Identify science fiction novel
May 24, 2012 5:55 PM Subscribe
A science fiction book set in a post-apocalyptic world that has been snowed in.
The book might be entitled simply "Snow." Probably published in the '90s or early '00s.
The earth has been covered in many (hundreds?) of feet of snow. Some humans survive in pockets inside the snow. Much of the book is set within those pockets and the tunnels that connect those pockets.
At the end, [spoiler!] the answer to the implied question of "What caused all this snow?" could be summed up, in a simplistic way, as "aliens." I remember the ending being rather trippy.
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Anyone know the book? Exact title? Author?
The book might be entitled simply "Snow." Probably published in the '90s or early '00s.
The earth has been covered in many (hundreds?) of feet of snow. Some humans survive in pockets inside the snow. Much of the book is set within those pockets and the tunnels that connect those pockets.
At the end, [spoiler!] the answer to the implied question of "What caused all this snow?" could be summed up, in a simplistic way, as "aliens." I remember the ending being rather trippy.
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Anyone know the book? Exact title? Author?
The set-up sounds like Fritz Lieber's terrific "A Pail of Air,", but that's a story, not a book. Also possible is Robert Silverberg's novel Time of the Great Freeze, though that one is more glaciers than snow.
posted by escabeche at 7:11 PM on May 24, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by escabeche at 7:11 PM on May 24, 2012 [2 favorites]
Yeah, it's not Time of the Great Freeze. Most of the book is an overland journey, not in the tunnels.
posted by Chrysostom at 7:42 AM on May 25, 2012
posted by Chrysostom at 7:42 AM on May 25, 2012
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posted by iconomy at 6:45 PM on May 24, 2012