''Flare'' is a

science fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel unive ...

novel by American writers Roger Zelazny and

Thomas Thurston Thomas Thomas Thurston Thomas (born 1948), also writing as Thomas T. Thomas and Thomas Wren, is primarily a science fiction author. Thomas was born in Summit, New Jersey, in 1948. He attended Warren Area High School and graduated in 1966. He then atte ...

, published in 1992. ''Flare'' describes the world as it may be in 2081, and the effects a future inter-planetary civilization would suffer if a solar flare occurred after almost 100 years without any solar activity. The book takes a scientific approach to the idea, including almost no tangible story line. It is broken into short segments which describe different people in various places suffering from the effects of the solar flare.

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* Novels by Roger Zelazny Novels by Thomas T. Thomas 1992 American novels Collaborative novels 1992 science fiction novels American science fiction novels 2081 {{1990s-sf-novel-stub