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NOMINATED FOR THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL 2018

''A towering novel'' - Guardian

''Relevant and essential'' - Bloomberg Businessweek


As the sea level rose, every street became a canal, every skyscraper an island. For the residents of one apartment building in Madison Square, however, New York in the year 2140 is far from a drowned city.

New York Times bestselling author Kim Stanley Robinson delivers a bold and brilliant vision of New York in the next century.

''New York may be underwater but it''s better than ever'' - New Yorker

''Massively enjoyable'' - Washington Post

''Gripping . . . so hard to put down'' - Business Insider

''A document of hope as much as dread'' - Los Angeles Review of Books


Novels by Kim Stanley Robinson:

Icehenge
The Memory of Whiteness
A Short, Sharp Shock
Anta

Trade Review
Robinson is one of the world's finest working novelists, in any genre. New York 2140 is a towering novel about a genuinely grave threat to civilisation -- GUARDIAN
Robinson seamlessly binds together characters and narrative strands . . . An immensely enjoyable reading experience * SciFiNow *
Robinson's writing is so evocative that you can imagine that any one of his paragraphs could feature in the film of the book . . . a thoughtful, innovative page turner -- STARBURST
Even at 600-plus pages, there's a leanness to the prose that keeps the plot moving forwards . . . Robinson handles setpieces with aplomb -- SFX
It's near impossible to capture the vibrance of the entire city in the span of one single novel, yet Kim Stanley Robinson manages to do just that and more -- NEWSWEEK
Like all great sci-fi, New York 2140 is as much inward-looking as it is forward- . . . Robinson's work has a strong, intelligent social conscience -- GQ
Starkly beautiful and fundamentally optimistic -- THE CONVERSATION
Only sci-fi can drown Manhattan and make you want to live there -- BLOOMBERG BUSINESS WEEK
This may well be Robinson's masterpiece and is surely the most important piece of sf in years -- MORNING STAR

There have been more than a few environmental catastrophe tales set in
a future New York, but possibly none of them have been this interesting

-- LOCUS
One of the most exciting books in climate change fiction yet written... Both immensely readable and timely -- LITHUB
Utterly immersive and unexpectedly hopeful -- RT BOOK REVIEWS

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      Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
      Publication Date: 08/03/2018
      ISBN13: 9780356508788, 978-0356508788
      ISBN10: 0356508781

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      NOMINATED FOR THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL 2018

      ''A towering novel'' - Guardian

      ''Relevant and essential'' - Bloomberg Businessweek


      As the sea level rose, every street became a canal, every skyscraper an island. For the residents of one apartment building in Madison Square, however, New York in the year 2140 is far from a drowned city.

      New York Times bestselling author Kim Stanley Robinson delivers a bold and brilliant vision of New York in the next century.

      ''New York may be underwater but it''s better than ever'' - New Yorker

      ''Massively enjoyable'' - Washington Post

      ''Gripping . . . so hard to put down'' - Business Insider

      ''A document of hope as much as dread'' - Los Angeles Review of Books


      Novels by Kim Stanley Robinson:

      Icehenge
      The Memory of Whiteness
      A Short, Sharp Shock
      Anta

      Trade Review
      Robinson is one of the world's finest working novelists, in any genre. New York 2140 is a towering novel about a genuinely grave threat to civilisation -- GUARDIAN
      Robinson seamlessly binds together characters and narrative strands . . . An immensely enjoyable reading experience * SciFiNow *
      Robinson's writing is so evocative that you can imagine that any one of his paragraphs could feature in the film of the book . . . a thoughtful, innovative page turner -- STARBURST
      Even at 600-plus pages, there's a leanness to the prose that keeps the plot moving forwards . . . Robinson handles setpieces with aplomb -- SFX
      It's near impossible to capture the vibrance of the entire city in the span of one single novel, yet Kim Stanley Robinson manages to do just that and more -- NEWSWEEK
      Like all great sci-fi, New York 2140 is as much inward-looking as it is forward- . . . Robinson's work has a strong, intelligent social conscience -- GQ
      Starkly beautiful and fundamentally optimistic -- THE CONVERSATION
      Only sci-fi can drown Manhattan and make you want to live there -- BLOOMBERG BUSINESS WEEK
      This may well be Robinson's masterpiece and is surely the most important piece of sf in years -- MORNING STAR

      There have been more than a few environmental catastrophe tales set in
      a future New York, but possibly none of them have been this interesting

      -- LOCUS
      One of the most exciting books in climate change fiction yet written... Both immensely readable and timely -- LITHUB
      Utterly immersive and unexpectedly hopeful -- RT BOOK REVIEWS

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