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Issue Details: First known date: 1982... 1982 Mountain in the Sky
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Andrew Southy attempts to save the planet from the over-use of fossil fuels by building an enormous mountain near Adelaide, South Australia. His geo-engineering is picked up by successive governments across the globe. The mountain creates a different micro-climate, and it causes it to snow. Down through the centre of the mountain is a shaft where water is separated and hydrogen, the new source of power, generated.

Affiliation Notes

  • This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset "CliFi" because it contains an account of the search for alternatives for power generation. A professor in the account waxes: 'Tell the world that the crucifixion on the cross of fossil fuel has led to the resurrection of human will and ability... the resurrection that heralds no second coming if we insist on ignoring nature's laws and logic'.

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    • Campbelltown, Campbelltown (SA) area, Adelaide - North / North East, Adelaide, South Australia,: Castle Publishing , 1982 .
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      Extent: ix, 204p.
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      • Dedication: Dedicated to my Daughter Kalliopi.
      ISBN: 0959294201
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Climate Change Novels Deborah Jordan , 2014 single work criticism
— Appears in: Climate Change Narratives in Australian Fiction 2014; (p. 15-32) 'Climate Scientists warn of the dangers of global warming. How are Australian writers responding to this crisis? The first section of the book examines the stories by women and men writers directly about climate change scenarios. Notable authors are George Turner and Alexis Wright. ' (15)
Climate Change Novels Deborah Jordan , 2014 single work criticism
— Appears in: Climate Change Narratives in Australian Fiction 2014; (p. 15-32) 'Climate Scientists warn of the dangers of global warming. How are Australian writers responding to this crisis? The first section of the book examines the stories by women and men writers directly about climate change scenarios. Notable authors are George Turner and Alexis Wright. ' (15)
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