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Winner of the 2013 Nebula Award for best novel.

The year is 2312. Scientific advances have opened gateways to an extraordinary future. Earth is no longer our only home; new habitats have been created throughout the solar system, on moons, planets and in between. But in 2312, a sequence of events will force humanity to confront our past, present and future.

The first event takes place on Mercury, in the city of Terminator, itself a miracle of engineering on an unprecedented scale. For Swan Er Hong, it will change her life. Once a designer of worlds, now Swan will be led into a plot to destroy them.

2312 is a bold vision of humanity's future and a compelling portrait of those individuals who will shape its events.

©2012 Kim Stanley Robinson (P)2012 Hachette Audio UK Hard Science Fiction Science Fiction Space Opera Fiction Solar System

Critic reviews

"Kim Stanley Robinson is one of science fiction's greats...fans of the Mars books will delight in this novel; new readers will be astonished by the depth, breadth and power of Robinson's invention." (Sunday Times)

"Polymathic, visionary brilliance." (Financial Times)
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Apart from the author’s odd obsessive hatred of China throughout all of their books, including this 1, this has been an incredible read!

Certainly for giving us a glimpse of a potential post-capitalist world. No utopia but a realistic communist civilisation expanding out into the stars!

Amazing view of a post-capitalist future!

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…but not the best of the author’s work. I love the way it forms part of his interconnected world of possible future events, and there are so many good ideas.
But the world building and ideas were a lot stronger than the plot, which at times felt like a vehicle to explore the world, rather than being something thrusting things forward organically.
Narrator was Ok but a bit wooden (ie good for the AI characters, but less good for the humans!!;-))

Great world building and very interesting…

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Sprawling, ambitious, convincing… such a good read. I was longing for total immersion and this was just right.

Brilliant imagining, fantastic characters

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Enjoyed this story however as a non-Chinese living in China long term I did find myself cringing a bit at the narrator’s mispronunciations. It didn’t detract much from the overall enjoyment though. Well read.

Good story

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This is an incredibly Long and incredibly boring book. The characters are ridiculous who you learn to hate. DO NOT BOTHER!

Totally rubbish

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