The Rift (Williams novel)
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The Rift (Williams novel)
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The Rift is a 1999 science fiction novel by American writer Walter Jon Williams. It concerns the effects of a massive earthquake in the US states of Missouri, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Largely using the 1811-12 New Madrid earthquake as a base, he depicts the breakdown of infrastructure that would result if an earthquake of equal magnitude were to occur today. The title of the novel is a double-entendre. It is a reference to the theory that the New Madrid quake was the result of a failed "rifti
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1999 novel by Walter Jon Williams
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