Kim Stanley Robinson

A major new novel from one of science fiction's most powerful voices, AURORA tells the incredible story of our first voyage beyond the solar system. Brilliantly imagined and beautifully told, it is the work of a writer at the height of his powers. Our voyage from Earth began generations ago. Now, we approach our new home. AURORA.

In his most ambitious project to date, award-winning author Kim Stanley Robinson utilizes years of research and cutting-edge science in the first of a trilogy chronicling the colonization of Mars. For eons, sandstorms have swept the desolate landscape. For centuries, Mars has beckoned humans to conquer its hostile climate. Now, in 2026, a group of 100 colonists is about to fulfill that destiny. John Boone, Maya Toitavna, Frank Chalmers and Arkady Bogdanov lead a terraforming mission. For some, Mars will become a passion driving them to daring acts of courage and madness. For others it offers an opportunity to strip the planet of its riches. For the genetic alchemists, it presents a chance to create a biomedical miracle, a breakthrough that could change all we know about life and death. The colonists orbit giant satellite mirrors to reflect light to the surface. Black dust sprinkled on the polar caps will capture warmth. Massive tunnels, kilometers deep, will be drilled into the mantle to create stupendous vents of hot gases. Against this backdrop of epic upheaval, rivalries, loves and friendships will form and fall to pieces—for there are those who will fight to the death to prevent Mars from ever being changed. Brilliantly imagined, breathtaking in scope and ingenuity, Red Mars is an epic scientific saga, chronicling the next step in evolution, creating a world in its entirety. It shows a future, with both glory and tarnish, that awes with complexity and inspires with vision.

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.

It is 2140. The waters rose, submerging New York City. But the residents adapted and it remained the bustling, vibrant metropolis it had always been. Though changed forever. Every street became a canal. Every skyscraper an island. Through the eyes of the varied inhabitants of one building, Kim Stanley Robinson shows us how one of our great cities will change with the rising tides. And how we too will change.

It is the fourteenth century and one of the most apocalyptic events in human history is set to occur - the coming of the Black Death. History teaches us that a third of Europe's population was destroyed. But what if? What if the plague killed 99 percent of the population instead? How would the world have changed? This is a look at the history that could have been: a history that stretches across centuries, a history that sees dynasties and nations rise and crumble, a history that spans horrible famine and magnificent innovation. These are the years of rice and salt.

The red planet is red no longer, as Mars has become a perfectly inhabitable world. But while Mars flourishes, Earth is threatened by overpopulation and ecological disaster. Soon people look to Mars as a refuge, initiating a possible interplanetary conflict, as well as political strife between the Reds, who wish to preserve the planet in its desert state, and the Green "terraformers". The ultimate fate of Earth, as well as the possibility of new explorations into the solar system, stand in the balance

Established in 2025, the purpose of the new organization was simple: To advocate for the world's future generations and to protect all living creatures, present and future. It soon became known as the Ministry for the Future, and this is its story. From legendary science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson comes a vision of climate change unlike any ever imagined. Told entirely through fictional eye-witness accounts, The Ministry for the Future is a masterpiece of the imagination, the story of how climate change will affect us all over the decades to come. 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.

Nearly a generation has passed since the first pioneers landed, but the transformation of Mars to an Earthlike planet has just begun. The plan is opposed by those determined to preserve the planet's hostile, barren beauty. Led by rebels like Peter Clayborne, these young people are the first generation of children born on Mars. They will be joined by original settlers Maya Toitovna, Simon Frasier, and Sax Russell. Against this cosmic backdrop, passions, rivalries, and friendships explode in a story as spectacular as the planet itself.

A “sublime” and “radically original” exploration of the Sierra Nevadas, the best mountains on Earth for hiking and camping, from New York Times bestselling novelist Kim Stanley Robinson (Bill McKibben, Gary Snyder). Kim Stanley Robinson first ventured into the Sierra Nevada mountains during the summer of 1973. He returned from that encounter a changed man, awed by a landscape that made him feel as if he were simultaneously strolling through an art museum and scrambling on a jungle gym like an energized child. He has returned to the mountains throughout his life—more than a hundred trips—and has gathered a vast store of knowledge about them. The High Sierra is his lavish celebration of this exceptional place and an exploration of what makes this span of mountains one of the most compelling places on Earth.Over the course of a vivid and dramatic narrative, Robinson describes the geological forces that shaped the Sierras and the history of its exploration, going back to the indigenous peoples who made it home and whose traces can still be found today. He celebrates the people whose ideas and actions protected the High Sierra for future generations. He describes uniquely beautiful hikes and the trails to be avoided. Robinson’s own life-altering events, defining relationships, and unforgettable adventures form the narrative’s spine. And he illuminates the human communion with the wild and with the sublime, including the personal growth that only seems to come from time spent outdoors.The High Sierra is a gorgeous, absorbing immersion in a place, born out of a desire to understand and share one of the greatest rapture-inducing experiences our planet offers. Packed with maps, gear advice, more than 100 breathtaking photos, and much more, it will inspire veteran hikers, casual walkers, and travel readers to prepare for a magnificent adventure.

