2312: A Novel BOOK REVIEW by Tracy Baim, Windy City Times 2012-07-18: This article shared 5032 times since Wed Jul 18, 2012. The description of the world's, their cultures, their creation are all gorgeous and a real spark for the imagination. "Kim Stanley Robinson Sees Humans Colonizing the Solar System in 2312", "Review: Kim Stanley Robinson's '2312' a masterful, moving vision", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2312_(novel)&oldid=997750237, Nebula Award for Best Novel-winning works, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Swan Er Hong. {"widgetSchema":"dp:widget:","dimensionSchema":"dp:dims:"} 2312 (Book) : Robinson, Kim Stanley : "The year is 2312. From the acclaimed author of New York 2140 and Red Mars, this NYT bestselling novel tells the story of a future where humanity has populated miraculous new habitats engineered across the solar system -- and the one death that triggers a precarious chain of events that could destroy it all. Robinson provides a thoroughly imagined future world in which mankind has occupied most of the solar system. .atwr-toast-cover{position:fixed;left:0;top:0;z-index:10000;width:100%;height:100%;background-color:#FFF;opacity:.5}#atwrToastCover{display:none}.atwr-toast-container{position:fixed;left:50%;z-index:10001;top:50%}.atwr-message-box{font-size:16px;color:#fff;font-weight:700;font-family:arial;-webkit-border-radius:10px;border-radius:10px;background-color:#444c55;position:relative;left:-50%;top:0;text-align:center;margin:auto;opacity:1}.atwr-message-box-size{padding:0}.atwr-message-box-size-spinner{transition-property:padding;transition-duration:.2s;-webkit-transition-property:padding;-webkit-transition-duration:.2s}#atwrFailure,#atwrSuccess{display:none}.atwr-spinner-progress{height:45px;width:89px;background:url(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/udp/mobile/buy-box/atc-spinner.gif) 50% 50% no-repeat}#viewMyBabyRegistryButtonStack{display:none} We donât share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we donât sell your information to others. The basic premise is that the dying earth has seeded the solar system with habitats; enormous hollowed out asteroids forming their basic structure. For Swan Er Hong, it is an event that will change her life. 2312 : a novel. Following the conference, Swan decides to head out to Io to visit another friend of Alex's, called Wang, who has designed one of the largest qubes, or quantum computers. jQuery UI - v1.10.3 - 2013-05-03 Swan was once a woman who designed worlds. 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[5] Slate Magazine and the Guardian both reviewed 2312, with Slate praising the book as "brilliant" while the Guardian criticized the book's ending as "contrived". }); background: url("https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/amazonui/loading/loading-4x._V1_.gif") 50% 50% no-repeat; 2312 (2012) marks Robinson's return to writing future science fiction in outer space after his famous Mars trilogy (1992-1996). The novel won the 2013 Nebula Award for Best Novel.[1]. 2312 is a science fiction novel by American writer Kim Stanley Robinson, published in 2012. 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