Forty Signs of Rain (Science in the Capital Trilogy, Book 1)
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.74 (524 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B000FC1PZC |
| Format Type | : | |
| Number of Pages | : | 572 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-07-25 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
There a proposal has come in for a revolutionary process that could solve the problem of global warming—if it can be recognized in time. The next year the breakup started in July. With style, wit, and rare insight into our past, present, and possible future, this captivating novel propels us into a world on the verge of unprecedented change—in a time quite like our own. But when a race to control the budding technology begins, the stakes only get higher. Hauntingly realistic, here is a novel of the n
Each of his various viewpoint characters holds a small piece of the puzzle and can see calamity coming, but is helpless before the indifference of the politicians and capitalists who run America. Robinson's tale lacks the drama and excitement of such other novels dealing with global climate change as Bruce Sterling's Heavy Weather and John Barnes's Mother of Storms, but his portrayal of how actual scientists would deal with this disaster-in-the-making is utterly convincing. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FYI:Robin
Thomas O. Gray said Still Robinson, but. Kim Stanley Robinson is a phenomenal writer, but here he's tried to do the impossible: portray the story of catastrophic global warming largely through a handful of deeply realized characters. In some respects, it seems as though he slights the most important character--the Earth. His gift for creating characters has not deserted him, nor his ability to write engaging prose that draws the reader in--Still Robinson, but Thomas O. Gray Kim Stanley Robinson is a phenomenal writer, but here he's tried to do the impossible: portray the story of catastrophic global warming largely through a handful of deeply realized characters. In some respects, it seems as though he slights the most important character--the Earth. His gift for creating characters has not deserted him, nor his ability to write engaging prose that draws the reader in--40 Signs of Rain is a truly enjoyable book to read. 0 Signs of Rain is a truly enjoyable book to read. "Climate Change Here Now" according to Seachranaiche. No one can write this stuff like Robinson. Forty Signs of Rain begins a new trilogy about abrupt climate change. In the book (as in the real world) this is not some vague worry for the future, but something that is going on all around us right now, just waiting for a trigger event before things get really bad. In Forty Signs of Rain, the characters are real people living real lives. They respond to political, environmental, and domestic pressures th. "Vapid, Shallow" according to mtspace. Science fiction has a reputation for being shallow. Even some of its most famous writers such as Asimov wrote books whose principal interest lay in the technological view of the future. In Forty Signs of Rain Robinson has managed to convolve shallow writing, a set of not very empathetic and unfocused characters, and a plot that plods rather tediously to a climax that makes the middle inning stretch of a baseball game seem nail-biting in comparison.