Now she will be led into a plot to destroy them. The rest of the book is much good to read. Swan was once a woman who designed worlds. 2312 is a bold vision of humanity's future and a compelling portrait of those individuals who will shape its events. Title: 2312 Author: Kim Stanley Robinson Released: Language: Pages: 672 ISBN: 0316098116 ISBN13: 978-0316098113 ASIN: 0316098116 Last five years ago i m currently reading other books about the subject. For Swan Er Hong, it is an event that will change her life. However, 2312 does build up, only with small, but significant sections. Often times, it's difficult to place exactly where the climax is coming from, as events necessarily build toward a specific point. 2312 is a bold vision of humanitys future and a compelling portrait of those individuals who will shape its events. It is an unexpected death, but one that might have been foreseen. 2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson RELEASE DATE: Another textbook disguised as a novel: the first of a projected trilogy from Robinson ( Galileo's Dream, 2009, etc.) set in a future similar to that envisioned in his Mars trilogy from the 1990s. Kim Stanley Robinson books are typically slow-burning, and 2312 is no exception. The first event takes place on Mercury, on the city of Terminator, itself a miracle of engineering on an unprecedented scale. But in this year, 2312, a sequence of events will force humanity to confront its past, its present, and its future. Earth is no longer humanity's only home new habitats have been created throughout the solar system on moons, planets, and in between. 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. Scientific and technological advances have opened gateways to an extraordinary future. 2312 is a monumental tour-de-force that re-imagines the solar system in ways no one has envisioned before. Winner of the Nebula Award for Best Science Fiction Novel The year is 2312. From the acclaimed author of New York 2140 and Red Mars, this NYT bestselling novel tells the story of a future where humanity has populated miraculous new habitats engineered across the solar system-and the one death that triggers a precarious chain of events that could destroy it all.

2312 by kim stanley robinson