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2047: For the small Pacific Coast community of San Onofre, life in the aftermath of a devastating nuclear attack is a matter of survival, a day-to-day struggle to stay alive. But young Hank Fletcher dreams of the world that might have been, and might yet be--and dreams of playing a crucial role in America's rebirth.
- Sales Rank: #793458 in Books
- Published on: 1995-03-15
- Released on: 1995-03-15
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.50" h x .85" w x 5.50" l, 1.10 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 384 pages
From Publishers Weekly
Robinson's science fiction triology set in Orange County, California, offers three different futures: the aftermath of nuclear war; a city of uncontrollable urban development; and life in a total, environmentally-conscious society.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Review
“There's a fresh wind blowing in The Wild Shore.” ―Ursula K. Le Guin
“Part Huck Finn and part Our Town....A well-written, engaging rite of passage.” ―Publishers Weekly
“Beautifully written...with a vivid depth rarely encountered in science fiction.” ―The Washington Post
About the Author
Kim Stanley Robinson's Three Californias trilogy -- The Gold Coast, The Wild Shore and Pacific Edge -- has been observed as "an intriguing work, one that will delight and entertain you, and, most importantly, cause you to stop and think" (The Santa Ana Register). His many other novels include Escape from Kathmandu and Green Mars -- which won the Hugo and Locus Award for Best Novel.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
Future Nostalgia
By R. P. Cotta Jr.
I gave "The Wild Shore," the first installment in Kim Robinson's "Three California's" Trilogy, three stars. But it is really more like a 3.5-star book, even almost a four. More on that below.
This is a "post-apocalypse" book. I've lately been indulging myself in a few of these. (See my recent reviews of "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy, "One Second After" by William R. Forstchen, or, a bit further back, "Station Eleven" by Emily St. John Mandel. Following this commentary will be reviews of "The Taking" by Dean Koontz, and "The Girl With All the Gifts" by M.R. Carey. "Doomsday" fans ought to read them all, even if you don't read my reviews. Anyway, back to "The Wild Shore.")
"The Wild Shore" is set on the southern California coast, between San Clemente and San Diego, on what would today be the Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base. It is centered in a place called San Onofre, or the San Onofre Valley. There is no current town called San Onofre in the area. There is a San Onofre State Beach in the general vicinity, and perhaps geography to match the setting. The place is real, but there is no village there. Yet.
Sometimes, authors give their places or characters a symbolic name. "San Onofre" appears to refer to the Roman Catholic Saint Onuphrius, a Fourth of Fifth Century cleric. The name Onuphrius is, in turn, derived from an Egyptian word (Wnn-nfr), meaning "he who is continuingly good," and, in this sense may describe the protagonist in this story, young Henry Fletcher. He is a good sort of lad, and the book is his story, told in the first person.
Set in the year 2047, "The Wild Shore" is about some of those who survived, or were born after, a surprise nuclear attack which "murdered" the United States of America in the late 20th Century. The old Continental United States is now "quarantined" under the authority of the United Nations. Japanese naval ships patrol the West Coast, and Hawaii is a Japanese possession. The island of Santa Catalina, off the Orange County coast, is a Japanese naval base. "San Onofre" is a small agricultural and fishing community living on a subsistence economy. There are (maybe) between 50 and 100 people who live there. There are other communities in the region, as well as roving scavengers. These more widely-dispersed communities meet once or twice a year at "swap meets" where goods are bartered. Robinson makes these conclaves sound like a medieval fair. Little is told about the fate of the rest of the former United States.
The plot revolves around the revival of nationalism in San Diego, and attempts by some of the remaining outposts of American civilization to organize a "resistance" to "make America great again." (Apologies to current political hopefuls.) The themes center on the wisdom, costs, and collateral effects of these efforts, as the movement eventually comes to San Onofre.
For devotees of "Apocalypse" stories, "The Wild Shore" very much picks up where "Earth Abides," the 1949 post-apocalyptic novel by George R. Stewart (a classic in its own right) leaves off. Although the causes of the respective calamities differ (in "Earth Abides," it was a fast-acting and highly lethal disease), both focus on life AFTER the collapse of civilization. "The Wild Shore" has elements of political intrigue, conflict and competition among different characters, tragedy, and Human perseverance. But it also devotes a great many pages to describing the pastoral lifestyle of San Onofre, and how its residents have to work hard and cooperate to ensure they have enough to eat, stay warm in winter (which has grown more severe post-nuke), and care for one another. In these respects, themes Robinson is known for -- ecological sustainability, social justice, and the interplay between nature and culture -- figure prominently.
