2312 is a thrilling space opera and winner of the Nebula Award for Best Novel, from the bestselling author Kim Stanley Robinson
'Kim Stanley Robinson is one of science fiction's greats . . . fans of the Mars books will delight in this novel; new readers will be astonished by the depth, breadth and power of Robinson's invention' - SUNDAY TIMES
'Polymathic, visionary brilliance' - FINANCIAL TIMES
Winner of the 2013 Nebula Award for Best Novel
The year is 2312. Scientific advances have opened gateways to an extraordinary future. Earth is no longer our only home; new habitats have been created throughout the solar system, on moons, planets and in between. But in 2312, a sequence of events will force humanity to confront our past, present and future.
The first event takes place on Mercury, in the city of Terminator, itself a miracle of engineering on an unprecedented scale. For Swan Er Hong, it will change her life. Once a designer of worlds, now Swan will be led into a plot to destroy them.
2312 is a bold vision of humanity's future and a compelling portrait of those individuals who will shape its events.
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
This is a grand tour of an intensely imagined interplanetary future of modified human beings, terraformed planets, experiments in economics and sociology and hundreds of other delights. All of it is in Robinson's eloquent, enthusiastic and inimitable prose MORNING STAR UK
Nominiert: Hugo Award, 2013.
Nominiert: Nebula Science Fiction and Fantasy Awards, 2013.
Nominiert: Arthur C Clarke Awards, 2013.
Nominiert: BSFA Award, 2013.
Nominiert: The John W Campbell Memorial Award, 2013
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,
2312,
Aurora and
New York 2140. 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.
Über den Autor
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, 2312, Aurora and New York 2140. 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.
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NOMINATED FOR THE HUGO, NEBULA, BSFA AND ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARDS
The year is 2312. Scientific and technological advances have opened gateways to an extraordinary future. Earth is no longer humanity's only home; new habitats have been created throughout the solar system on moons, planets and in between. But in this year, 2312, a sequence of events will force humanity to confront its past, its present and its future.
'Intellectually engaged and intensely humane' Iain M. Banks
'Kim Stanley Robinson is one of science fiction's greats . . . fans of the Mars books will delight in this novel; new readers will be astonished by the depth, breadth and power of Robinson's invention' Sunday Times
'Capacious and marvellous future-history' Guardian
'Blends mystery and suspense with lyrical evocation of a complex future' Sunday Telegraph
'A novel of ideas that also sets out to be tremendous fun' Independent
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