2312 a novel

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. Humans are transcending evolution and are becoming gender-combined chimera. The novel is set in the year 2312, in the great city of Terminator on Mercury, which is built on gigantic tracks in order to constantly stay in the planet's habitable zone near the terminator. #govtRebatePopoverTrigger .a-icon-popover{display:none}#govtRebatePreloadContent{padding:2rem;height:100%;overflow-x:auto}.dp-apl-govt-rebate-prom-badge{background-color:#e31820;display:inline-block;color:#fff;font-weight:700;padding-top:1px;padding-left:4px;padding-right:4px}.apl_type_border_dotted{border-style:solid;border-color:#eda93a!important;background-color:#eda93a;border-radius:2px;border-width:1px;text-align:center;display:inline-block;width:35px}.apl_tip_title_m{display:inline-block}.apl_type{font-size:1.4rem;color:#fff}.apl_m_title{display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:middle}.apl_non_badge{display:inline-block;margin-bottom:5px}.apl_m_atf_message{max-width:50%;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;vertical-align:middle;white-space:nowrap;color:#0066c0!important;font-weight:700}.apl_m_atf_message_more{vertical-align:middle}.apl_trigger{cursor:pointer}.apl_redeem_hide{display:none}.apl_l_black{color:#000!important}.apl_badgeHvaCoupon_redeemed{vertical-align:top!important;padding-top:5px!important}.apl_m_atf_ajax_header{margin-left:1.4rem;margin-right:1.4rem;padding-bottom:.9rem;border-bottom:1px solid #ddd;position:relative}.apl_m_atf_ajax_header .a-spinner{position:absolute;right:.6rem;bottom:11px}.apl_m_atf_ajax_container{padding-top:0!important}.apl_redeem_hide{display:none}.apl_m_m{max-width:100%;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap}.apl_topic{font-size:20px!important;height:25px!important;line-height:25px!important}.apl_m_font_title{color:#000;font-weight:700}.apl_m_font_message{color:#000}.apl_state_font{font-size:1.8rem!important}.apl_state_font_day{font-size:1.8rem!important;color:#B12704!important}.apl_state_font_day_expire{color:#B12704!important}.apl_state_padding form{margin-bottom:0!important}.apl_td{padding:10px 0 10px 0!important;border-style:none none dashed;border-width:1px;border-color:#ddd}.apl_td1{padding:10px 0 10px 0!important}.apl_divider{margin-bottom:12px;padding-right:15px}.apl_notice{font-size:14px;line-height:22px}.apl_column{margin-left:-15px}.apl_guide{font-weight:700;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;margin-right:.2em;font-size:120%}.apl_div_line_height{margin-top:.6rem!important}.apl_image_ul{display:table;width:100%;height:70px;text-align:center;margin:13px 0 13px 0}.apl_image_ul li{list-style:none;display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.apl_image_div{width:70px;height:70px;display:inline-block;position:relative}.apl_image_div img{position:absolute;margin:auto;left:0;right:0;top:0;bottom:0}.apl_image_left{text-align:right}.apl_image_bundle{width:50px;text-align:center;margin:0 10px 0 10px;font-weight:700;color:#A5A3A3}.apl_image_right{text-align:left}.apl_m_atf_message{color:#0066c0!important}.apl_m_font_title{color:#000}.apl_m_font_message{color:#000}.dp-apl-govt-rebate-prom-section{padding-bottom:10px}#govtRebateLoaderDiv{margin:auto;left:0;right:0;position:fixed} Influential and deceased scientist and diplomat. "In his vibrant, often moving new novel, 2312, Robinson's extrapolation is hard-wired to a truly affecting personal love story. Capitalism has been replaced by a planned economy described as based on the mondragon concept controlled by the quantum computers, but on Earth there are still remnants of the market system. I'm a big fan of Kim Stanley Robinson. 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. â2312â is a hard science fiction novel that is packed with interesting characters, beautiful story and advanced science rules. Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2019. The characters were dislikeable, the plot appeared to be non-existent, and the use of ridiculous language to describe highly unbelievable situations and scenarios rendered the entire 30% of the book that I managed to trawl through on my Kindle one of the most unpleasant recent literary experiences that I can recall. (window.AmazonUIPageJS ? 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The novel won the 2012 Nebula Award for â¦ The characters are bland. New York Times bestseller and winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus awards. #multiple-dfl-offers{border-radius:.3rem;border-color:#adb1b8 #a2a6ac #8d9096;border-style:solid;border-width:.1rem;position:relative;width:100%;padding:1rem 2.7rem 1rem 1rem}#multiple-dfl-offers .dfl-arrow{position:absolute;top:50%;right:16px;margin-top:-5.5px}#multiple-dfl-offers .currencyINR{background-position-x:0}#multiple-dfl-offers .dfl-widget.dfl-primary-peak-offer{height:60px}.dfl-primary-peak-offer{margin-left:45px;margin-right:10px}.dfl-primary-peak-offer.dfl-offer-content{height:40px;overflow:hidden}.dfl-special-offer{color:#b12704;font-weight:700}#dfl-more-offers{color:#0066c0;white-space:nowrap}.dfl-offer-footer{color:#0066c0;white-space:nowrap} The Hugo and Nebula nominated and New York Times bestselling novel. Is it supposed to show the influence of our texting culture? Roughly every third chapter seems like it was intended to have been done with bullet points (no formatting, no punctuation, incomplete sentences). But in this year, 2312, a sequence of events will force humanity to confront its past, â¦ 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. The lists and asides were mainly dull and uninformative, trying to take it into the realms of hardcore sci-fi, but the story was too easy to read and too coherent to be considered such. .a-button.a-button-primary.primary-fresh-btn-flat,.a-button.primary-fresh-btn-flat{background:#b5d25e}.a-button.a-button-primary.primary-fresh-btn-flat.a-button-focus,.a-button.a-button-primary.primary-fresh-btn-flat:focus,.a-button.primary-fresh-btn-flat.a-button-focus,.a-button.primary-fresh-btn-flat:focus{box-shadow:0 0 3px 2px 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