So, about those stars. I don't think this is a "five-star" book. "The Road," by Cormac McCarthy is my idea of a "five-star" read. Perhaps Robinson's "Mars Trilogy," (one Nebula, two Hugos) is a five-star read. (I'll let you all know.) But "The Wild Shore" is a little sedate to qualify as suspenseful, and there are no really new concepts suggested by Robinson in his post-nuke world. In that respect, the book is sort of "ho-hum." But it is, on the other hand, realistic, and his main characters mostly heartwarming. So, three stars, wishing I could give it 3.5 stars.
I enjoyed the book enough to read the next in this series, "The Gold Coast," (anybody got a spare copy?) This is despite my frequent lament that serial fiction rarely improves with successive installments. Maybe Robinson will be an exception.
Thanks for stopping by. Hope you enjoy "The Wild Shore." And don't forget to shut off the lights on your way out.
27 of 29 people found the following review helpful.
The Right and Need to 'Matter'
By Patrick Shepherd
The world of SF has been filled with apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic stories since its very beginning as a separately identifiable genre. Do we really need another one? In the case of this book, the answer to that is a resounding yes! Robinson has crafted a finely wrought work of character and theme that will resonate with readers, that is highly evocative of some of the other truly fine works within this sub-genre, from Pangborn's Davy to Stewart's Earth Abides, that delivers insights into societies and individual human motivations at a level rarely found in any fiction.
This book is part of Robinson's triptych (the other two pieces being The Gold Coast and Pacific Edge) that deals with various futures as seen from the perspective of Orange County, California. These books are related by theme only, and can all be read independently of the others. In this one the United States has effectively been destroyed by the use of about 3000 neutron bombs that were smuggled in by truck (the country of origin never provable but supposed to be Russia), turning almost every city into a waste land and wiping out the economic and industrial structure that allows today's Americans to enjoy a standard of living so very much higher than most of the rest of the world. The United States has now been placed in quarantine by the rest of the world, and any attempts to try to re-organize and re-build the country are ruthlessly disrupted. Orange County has returned to a fishing/agrarian level society with government by communal consensus. But this is the mere background to a remarkable tale of two young men, Henry and Steve, trying to find their own way and life answers within this community, underneath the strong influence of the town elder Tom, one of the last survivors who remembers what America was like before the bombs. Henry and Steve are close friends but are two very different personalities, and how each reacts to the opportunity to 'do something' to those who are maintaining the quarantine forms the main basis of the book.
The depth of characterization here is remarkable, and the portrayal of the society that grew under these imagined conditions is just as remarkable for its believability and economic viability. I found myself living and feeling right along with the main characters, could see myself in just the situations portrayed, facing the same moral dilemmas and wondering just how I would react, what I would do. The prose is smooth and with a nice balance between description, dialogue, and action, and a theme that is presented via 'show, not tell' methods.
All of the 'Three Californias' books are good, but this one is clearly the best, and should be put on everyone's 'must read' list.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful.
Coming of age tale bogs down in implausible plotlines and dull characters
By Quickhappy
When I learned about the Three Californias trilogy, I was eager to read all three. Instead I barely made it through this first book. ¬The Wild Shore, a story about Southern Californians who have survived nuclear apocalypse, begins well enough. It paints a vivid picture of a village that survives by fishing and farming, and by steering clear of the menacing scavengers who roam the suburban ruins. But the tale deteriorates into half-baked confusion of ideas: a Japanese conspiracy, a corrupt and violent mayor determined to free America, and a collection of unconvincing characters taking different sides. The novel fails as a coming-of-age tale, founders on weak action and lame characters, and bores the reader for long stretches at a time. Even the action sequences are cruelly dull, partly because the reader cares so little about what happens to these people. Once excited to read all three parts of the trilogy, I put this dreary book down likely never to try another tale by Robinson.
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