The Great Hydration

{{Short description|2002 novel by Barrington J. Bayley}}

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| author = Barrington J. Bayley

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| country = United States

| language = English

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| genre = Science fiction

| publisher = Wildside Press

| release_date = 2002 (Print on demand), April 2005

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| media_type = Print (Hardcover and Paperback)

| pages = 132

| isbn = 1-59224-103-4

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The Great Hydration is a science fiction novel by English writer Barrington J. Bayley. The book, his last one, was written in 1998 and first published as a print on demand edition in 2002. The book features the illegal traders Krabbe and Bouche, the first humans to reach the planet of Tenacity, as they proceed to destroy the planet's anhydrous economy in an attempt to make a quick profit.