The Ministry for the Future
A Novel
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From legendary science-fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson comes a remarkable vision of climate change over the coming decades.
The Ministry for the Future is a masterpiece of the imagination, using fictional eyewitness accounts to tell the story of how climate change will affect us all. Its setting is not a desolate, post-apocalyptic world, but a future that is almost upon us - and in which we might just overcome the extraordinary challenges we face.
It is a novel both immediate and impactful, desperate and hopeful in equal measure, and it is one of the most powerful and original books on climate change ever written.
One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2020
"If I could get policymakers, and citizens, everywhere to read just one book this year, it would be Kim Stanley Robinson’s The Ministry for the Future." (Ezra Klein)
"The best science fiction-nonfiction novel I’ve ever read." (Jonathan Lethem, Vanity Fair)
"A breathtaking look at the challenges that face our planet in all their sprawling magnitude and also in their intimate, individual moments of humanity." (Booklist, starred)
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- Red Moon
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- Aurora
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Critic reviews
"Science-fiction visionary Kim Stanley Robinson makes the case for quantitative easing our way out of planetary doom." (Bloomberg Green)
"[A] gutsy, humane view of a near-future Earth.... Robinson masterfully integrates the practical details of environmental crises and geoengineering projects into a sweeping, optimistic portrait of humanity's ability to cooperate in the face of disaster. This heartfelt work of hard science-fiction is a must-read for anyone worried about the future of the planet." (Publishers Weekly, starred)
"A breathtaking look at the challenges that face our planet in all their sprawling magnitude and also in their intimate, individual moments of humanity." (Booklist)
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- Georgiana Keable
- 10-09-23
Daring and visionary
This is not a normal book. It's a brilliantly researched stab at imagining humanity might survive. One narrator is lamentable but I was able to put up with her, even got quite fond of her terrible reading at last. Thanks so much for a book that is actually relevant and activating for our Endgame times.
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- Simon Kallioinen
- 09-02-23
An important book
Maybe this is not great literature, but it is a book of great ideas and of great relevance.
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- Andrei Gabriel Alexandru
- 18-06-22
The different voices narrating are annoying
The Indian accent and the Russian accent narrators are down right annoying. The editors of this audiobook have not earned their fees. The content is relevant and captivating to a degree but the sporadic way different stories are told, alternating characters can be sometimes annoying and confusing.
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