NOMINATED FOR THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL 2018'A towering novel'- Guardian'Relevant and essential'- Bloomberg BusinessweekAs the sea level rose,every street became a canal,every skyscraper an island. For the residents of one apartment building in Madison Square,however,New York in the year 2140 is far from a drowned city. New York Times bestselling author Kim Stanley Robinson delivers a bold and brilliant vision of New York in the next century.'New York may be underwater but it's better than ever'- New Yorker 'Massively enjoyable'- Washington Post'Gripping...so hard to put down' - Business Insider 'A document of hope as much as dread'- Los Angeles Review of Books Novels by Kim Stanley Robinson: Icehenge The Memory of Whiteness A Short,Sharp Shock Antarctica The Years of Rice and Salt Galileo's Dream 2312 Shaman Aurora New York 2140 Red Moon
Publisher: Little,Brown Book GroupISBN: 9780356508788Number of pages: 640Weight: 434 gDimensions: 198 x 131 x 39 mm
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Robinson is one of the world's finest working novelists,in any genre. New York 2140 is a towering novel about a genuinely grave threat to civilisationRobinson seamlessly binds together characters and narrative strands...An immensely enjoyable reading experienceRobinson's writing is so evocative that you can imagine that any one of his paragraphs could feature in the film of the book...a thoughtful,innovative page turnerEven at 600-plus pages,there's a leanness to the prose that keeps the plot moving forwards...Robinson handles setpieces with aplombIt's near impossible to capture the vibrance of the entire city in the span of one single novel,yet Kim Stanley Robinson manages to do just that and moreLike all great sci-fi,New York 2140 is as much inward-looking as it is forward-...Robinson's work has a strong,intelligent social conscienceStarkly beautiful and fundamentally optimisticOnly sci-fi can drown Manhattan and make you want to live thereThis may well be Robinson's masterpiece and is surely the most important piece of sf in years
There have been more than a few environmental catastrophe tales set ina future New York,but possibly none of them have been this interesting
One of the most exciting books in climate change fiction yet written... Both immensely readable and timelyUtterly immersive and unexpectedly hopeful
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