An early novel from Science Fiction legend Kim Stanley Robinson, The Memory of Whiteness is now available for the first time in decades. In 3229 A.D., human civilization is scattered among the planets, moons, and asteroids of the solar system. Billions of lives depend on the technology derived from the breakthroughs of the greatest physicist of the age, Arthur Holywelkin. But in the last years of his life, Holywelkin devoted himself to building a strange, beautiful, and complex musical instrument that he called The Orchestra. Johannes Wright has earned the honor of becoming the Ninth Master of Holywelkin's Orchestra. Follow him on his Grand Tour of the Solar System, as he journeys down the gravity well toward the sun, impelled by a destiny he can scarcely understand, and is pursued by mysterious foes who will tell him anything except the reason for their enmity.

All three volumes of the worldwide bestselling Mars trilogy.Mars – the barren, forbidding planet that epitomises mankind’s dreams of space conquest.From the first pioneers who looked back at Earth and saw a small blue star, to the first colonists – hand-picked scientists with the skills necessary to create life from cold desert – Red Mars is the story of a new genesis. It is also the story of how Man must struggle against his own self-destructive mechanisms to achieve his dreams: before he even sets foot on the red planet, factions are forming, tensions are rising and violence is brewing… for civilization can be very uncivilized.

„O epopee tumultuoasă despre schimbările climatice și despre eforturile umanității de a schimba cursul evenimentelor înainte de a fi prea târziu.“ Polygon Una dintre cărțile preferate ale lui Barack Obama De la scriitorul vizionar al TRILOGIEI MARTE, o imagine tulburător de verosimilă a unui viitor iminent În baza Acordului climatic de la Paris din 2025, se creează Ministerul pentru Viitor, ce are ca misiune apărarea tuturor ființelor vii, prezente și viitoare. Însă, la scurt timp, un val de căldură lovește India și provoacă moartea a douăzeci de milioane de persoane. Frank May, unul dintre puținii supraviețuitori ai catastrofei, și Mary Murphy, care conduce Ministerul pentru Viitor, caută soluții pentru ca omenirea să facă față provocărilor aduse de schimbările climatice. Alături de ei, activiști, refugiați și oameni de știință povestesc despre cum le-au fost afectate viețile de criza ecologică și propun inovații din ecologie, economie și politică, pentru a crea un viitor mai bun. Soluțiile există, însă aplicarea lor nu e ușoară, fiindcă întregul mod de viață al oamenilor trebuie pus sub semnul întrebării. Iar eforturile de azi vor da rezultate abia peste zeci sau chiar sute de ani. „Robinson integrează cu măiestrie detaliile practice ale crizelor de mediu și proiectele de geoinginerie într-un portret cuprinzător și optimist al capacității omenirii de a coopera în fața dezastrelor. Această capodoperă de science-fiction adevărat trebuie neapărat citită de toți cei care își fac griji în legătură cu viitorul planetei noastre.“ Publishers Weekly „Dacă i-aș putea convinge pe politicienii și pe cetățenii de pretutindeni să citească o carte anul acesta, atunci aceea ar fi Ministerul pentru Viitor.“ Ezra Klein „În al doisprezecelea an de secetă continuă, orașul nostru a rămas fără apă. Desigur, am fost avertizați că așa se va întâmpla, dar chiar și în perioadele de secetă se întâmplă să mai cadă câțiva stropi de ploaie, însă prin strategia de conservare și asolament în agricultură, prin construirea de noi rezervoare și conducte către bazine hidrografice îndepărtate și prin săparea unor fântâni și mai adânci, și prin toate celelalte eforturi, am reușit întotdeauna să ne descurcăm cumva. Și toată treaba asta ne-a făcut să credem că va merge tot așa. Dar în septembrie a avut loc un cutremur, nu foarte puternic, dar aparent suficient încât să miște ceva în stratul acvifer de sub noi și foarte repede toate fântânile au secat, iar rezervoarele erau deja goale; bazinele hidrografice învecinate conectate la sistemele noastre printr-o conductă au secat și ele. În ziua de 11 septembrie 2034 nu a mai curs nici o picătură de apă din robinete.“

The bestselling author of the classic Mars trilogy and The Years of Rice and Salt returns with a riveting new trilogy of cutting-edge science, international politics, and the real-life ramifications of global warming as they are played out in our nation’s capital—and in the daily lives of those at the center of the action. Hauntingly realistic, here is a novel of the near future that is inspired by scientific facts already making headlines.When the Arctic ice pack was first measured in the 1950s, it averaged thirty feet thick in midwinter. By the end of the century it was down to fifteen. One August the ice broke. The next year the breakup started in July. The third year it began in May. That was last year.It’s an increasingly steamy summer in the nation’s capital as Senate environmental staffer Charlie Quibler cares for his young son and deals with the frustrating politics of global warming. Charlie must find a way to get a skeptical administration to act before it’s too late—and his progeny find themselves living in Swamp World. But the political climate poses almost as great a challenge as the environmental crisis when it comes to putting the public good ahead of private gain. While Charlie struggles to play politics, his wife, Anna, takes a more rational approach to the looming crisis in her work at the National Science Foundation. 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. But when a race to control the budding technology begins, the stakes only get higher. As these everyday heroes fight to align the awesome forces of nature with the extraordinary march of modern science, they are unaware that fate is about to put an unusual twist on their work—one that will place them at the heart of an unavoidable storm. 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. Here is Kim Stanley Robinson at his visionary best, offering a gripping cautionary tale of progress—and its price—as only he can tell it.From the Hardcover edition.

