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02844aam a2200481 i 4500 001 A0C13120650911E6BA021E8ADAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160818010336 008 150812s2016 nyu 000 f eng c 020 $a 9781632860934 020 $a 1632860937 035 $a (OCoLC)918283721 040 $a YDXCP $b eng $e rda $c YDXCP $d BTCTA $d BDX $d OCLCQ $d CGP $d ORX $d VTL $d DGU $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us-fl 050 4 $a PS3620.H54 $b M7 2016 082 04 $a 813/.6 $2 23 100 1 $a Thier, Aaron. 245 10 $a Mr. eternity : $b a novel / $c Aaron Thier. 246 3 $a Mister Eternity 264 1 $a New York : $b Bloomsbury, $c 2016. 300 $a 258 pages ; $c 25 cm. 520 $a Key West, 2016. Sea levels are rising, coral reefs are dying. In short, everything is going to hell. It's here that two young filmmakers find something to believe in: an old sailor who calls himself Daniel Defoe and claims to be five hundred and sixty years old. In fact, old Dan is in the prime of his life -- an incredible, perhaps eternal American life. The story unfold over the course of a millennium, picking up in the sixteenth century in the Viceroyalty of New Granada and continuing into the twenty-sixth, where, in the future Democratic Federation of Mississippi States, Dan serves as an advisor to the King of St. Louis. Some things remain constant throughout the centuries, and being on the edge of ruin may be one. In 1560, the Spaniards have destroyed the Aztec and Inca civilizations. In 2500, we've destroyed our own: the cities of the Atlantic coast are underwater, the union has fallen apart, and cars, plastics, and air conditioning are relegated to history. But there are other constants too: love, humor, and old Dan himself, always adapting and inspiring others with dreams of a better life. An ingenious, hilarious, and genre-bending page-turner, Mr. Eternity is multiple novels in one. Together they form an uncommon work -- about our changing planet and its remarkable continuities. 650 0 $a Independent filmmakers $z Key West $z Key West $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Immortality $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Climatic changes $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Environmental ethics $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Global environmental change $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Time travel $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Key West (Fla.) $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Sailors $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Longevity $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Satire. 650 0 $a Historical fiction. 941 $a 6 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20200204084238.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110070138.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191213012212.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006100838.0 952 $l MXPG943 $d 20180720045203.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20160902014740.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A0C13120650911E6BA021E8ADAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWRInitiate Another SILO Locator Search