The Orange County Trilogy (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Kim Stanley Robinson
- First Published: 1984
- Type of Work: Novels
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—extrapolatory
- Time of Work: 2027, 2047, and 2065
- Setting: Orange County, California
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction
- Subjects: North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Future, Twenty-first century, California, West, U.S., Espionage or spies, Real estate, Nuclear warfare or weapons
- Locales: California
The Plot
The Orange County trilogy is set in three different extrapolated futures. In each novel, a small group of people becomes involved in events that change their lives. Each novel takes place over a single summer, almost solely in Orange County, California.
The Wild Shore takes place in 2047 in San Onofre, six decades after a nuclear war devastated the United States but left the rest of the world intact. The remaining world powers have quarantined the United States and use satellite-based defenses to prevent the country’s redevelopment. Teenager Hank...
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