of what might have happened if the fateful flight over Hiroshima had gone a bit differently. An extensive interview with the author, offering insight into his fiction and philosophies, is also included.

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The Lucky Strike - (1984)
A Sensitive Dependence on Initial Conditions - (1991)
"A Real Joy to Be Had" - (2009) - interview of Kim Stanley Robinson by Terry Bisson
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