▁be ▁considered ▁a ▁sub urb ▁of ▁Par ap ara um u ▁or ▁a ▁separate ▁town ▁in ▁its ▁own ▁right . ▁There ▁are ▁no ▁legal ▁definitions ▁for ▁towns ▁in ▁New ▁Zealand . ▁ ▁Kap iti ▁is ▁better ▁described ▁as ▁a ▁comm uter ▁area ▁of ▁Well ington ▁than ▁an ▁independent ▁city . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : Ge ography ▁of ▁the ▁Well ington ▁Region <0x0A> </s> ▁The ▁Three ▁Cal if or ni as ▁Tr il ogy ▁( also ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁Wild ▁Sh ore ▁Tri pty ch ▁and ▁the ▁Orange ▁County ▁Tr il ogy ) ▁consists ▁of ▁three ▁books ▁by ▁Kim ▁Stanley ▁Robinson , ▁which ▁dep ict ▁three ▁different ▁possible ▁fut ures ▁of ▁Orange ▁County , ▁California . ▁ ▁The ▁three ▁books ▁that ▁make ▁up ▁the ▁tr il ogy ▁are ▁The ▁Wild ▁Sh ore , ▁The ▁Gold ▁Coast ▁and ▁Pacific ▁Edge . ▁ ▁Each ▁of ▁these ▁books ▁describes ▁the ▁life ▁of ▁young ▁people ▁in ▁the ▁three ▁very ▁different ▁near - f ut ures . ▁All ▁three ▁nov els ▁begin ▁with ▁an ▁exc av ation ▁which ▁tells ▁the ▁reader ▁about ▁the ▁world ▁they ▁are ▁entering . ▁ ▁Sum mar ies ▁ ▁The ▁Wild ▁Sh ore ▁The ▁Wild ▁Sh ore ▁was ▁Robinson ' s ▁first ▁published ▁novel . ▁The ▁Wild ▁Sh ore ▁( 1 9 8 4 ) ▁is ▁the ▁story ▁of ▁surv iv ors ▁of ▁a ▁nuclear ▁war . ▁The ▁nuclear ▁strike ▁was ▁ 2 , 0 0 0 ▁to ▁ 3 , 0 0 0 ▁neut ron ▁bomb s ▁that ▁were ▁det on ated ▁in