Floating Worlds

Name: Floating Worlds
Price: 1.99 USD
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Rating: 4 (109 reviews)
Author: Cecelia Holland

by Cecelia Holland

Literary Fiction Science Fiction

4.0 (109)

4.0 stars from 109 reviews

465 pages~7.8 hr readPublished by ereads.comPublished 1975-01-01

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Perfect for you if...

You enjoy hard science fiction that takes political systems seriously and explores how societies actually govern across multiple worlds.
You appreciate complex female protagonists who operate in morally grey spaces and make difficult choices without easy answers.
You want sprawling, ambitious worldbuilding that spans multiple planets with distinct cultures and philosophies in genuine conflict.

Maybe not for you if...

You prefer fast-paced plots with clear good guys and bad guys; this is a slow-burn political novel with ambiguous morality.
You're looking for romance or personal relationships as the emotional centre; Paula's story is about diplomacy and ideology, not love.
You want contemporary Earth settings; this requires comfort with far-future worldbuilding and understanding multiple competing solar system factions.

About this book

Two thousand years in the future, Earth has become uninhabitable due to pollution, with human populations confined to giant biodomes. Society operates as an anarchy, with the Machiavellian Committee for the Revolution mediating disputes. Mars, Venus, and the moon host thriving colonies with different political systems, while the gas planets on the solar system's fringes are home to a new, violent form of evolved humanity. Paula Mendoza, an anarchist agent of the Committee, works to negotiate peace between these factions. As tensions escalate into catastrophic conflict, she attempts to protect her people while the established order collapses around her.

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Currently 4.0★ from 109 reviews

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