Kim Stanley Robinson is a New York Times bestselling author and winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus awards. He is the author of more than twenty books, including the bestselling Mars trilogy and the critically acclaimed Forty Signs of Rain, The Years of Rice and Salt and 2312. In 2008, he was named a "Hero of the Environment" by Time magazine, and he works with the Sierra Nevada Research Institute. He lives in Davis, California.
"[A] gutsy, humane view of a near-future Earth...Robinson
masterfully integrates the practical details of environmental
crises and geoengineering projects into a 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) on The Ministry for the
Future
"Score a point for the audacity of hope....Robinson digs deep into
how, with institutional support and some off-the-books black ops,
revolutionary ideas could still seize our world."--Shelf Awareness
on The Ministry for the Future
"Reading Robinson -- whether his books are set on Mars or in the
future or 30,000 years in the past -- is a pure delight."--Vox, on
The Ministry for the Future
"The 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 on
The Ministry for the Future
"So far, the best descriptions of what this new world could be like
come from Kim Stanley Robinson, a science-fiction author who
specializes in depicting the kinds of delights that a world that
took our predicament seriously might produce."--The New Yorker on
The Ministry for the Future
"If there's any book that hit me hard this year, it was Kim Stanley
Robinson's The Ministry for the Future, a sweeping epic
about climate change and humanity's efforts to try and turn the
tide before it's too late."--Polygon (Best of the Year) on The
Ministry for the Future
"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... Robinson is one of the greatest living science
fiction writers."--Ezra Klein on The Ministry for the Future
"[A] compelling work of speculative fiction about solving the
climate crisis around the world... This story is heavy but
important. Be prepared to lose sleep as you won't want to pause for
anything."--AudioFile on The Ministry for the Future
"In The Ministry for the Future, his twentieth novel,
science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson creates something truly
remarkable."--Yale Climate Connections on The Ministry for the
Future
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