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Playground : a novel / Richard Powers.

Summary:

"Twelve-year-old Evie Beaulieu sinks to the bottom of a swimming pool in Montreal strapped to one of the world's first aqualungs. Ina Aroita grows up on naval bases across the Pacific with art as her only home. Two polar opposites at an elite Chicago high school bond over a three-thousand-year-old board game; Rafi Young will get lost in literature, while Todd Keane's work will lead to a startling AI breakthrough. They meet on the history-scarred island of Makatea in French Polynesia, whose deposits of phosphorus once helped to feed the world. Now the tiny atoll has been chosen for humanity's next adventure: a plan to send floating, autonomous cities out onto the open sea. But first, the island's residents must vote to greenlight the project or turn the seasteaders away." -- book jacket

Item details

  • ISBN: 9781324086031
  • ISBN: 1324086033
  • ISBN: 1324089393
  • ISBN: 9781324089391
  • Physical Description: 381 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2024]
Subject: Islands > Fiction.
Friendship > Fiction.
Artificial intelligence > Fiction.
Technology > Fiction.
Imperialism > Fiction.
French Polynesia > Fiction.
Îles > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Amitié > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Intelligence artificielle > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Technologie > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Impérialisme > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Genre: Science fiction.
Novels.
Romans.

Currently available copies

  • 42 out of 72 copies are currently available at PINES.

Holds

  • 13 current holds on 72 total copies.
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Athens Regional Library System:
      Athens-Clarke County Library
SF POWERS ( Send Text)
31001006255815 NEW-BKS On holds shelf
Athens Regional Library System:
      Danielsville/Madison County Library
SF POWERS ( Send Text)
31001006265376 NEW-BKS Checked out
Athens Regional Library System:
      Watkinsville/Oconee County Library
SFPOWERS ( Send Text)
31001006255823 NEW-BKS In transit
Azalea Regional Library System:
      Morgan County Library
F POW ( Send Text)
31056009410858 ADULT Checked out
Catoosa County Library System:
      Catoosa County Library
POWERS, RICHARD ( Send Text)
31687002748008 NEW-BKS Available
Cherokee Regional Library:
      LaFayette-Walker County Library
F POWERS ( Send Text)
31010006944997 ADULT Checked out
Chestatee Regional Library System:
      Dawson County Library
FIC POWERS, Richard ( Send Text)
31011007492416 FIC Available
Chestatee Regional Library System:
      Lumpkin County Library
FIC POWERS, Richard ( Send Text)
31011007492408 FIC On holds shelf
Coastal Plain Regional Library System:
      Tifton-Tift County Public Library
F POWERS, RICHARD ( Send Text)
31013002169957 Adult Fiction Checked out
Conyers-Rockdale Library System:
      Nancy Guinn Memorial Library
FICTION POWERS ( Send Text)
310150030129736 NEW-BKS Checked out


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