New York 2140, Kim Stanley Robinson
New York 2140, Kim Stanley Robinson
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New York 2140

Author: Kim Stanley Robinson

Narrator: Suzanne Toren, Robin Miles, Peter Ganim, Jay Snyder, Caitlin Kelly, Michael Crouch, Ryan Vincent Anderson, Christopher Ryan Grant, Robert Blumenfeld

Unabridged: 22 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Orbit

Published: 03/14/2017


Synopsis

New York Times bestselling author Kim Stanley Robinson returns with a bold and brilliant vision of New York City in the next century.

As the sea levels rose, every street became a canal. Every skyscraper an island. For the residents of one apartment building in Madison Square, however, New York in the year 2140 is far from a drowned city.

There is the market trader, who finds opportunities where others find trouble. There is the detective, whose work will never disappear -- along with the lawyers, of course.

There is the internet star, beloved by millions for her airship adventures, and the building's manager, quietly respected for his attention to detail. Then there are two boys who don't live there, but have no other home -- and who are more important to its future than anyone might imagine.

Lastly there are the coders, temporary residents on the roof, whose disappearance triggers a sequence of events that threatens the existence of all -- and even the long-hidden foundations on which the city rests.

About Kim Stanley Robinson

New York Times bestselling author Kim Stanley Robinson was born in 1952. A native Californian, he is the author of the Nebula and Hugo Award-winning Mars trilogy, as well as the 2016 winner of the Robert A. Heinlein Award bestowed for outstanding published works in science fiction and technical writings that inspire the human exploration of space. This award is in recognition of Mr. Robinson's body of work, which includes more than fifteen novels-including his groundbreaking Mars novels-and over forty short stories.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Melanie on April 27, 2017

ARC provided by Hachette in exchange for an honest review. All of the skyscrapers in the year 2140 are like miniature islands from the extremely elevated sea levels due to the effects of global warming. This book is a two year look into the residence of a very famous skyscraper complex in New York Ci......more

Goodreads review by Bradley on May 04, 2017

This is a novel of great and towering ideas, indeed! SF idea novels have a long and fantastic tradition in SF and I'll be honest: I love them all. It's a very specific and niche SF, but thank the heavens, Robinson made it big enough in people's estimations to be able to keep writing the fantastically......more

Goodreads review by Philip on January 04, 2019

2.5ish stars. An epic slice-of-life story. Is that too big of a contradiction? It's a behemoth and I don't think it really needs to be. I feel like I still would have caught Robinson's vision and adequately understood all of the relevant points with about 200 fewer pages. The future vision of New Yor......more

Goodreads review by KWinks on March 22, 2017

While it is not fair to call this a slugfest, it's pretty close. There were entire sections (*cough* Franklin and *cough* citizen) that made me want to stab my eyes out in sheer boredom, other sections went speedily, entertainingly well! I loved the boys, Roberto and Stefan. I really liked Vlade. Th......more

Goodreads review by Rachel (TheShadesofOrange) on January 02, 2025

4.5 Stars This was a fantastic chunky science fiction novel exploring a possible future for New York city. Told through a mosaic of voices, this novel often reads like a series of vignettes. Normally this kind of fragmented narrative wouldn't work for me, but I loved this one. I'm only familiar with......more


Quotes

"New York may be underwater, but it's better than ever."—The New Yorker

"Relevant and essential."—Bloomberg Businessweek

"Science fiction is threaded everywhere through culture nowadays, and it would take an act of critical myopia to miss the fact that 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

"Kim Stanley Robinson envisions a future that's closer than we like to think."—NPR Books

"An exploration of human resilience in the face of extreme pressure...starkly beautiful and fundamentally optimistic visions of technological and social change in the face of some of the worst devastation we might bring upon ourselves."— The Conversation

"As much a critique of contemporary capitalism, social mores and timeless human foibles, this energetic, multi-layered narrative is also a model of visionary worldbuilding."—RT Book Reviews (Top Pick!)

"The thriller Robinson unspools in that flooded city is gripping on its own merits. But it's the radical imagination of the book that makes it so hard to put down."—Business Insider

"Massively enjoyable"—The Washington Post

"Robinson has established himself as the great humanist of speculative fiction."—Village Voice

"A thoroughly enjoyable exercise in worldbuilding, written with a cleareyed love for the city's past, present, and future."—Kirkus