2047: for 60 years America has been quarantined after a devastating nuclear attack. For the small community of San Onofre on the West Coast, life is a matter of survival: living simply on what the sea and land can provide, preserving what knowledge and skills they can in a society without mass communications. Until the men from San Diego arrive, riding the rails on flatbed trucks and bringing news of the new American Resistance. And Hank Fletcher and his friends are drawn into an adventure that marks the end of childhood...

Marte rojo es la primera parte de la trilogía marciana de Kim Stanley Robinson; una novela de ciencia ficción ganadora del premio Nébula y del British Science Fiction Award, y elogiada por Arthur C. Clarke como la mejor novela sobre la colonización de Marte jamás escrita. La novela narra la historia de los primeros 35 años de vida humana en Marte, desde 2026 hasta 2061; la historia seguirá en Marte verde, y posteriormente en Marte azul, abarcando en estos dos libros, el período posterior a 2061. Esta historia se relata desde los ojos de algunos de los integrantes del primer grupo que pisara la superficie del planeta rojo con intención de quedarse, compuesto por cien personas de distintos países (en especial estadounidenses y rusos, pero también algún japonés, español, e incluso jamaicano). Este grupo se denomina en el libro "Los Primeros Cien" y entre ellos está también el primer hombre que pisara Marte, John Boone. El libro está dividido en ocho partes, cada una de las cuales está contada desde el punto de vista de uno de "Los Primeros Cien", centrándose especialmente en sus acciones, sentimientos e ideologías contrapuestas.

Od przybycia pierwszych kolonistów minęło kilkadziesiąt lat. Dorosło już pierwsze pokolenie dzieci narodzonych na Marsie. Przemiana niegościnnej planety w świat podobny do Ziemi dopiero się jednak rozpoczęła. Powierzchnię Marsa zaczynają pokrywać porosty, atmosfera staje się zdatna do oddychania, tworzą się pierwsze zbiorniki wodne… Wśród kolonistów jednakże wciąż trwają spory – są grupy, które chcą zachować pierwotne, surowe piękno planety, są też grupy owładnięte żądzą pieniądza, które bezwzględnie dążą do eksploatacji jej zasobów. Dzieci Marsa, którym przewodzi Peter Clayborne, walczą z bezdusznymi korporacjami pragnącymi zbić majątek na terraformacji. Do rebeliantów dołączają niektórzy przedstawiciele Pierwszej Setki – Maja Tojtinowa, Simon Frazier, Sax Russell.

Przez stulecia zimny, nieprzystępny, targany huraganowymi wiatrami Mars fascynował ludzkość. W końcu udało się zorganizować misję mająca na celu kolonizacje i terraformację Czerwonej Planety. Na podbój Marsa wyrusza grupa 100 starannie wyselekcjonowanych osób. Różnią się wiekiem, wykształceniem, specjalizacją, narodowością, światopoglądem. Razem stanowią fundament, na którym oprze się przyszłość planety. Ich celem jest uczynienie Marsa zdatnym do życia, przekształcenie go w drugi dom dla mieszkańców przeludnionej, targanej konfliktami i brakiem surowców Ziemi. Wyposażeni w najnowszą technologię koloniści muszą zmierzyć się nie tylko z ekstremalnymi warunkami panującymi na powierzchni planety. Różne wizje, plany, motywacje członków załogi sprawiają, że nawet w obliczu tak wzniosłego celu, to nie przyroda staje się największym zagrożeniem dla sukcesu ich misji, ale oni sami - podzieleni na frakcje, skonfliktowani, wiedzeni zawiścią, zaślepieni wykluczającymi się wzajemnie ideami. Na tle epickich wydarzeń, manifestacji potęgi ludzkiego rozumu i technologii, obserwujemy akty odwagi, poświecenia, ale też i intrygi, spiski, zdrady. Dla jednych Mars to tylko źródło zysku, inni gotowi są oddać życie, by nigdy się nie zmienił.

American Fred Fredericks is making his first trip, his purpose to install a communications system for China's Lunar Science Foundation. But hours after his arrival he witnesses a murder and is forced into hiding. It is also the first visit for celebrity travel reporter Ta Shu. He has contacts and influence, but he too will find that the moon can be a perilous place for any traveler. Finally, there is Chan Qi. She is the daughter of the Minister of Finance, and without doubt a person of interest to those in power. She is on the moon for reasons of her own, but when she attempts to return to China, in secret, the events that unfold will change everything - on the moon, and on Earth.