num_pages: 262
description: "In the year 2084, nearly a half million humans have escaped pollution and overcrowding to live in the hollowed-out asteroids miles above the Earth. For Maryanne O'Hara--born and raised on New New York, one of several orbiting Worlds--the prospect of attending college on the home planet is both frightening and exhilirating. But things are very different down below. Violence, unrest and political fanatacism run rampant. And mixing with the wrong crowd can have serious, sinister and Worlds-shattering consequences."
language: English
title: Worlds
titlecomplete: Worlds
characters: Marianne O'Hara
genres: Science Fiction, Collections, Novels, Thriller, Science Fiction Fantasy, Fiction, Dystopia, Fantasy, Speculative Fiction
ratings_count: 1289
series: Worlds
awards: awardedAt: 378720000000
name: Locus Award
category: Best SF Novel
publisher: Pocket Books/Simon & Schuster