It’s a long one, so we’re covering it in two parts. Today, we’re talking about Kim Stanley Robinson’s novel New York 2140. You’re listening to Stories for Earth, a podcast about everything climate change in pop culture. I’m Forrest Brown, and you’re listening to Stories for Earth. His latest novel, The Ministry for the Future, was published in fall 2020. He holds a BA in literature from UC San Diego, an MA in English from Boston University, and a PhD in English from UC San Diego, and he has taught at UC Davis and the Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers’ Workshop. Clarke Awards for his literary contributions to science fiction. The author of over 19 books and numerous short stories, Robinson has been awarded the Hugo, Nebula, and Arthur C. His books frequently incorporate themes of climate change, sustainability, nature, environmental justice, and critiques of capitalism. Born in Waukegan, Illinois in 1952, Robinson moved to Southern California as a child but has also lived in Washington, D.C. Kim Stanley Robinson is a literary science fiction writer from Davis, California. 'About this title' may belong to another edition of this title.About the creator By Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, 'A thoroughly enjoyable exercise in worldbuilding, written with a cleareyed love for the city's past, present, and future.'― Kirkus 'Robinson has established himself as the great humanist of speculative fiction.'― Village Voice 'Massively enjoyable'― The Washington Post But it's the radical imagination of the book that makes it so hard to put down.'― Business Insider 'The thriller Robinson unspools in that flooded city is gripping on its own merits. 'As much a critique of contemporary capitalism, social mores and timeless human foibles, this energetic, multi-layered narrative is also a model of visionary worldbuilding.'― RT Book Reviews (Top Pick!) 'An exploration of human resilience in the face of extreme pressure.starkly beautiful and fundamentally optimistic visions of technological and social change in the face of some of the worst devastation we might bring upon ourselves.'― The Conversation 'Kim Stanley Robinson envisions a future that's closer than we like to think.'― NPR Books New York 2140 is a towering novel about a genuinely grave threat to civilisation.'― Guardian 'Science fiction is threaded everywhere through culture nowadays, and it would take an act of critical myopia to miss the fact that Robinson is one of the world's finest working novelists, in any genre. 'Relevant and essential.'― Bloomberg Businessweek

'New York may be underwater, but it's better than ever.'― The New Yorker

New York 2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson