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Mother of Storms
First edition
Author	John Barnes
Cover artist	Bob Eggleton
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction
Publisher	Tor
Publication date	July 1994
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (Hardcover)
Pages	432
ISBN	0-312-85560-5

Mother of Storms is a 1994 science fiction novel by American writer John Barnes. It was nominated for three major science fiction awards.^[1]

Plot summary

In the early 21st century, the Earth suffers from a giant hurricane spawned by the release of clathrate compounds, as the result of a nuclear explosion. The hurricane spawns hundreds of progeny, which kill at least 1 billion people by the novel's end. Two massively computer-augmented human intelligences (both of whom witness their organic bodies die) race to corral a comet from beyond Pluto's orbit. They use the ice from the comet to reduce the Earth's surface temperatures, and quell the mother of storms.

The novel is written in the present tense, and jumps between the viewpoints of many characters, some of whom recur while others appear only once or twice.

Scientific ideas referenced

The clathrate gun hypothesis is the basis for the origin of the hurricane.

Award nominations

1995 – Locus Poll Award, Best Science Fiction Novel nominee
1995 – Arthur C. Clarke Award, shortlist
1995 – Hugo Award, Best Novel nominee
1996 – Nebula Award, Best Novel nominee

Translations

French
- La Mère des Tempêtes, translated by Jean-Daniel Brèque. Le Livre de Poche (2001), ISBN 2-253-07235-4
Romanian
- Uraganele, translated by Gabriel Stoian. Editura Nemira (1999)

References

^ "MOTHER OF STORMS by John Barnes". Kirkus Reviews. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2018.

External links

Mother of Storms title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Mother of Storms at Macmillan Publishers website

v t e John Barnes
Century Next Door	Orbital Resonance (1991) Kaleidoscope Century (1995) Candle (2000) The Sky So Big and Black (2002)
Thousand Cultures	A Million Open Doors (1993) Earth Made of Glass (1999) The Merchants of Souls (2002) The Armies of Memory (2006)
Daybreak	Directive 51 (2010) Daybreak Zero (2011) The Last President (2013)
Other	Mother of Storms (1995) Encounter with Tiber (1996) One for the Morning Glory (1996) The Return (2000)

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