Helpful Score: 2
A very nice tale of survival in the far future. Although this book as written for young adults, anyone who enjoys good sci-fi will appreciate it. Unlike many of the darker sci-fi books written today, this one is an easy read.
While many of the characters are not well developed, it is the story line that is important.
The hero is a 17-year-old boy, along with seven others, who is thrown out of the underground city of New York, that is buried under a mile of ice in a new ice age. This city, and others, were the last refuge for many as glaciers covered the Earth hundreds of years ago. As a result, a new power structure would rather keep the 800,000 residents in the city instead of exploring a world that is gradually unfreezing.
I read this in a couple of hours and was somewhat disappointed to finish it. I still remember the wonder I felt decades ago when I read YA sci-fi on a regular basis.
While many of the characters are not well developed, it is the story line that is important.
The hero is a 17-year-old boy, along with seven others, who is thrown out of the underground city of New York, that is buried under a mile of ice in a new ice age. This city, and others, were the last refuge for many as glaciers covered the Earth hundreds of years ago. As a result, a new power structure would rather keep the 800,000 residents in the city instead of exploring a world that is gradually unfreezing.
I read this in a couple of hours and was somewhat disappointed to finish it. I still remember the wonder I felt decades ago when I read YA sci-fi on a regular basis.
2650 AD
The Earth has been buried beneath a sheet of ice for 300 years. In cities miles beneath the surface humanity huddles, waiting for release.
Dr. Raymond Barnes waits with passion, and listens daily for evidence of life on the still Earth. Finally, a voice from across the void hails his open frequency...the surface awaits mankind.
But not all men are anxious to return to what was...those in power are determined to keep man in his new place, to retain their order of fear and oppression. Barnes and his courageous group of scientists and adventurers are arrested for possession of forbidden technology; the radio is destroyed! Their punishment is swift ejection from the underground city, their only hope is to reach London - 3000 desolate miles across a frozen wasteland!
The Earth has been buried beneath a sheet of ice for 300 years. In cities miles beneath the surface humanity huddles, waiting for release.
Dr. Raymond Barnes waits with passion, and listens daily for evidence of life on the still Earth. Finally, a voice from across the void hails his open frequency...the surface awaits mankind.
But not all men are anxious to return to what was...those in power are determined to keep man in his new place, to retain their order of fear and oppression. Barnes and his courageous group of scientists and adventurers are arrested for possession of forbidden technology; the radio is destroyed! Their punishment is swift ejection from the underground city, their only hope is to reach London - 3000 desolate miles across a frozen wasteland!
