Name: Looking Landwards
SKU: 57172092
Price: 758.00 TWD
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Author: Adrian Tchaikovsky
ISBN: 9781907069598

Type

Physical Book

Author

Publisher

Language

English

Pages

274

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

21x14.8x1.6 cm

Weight

0.36 kg.

ISBN13

9781907069598

Synopsis "Looking Landwards"

With the impending crises of climate change, scarcity of water, dwindling energy reserves and spiraling global populations, the effective management of our land and the food it produces has never been more relevant. Established in 1938 by a small group of far-seeing and enthusiastic engineers and agriculturalists, the Institution of Agricultural Engineers provides a professional nexus for the scientists, technologists, engineers, and managers working in the many and varied forms of land-based industry. In 2013, to mark their 75th anniversary, the IAgrE have commissioned a book that looks forward at what the future might hold. To help them achieve this, they approached NewCon Press. Looking Landwards attracted submissions from within the UK, from the USA, Australia, mainland Europe, Africa, and Asia; from professional writers and would-be writers, from scientists and engineers who are actively involved in dealing with the book's themes to people who have simply been inspired by them. Looking Landwards features the very best of these stories. Twenty-three works of science fiction and speculation that dare to look to the future and examine what lies ahead for farming, for agricultural engineering and for all of us.

Adrian Tchaikovsky

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Adrian Tchaikovsky, born Adrian Czajkowski on June 14, 1972 in Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, is a British science fiction and fantasy writer. He studied zoology and psychology at the University of Reading and worked as a legal advisor before fully committing to writing. He is known for his series "Shadows of the Apt" and for the novel "Children of Time" (2015), which earned him the Arthur C. Clarke Award in 2016.

Other notable works by Tchaikovsky include "Guns of the Dawn" (2016) and "Spiderlight" (2018). His work spans genres such as science fiction, fantasy, and horror. He has been awarded the British Fantasy Award and the Arthur C. Clarke Award.

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