Kim Stanley Robinson is a New York Times bestseller 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.
" In his vibrant, often moving new novel, "2312," Robinson's
extrapolation is hard-wired to a truly affecting personal love
story. [...] Perhaps Robinson's finest novel, "2312" is a treasured
gift to fans of passionate storytelling; readers will be with Swan
and Wahram in the tunnel long after reaching the last page."--LA
Times
"2312 is a monumental tour-de-force that re-imagines the solar
system in ways no one has envisioned before. Whether comparing the
compositions of Beethoven to those of skylarks and warblers, or
describing a life-threatening sunrise on Mercury, Robinson fills
2312 with joy and exuberance, danger and fear, and the steadily
mounting suspense of a mystery that spans the planets. This is the
finest novel yet from the author who gave us the Mars Trilogy and
GALILEO'S DREAM. An amazing accomplishment."--Robert Crais
"A seriously composed and compelling novel about prehistoric
life...some of the most intelligent entertainment you can
find."--NPR Books
"A thrilling journey through an age of ice and stone - one of Kim
Stanley Robinson's best!"--Greg Bear
"Intellectually engaged and intensely humane in a way SF rarely is,
exuberantly speculative in a way only the best SF can be, this is
the work of a writer at or approaching the top of his game."--Iain
M. Banks on 2312
"Robinson's expert world building and lyrical prose offer Jack
London-esque pleasures as they depict the stark beauties of the icy
landscape - it's desolation, dangers and the desperate choices it
forces people to make when pushed to the edge of existence. Richly
detailed."--Kirkus
"Robinson's extraordinary completeness of vision results in a
magnificently realized, meticulously detailed future in which
social and biological changes keep pace with technological
developments."--Publishers Weekly on 2312
"The novel is an amazing piece of recreation, vividly evoking the
deprivations, animalistic beliefs and day-to-day struggles of a
primitive tribe."--Financial Times (UK)
"This book proves once again that Robinson's fascination with the
human condition and mankind's journey transcends easy genre
labels...Despite all his previous accolades, this may be Robinson's
best work to date, focused so sharply as it is on the simplest way
of being human."--Library Journal
"This novel bears the markings of Robinson's consummate skill with
a sort of anthropological fiction...Spectacular world
building."--Booklist
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