Binding: Paperback
Description: From the internationally bestselling author of the Mars Trilogy and New York 2140 Before Kim Stanley Robinson terraformed Mars he wrote three science fiction novels set in Orange County California where he grew up. These alternate futures one a post - apocalypse one an if - this - goes - on future reminiscent of Philip K. Dick and one an ecological utopia form a whole that illuminates enchants and inspires - - collected here as Three Californias. What if there was a limited nuclear war that left the United States blockaded fragmented the few survivors living in the ruins of a once - great nation? What if this goes on and technology continues to accelerate and power continues to be consolidated into corporate culture a developer's dream world gone mad: an endless sprawl of condos freeways and malls and designer drugs? What if a revolution happens and the US addresses climate change in a responsible way. Is a future green Utopia all that great when you re young and in love? This Tor Essentials edition of Three Californias includes an introduction by Francis Spufford bestselling author of Golden Hill and Red Plenty. Robinson invites us to share his characters intensely personal intensely local attachment to what they have. The result may shame you into entertaining new hope for the future. The New York Times on Pacific Edge
Title: Three Californias The Wild Shore The Gold Coast And Pacific Edge
Author(s): Robinson Kim Stanley
Publisher: Tor Publishing Group
Barcode: 9781250307569
Pages: 896 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 2/4/2020
Series: Three Californias