New York 2140 - Softcover

Robinson, Kim Stanley

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0356508781 ISBN 13: 9780356508788

Publisher: Orbit, 2018

Synopsis

NOMINATED FOR THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL 2018

'A towering novel' - Guardian

'Relevant and essential' - Bloomberg Businessweek

As 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

About this title

Product Description:

The waters rose, submerging New York City.But the residents adapted and it remained the bustling, vibrant metropolis it had always been. Though changed forever.Every street became a canal. Every skyscraper an island.Through the eyes of the varied inhabitants of one building Kim Stanley Robinson shows us how one of our great cities will change with the rising tides.And how we too will change.

Review:

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 civilisation (GUARDIAN)

Robinson seamlessly binds together characters and narrative strands . . . An immensely enjoyable reading experience (SciFiNow)

Robinson'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 turner (STARBURST)

Even at 600-plus pages, there's a leanness to the prose that keeps the plot moving forwards . . . Robinson handles setpieces with aplomb (SFX)

It'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 more (NEWSWEEK)

Like all great sci-fi, New York 2140 is as much inward-looking as it is forward- . . . Robinson's work has a strong, intelligent social conscience (GQ)

Starkly beautiful and fundamentally optimistic (THE CONVERSATION)

Only sci-fi can drown Manhattan and make you want to live there (BLOOMBERG BUSINESS WEEK)

This may well be Robinson's masterpiece and is surely the most important piece of sf in years (MORNING STAR)

There have been more than a few environmental catastrophe tales set in
a future New York, but possibly none of them have been this interesting

(LOCUS)

About this edition

• Publisher: Orbit
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0356508781
• ISBN 13: 9780356508788
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 640