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New York 2140

By: Kim Stanley Robinson
Narrated by: Caitlin Kelly, Christopher Ryan Grant, Jay Snyder, Michael Crouch, Peter Ganim, Robert Blumenfeld, Robin Miles
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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.

©2017 Kim Stanley Robinson (P)2017 Little Brown Science Fiction Fiction New York

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Critic reviews

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'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)
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Another billrillant Kim Stanley Robinson book but with great narrators. Listening to it was a great experience

Solid all round.

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It wasn't a bad book, by any means, but it was bloated with meandering side plots that didn't benefit the story, half baked characters and unnecessary and clunky chapters by 'the citizen' which I'm guessing was meant to provide context or something? To me it just broke the flow of the story.

Good, but too bloated to be great

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Different narrators for the different narratives seemed like a good idea at first but ends up becoming an annoying distraction as they start to intertwine.

One narrator would be better.

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really enjoyed this book. a hopeful future! I recommend that you give it a go if you really like scifi

Awesome

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One of the best books I've ever read. I listened to it months ago and came back to write this because it continues to resonate. Well researched with interesting characters that feel so real and human. Well read too with a group of readers.

Perfect.

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