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2312
Written by Kim Stanley Robinson
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Average Score:
88(5)
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.
The first event takes place on Mercury, on the city of Terminator, itself a miracle of engineering on an unprecedented scale. It is an unexpected death, but one that might have been foreseen. For Swan Er Hong, it is an event that will change her life. Swan was once a woman who designed worlds. Now she will be led into a plot to destroy them.
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Book Details
Science Fiction
Hardcover,
576 Pages
Published
by Orbit on May 22, 2012
First Published by Orbit in 2012
ISBN-10 0316098124
ISBN-13 978-0316098120
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Reviews
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Locus Online
| Gary K. Wolfe
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Review Rating: 100
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2312 is as flat-out a celebration of the possibilities of SF as I've seen in years, not only in terms of classic space adventure [...], but in terms of gender evolution, quantum computing and artificial intelligence [...] and ecological catastrophe.
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SF Signal
| Andrew
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Review Rating: 90
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2312 is a brilliant, epic science fiction novel that spans the width of the solar system in an exceptional future.
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The Wertzone
| Adam Whitehead
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Review Rating: 90
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...a credible and somewhat optimistic vision of our future, highly detailed and constantly inventive.
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SF Site
| D. Douglas Fratz
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Review Rating: 80
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[Kim Stanley Robinson] is virtually alone in his ability to create futures -- or alternate pasts -- that are not only interesting, but thought provoking and even inspirational.
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Strange Horizons
| Ernest J. Yanarella
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Review Rating: 80
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Unquestionably, it is an exciting ride and a thought-provoking read.
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