The Genesis Machine (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: James P. Hogan
- First Published: 1978
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—extrapolatory
- Time of Work: 2005-2008
- Setting: Earth and the Moon
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction
- Subjects: Science or scientists, Twenty-first century, Earth, Moon or moons, Arms or weapons
- Locales: Earth, Moon
The Plot
The fragmentation of the Soviet Empire was anticipated in this novel more than a decade before the actual events. The ensuing civil war propels the eastern reaches of that territory toward solidarity with China and the African-Arab Alliance. The “Afrabs” have taken total control of Israel, Zimbabwe, and South Africa. The states of the Persian Gulf have also moved over to the Chinese and Afrab side. Together, in 2002 they form the Grand Alliance of Progressive Peoples Republics. Opposing them is the Alliance of Western Democracies, vastly outnumbered in population...
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