Love science fiction? Then I highly recommend the writing of Kim Stanley Robinson. His novel, New York 2140 caught my eye a few weeks ago and after devouring it, I was hooked. The title tells us where and when, but the story is amazing.
Mr. Robinson keeps his readers engrossed in the adventures of two water rats living in a Venice-like New York City in the year 2140, while simultaneously juggling stories about the angst of a young stock broker who trades in an index based on changes in sea level, a police officer seeking to solve a major crime, a couple of technology geeks, a union activist, and a video celebrity turned champion of human and animal rights, among others.
I’m currently reading his book, 2312, and am so thoroughly immersed in Robinson’s world that I’m dreaming of life within a mobile city on Mercury. Not only have all the planets in our solar system been terraformed to accommodate human life, but so have their moons and a good number of asteroids.
Robinson has an amazing technical imagination, and I’m left wondering if his writing might prompt scientists to explore the viability of some of his ideas. I certainly hope someone is taking notes.
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It caught my eye too, as I love science fiction based on … possbile projections into the future. I’ll put Mr Robinson in my bucket list. By the way, in my opinion the most exciting science fiction nowadays is connected to climate change scenarios.
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The two books of his I’ve read are predicated on rising sea levels and severe climate change. 2312 is fascinating in that he describes how planets and even asteroids have been terraformed to support immigrants from earth.
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So I’ll go to the two first ones for the moment. Thanks for bringing them to my attention 🙂
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Let me know what you think after reading them.
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Will do!
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How funny–I bought 2312 for my boyfriend for Christmas, because I know he loves sci-fi, and he just found it depressing. He did mention there were some interesting technological ideas in there. The quest for good book gifts for him continues….
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Has he read John Scalzi? His Old Man’s War series is terrific. Or Howey’s silo series?
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All right!! More books for me to look for! Thank you kindly 🙂
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And Scalzi is a hoot! I follow him on twitter.
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Gotta love funny writers 🙂
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Oh, and on Twitter he is brutally anti-trump! One more reason to adore him.
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