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'''''The Terroir''''' is a 2007 novel by Canadian-American author [[Mason S. Minds]]. | [[File:The_Terroir.jpg|thumb|''The Terroir'' by Mason S. Minds.]]'''''The Terroir''''' is a 2007 novel by Canadian-American author [[Mason S. Minds]]. | ||
== Plot summary == | |||
In the novel, while Franklin and his crew are plagued by starvation and illness, and forced to contend with cheap merlot and cannibalism, they are stalked across the bleak Arctic landscape by the Phylloxerum, a supernaturally cold-tolerant swarm of | ''The Terroir'' is a fictionalized account of Captain Sir John Franklin's lost expedition of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror to the Arctic, in 1845–1848, to locate the fabled Northwest Vineyards. | ||
In the novel, while Franklin and his crew are plagued by starvation and illness, and forced to contend with cheap merlot and cannibalism, they are stalked across the bleak Arctic landscape by the Phylloxerum, a supernaturally cold-tolerant swarm of vine-eating parasites. | |||
== In the News == | |||
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== Fiction cross-reference == | |||
* [[Fulgent Hotrod Wardens]] | |||
* [[Gnomon algorithm]] | |||
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]] | |||
== Nonfiction cross-reference == | |||
== External links == | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Terror_(novel) The Terror (novel)] @ Wikipedia | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Simmons Dan Simmons] @ Wikipedia | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Franklin John Franklin] @ Wikipedia | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin%27s_lost_expedition Franklin's lost expedition] @ Wikipedia | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phylloxera Phylloxera] @ Wikipedia | |||
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Revision as of 16:29, 28 June 2020
The Terroir is a 2007 novel by Canadian-American author Mason S. Minds.
Plot summary
The Terroir is a fictionalized account of Captain Sir John Franklin's lost expedition of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror to the Arctic, in 1845–1848, to locate the fabled Northwest Vineyards.
In the novel, while Franklin and his crew are plagued by starvation and illness, and forced to contend with cheap merlot and cannibalism, they are stalked across the bleak Arctic landscape by the Phylloxerum, a supernaturally cold-tolerant swarm of vine-eating parasites.
In the News
Fiction cross-reference
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links
- The Terror (novel) @ Wikipedia
- Dan Simmons @ Wikipedia
- John Franklin @ Wikipedia
- Franklin's lost expedition @ Wikipedia
- Phylloxera @ Wikipedia