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Kim Stanley Robinson (sopuli.xyz)
submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/sciencefiction
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I read Kim's Mars trilogy years ago and liked it. I decided to pick up The Ministry of the Future a couple days ago. It's very different, and without any spoilers, I have to say it's made me hate humanity even more than I already did. If you haven't read it, it's a near-future climate disaster book. Well written, interesting structure, and just pissing me off. I'm about halfway through it, so maybe it'll swing the other way in the second half.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I think the "ran out of steam" is a good way to describe it. I'll probably end up reading a couple more of his books, but it won't be for some years, and many, many other books, from now.

[–] Zombiepirate 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Maybe try Shaman, it's pretty different from his other stuff. Although I'm pretty biased, I love every KSR book I've read.

[–] MrsDoyle 3 points 8 months ago

Thumbs up for Shaman. I got the strong impression that KSR ran around in the woods at night naked to research that book. Some really interesting speculation on Neanderthals too.