Fallen Angels Author:Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, Michael Flynn Baen Books (c) 1991 — Publication date July 1991 First Edition — It all happened so fast... One minute the two space Hab astronauts were scoop-diving the atmosphere, the next they'd been shot down over the North Dakota Glacier and were the object of a massive manhunt by the United States Government. That government, dedicated to saving the environ... more »ment from evils of technology, had been voted into power because everybody knew that the Green House Effect had to be controlled, whatever the cost. But who would have thought that the cost of ending pollution would include not only total government control of day-today life, but the onset of a new Ice Age? Stranded in the anti-technological heartland o f America, Paralyzed by Earth's gravity, the "Angels" had no way back to the Space Habs, the last bastions of high technology and intellectual freedom on or over the Earth. But help was on its way, help from the most unlikely sources... Join the #1 national bestsellers Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, and Michael Flynn in the world where civilization is on the ropes, and the environmentalist have created their own worst nightmare. A world of fallen angels.« less
This was the first science fiction book I ever read and it really got me hooked on the possibilities of our future. A failed attempt to prevent global warming has created a man-made ice age!