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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

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)
All stars
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it started a little slow and dry in the first few chapters but the character development was soon highly engaging. It turned out to be unexpectedly humourous and fast paced compared to previous books by the author. Loved it.

Gripping

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The New York voices reading this book too me enhanced this stupendous work! You took me on another journey Kim which enhanced my positive feelings for the Future despite the obvious fuck ups to come.
cheers
Steve

New York!

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Engaging epic that shows life and finance in a drowned city and the many lives that are affected by the catastrophe yet thrive in despite of their inter-tidal circumstances. Loved it.

Brilliant tale of finance, and climate disaster.

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KSR wendles his way through a string a super convenient lives optimistically building a political example of our economic deadend. This rendition is great because each narrative is spoken by a different narrator and you get to hear the same characters from different interpretations. I love KSR's language too, in turn poetic and expository slotting into needs of the story, but always languid and non-urgent. Long too, great value for money.

geeky language

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This is like a history lesson of something that hasn't yet happened. What little story there was, went on and on and on...like listening to a teacher in class. I tried so hard to listen to it, as the front cover, title and summary suggest it to be an interesting scenario, but alas, I just kept falling asleep, or my mind kept wandering and I got sick of hitting the rewind button. I could not finish it.

No story

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Normally a great fan of post apocalyptic works but the story line just could not hold my interest. General feel of the book was more about the stock/betting market and less about survival. Maybe it picks up but I gave it over an hour and was bore notably bored and disinterested. Really liked the idea of multiple different narrators though that was a nice surprise but not being American the accent and specific pronunciation of some words of the first one put me off a little too, more than usual.

Could not hold my interest

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Sadly the first Dud book I've had through Audible. Far too much focus on stock market tactics for my taste. It's also the first book I just couldn't finish

Stock.Market Dissertation of Doom

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