The Ministry for the Future - Kim Stanley Robinson

Descriere The Ministry for the Future - Kim Stanley Robinson

\nONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2020 \n \nIf I could get policymakers, and citizens, everywhere to read just one book this year, it would be Kim Stanley Robinson's The Ministry for the Future. --Ezra Klein \n \nFrom legendary science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson comes a remarkable vision of climate change over the coming decades. \n \nThe Ministry for the Future is a masterpiece of the imagination, using fictional eyewitness accounts to tell the story of how climate change will affect us all. Its setting is not a desolate, postapocalyptic world, but a future that is almost upon us--and in which we might just overcome the extraordinary challenges we face. \n \nIt is a novel both immediate and impactful, desperate and hopeful in equal measure, and it is one of the most powerful and original books on climate change ever written. \n \nThe best science fiction-nonfiction novel I've ever read. --Jonathan Lethem, Vanity Fair \n \nA breathtaking look at the challenges that face our planet in all their sprawling magnitude and also in their intimate, individual moments of humanity. --Booklist (starred) \n \nA sweeping, optimistic portrait of humanity's ability to cooperate in the face of disaster. This heartfelt work of hard science-fiction is a must-read for anyone worried about the future of the planet. --Publishers Weekly (starred) \n \nThe Ministry for the Future ranks among Robinson's best recent works, a collection of actions and observations that adds up to more than the sum of its eclectic and urgent parts. --Sierra \n \n \nAlso by Kim Stanley Robinson: \nRed Moon \nNew York 2140 \n2312 \nAurora \nShaman \nONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2020 If I could get policymakers, and citizens, everywhere to read just one book this year, it would be Kim Stanley Robinson's The Ministry for the Future. --Ezra Klein From legendary science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson comes a remarkable vision of climate change over the coming decades. The Ministry for the Future is a masterpiece of the imagination, using fictional eyewitness accounts to tell the story of how climate change will affect us all. Its setting is not a desolate, postapocalyptic world, but a future that is almost upon us--and in which we might just overcome the extraordinary challenges we face. It is a novel both immediate and impactful, desperate and hopeful in equal measure, and it is one of the most powerful and original books on clima

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