BookTalkers: Playground by Richard Powers

Playground by Richard Powers - The lives of four people intersect on the French Polynesian island of Makatea, where a mysterious American consortium plans to launch floating cities into the ocean. This lyrical and intriguing novel by Richard Powers reflects on how innate play is to many species as a way of learning and bonding, and the catastrophic effect human technology (and human nature) can have on the natural world we depend on. 

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