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The Ministry for the Future
The Ministry for the Future

The Ministry for the Future

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Kim Stanley Robinson
Kim Stanley Robinson
2020 • 563 pages

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Established in 2025, the purpose of the new organisation 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.Also by Kim Stanley Robinson:Red MoonNew York 21402312AuroraShaman

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  • Fantasy
  • Science fiction

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Seasloth
James R@Seasloth

There were parts that were quite thought-provoking, but both as a book and a process for how we get to that future it was underwhelming.

September 15, 2021
greggish
Greg@greggish

At least someone tried.

February 10, 2023
bigjizz420
J@bigjizz420

absurdly optimistic and i think it tried to sell me an nft

June 30, 2022
Jvdh
John@Jvdh

Smart and important but also long and boring. The “novel with bits of educational content throughout“ format doesn't really work. Mostly because the novel part isn't very interesting. On the other hand, it does pack ten times more interesting ideas than the average novel.

April 9, 2021

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