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Name: The Years of Rice and Salt

Author: Kim Stanley Robinson
Year: 2002
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Science fiction, Alternate History, Award winners, Historical fiction

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ISBNs:
9780553580075
0553580078

It is the fourteenth century and one of the most apocalyptic events in human history is set to occur - the coming of the Black Death. History teaches us that a third of Europe's population was destroyed. But what if? What if the plague killed 99 percent of the population instead? How would the world have changed? This is a look at the history that could have been: a history that stretches across centuries, a history that sees dynasties and nations rise and crumble, a history that spans horrible famine and magnificent innovation. These are the years of rice and salt.