2312
2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson is a reprint edition published by Orbit on June 5, 2018, featuring 608 pages in English. This novel explores a future where humanity has established remarkable habitats across the solar system, driven by scientific and technological advancements. The narrative begins with a pivotal death on Mercury that sets off a chain of events with the potential to unravel the intricate fabric of these new societies.
Readers will find a richly imagined world where the complexities of human existence are examined against the backdrop of space opera and hard science fiction. The story follows Swan Er Hong, a former world designer whose life is irrevocably altered by the unfolding events. As she becomes embroiled in a conspiracy that threatens the very habitats humanity has created, the novel delves into themes of action and adventure, prompting reflections on humanity’s past, present, and future.
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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.
Winner of the Nebula Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
The year is 2312. Scientific and technological advances have opened gateways to an extraordinary future. Earth is no longer humanity’s only home; new habitats have been created throughout the solar system on moons, planets, and in between. But in this year, 2312, a sequence of events will force humanity to confront its past, its present, and its future.
The first event takes place on Mercury, on the city of Terminator, itself a miracle of engineering on an unprecedented scale. It is an unexpected death, but one that might have been foreseen. For Swan Er Hong, it is an event that will change her life. Swan was once a woman who designed worlds. Now she will be led into a plot to destroy them.
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