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Kistenpass
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The autobiographical story about author’s time in Switzerland; published in the fenzine Flurb (http://www.flurb.net/4/4robinson.htm).
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La Costa dei Barbari
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2047: l’America soffre le conseguenze di un attacco nucleare portato a termine in maniera insospettabile da esecutori di nazioni diverse. Da quasi sessant’anni la più grande potenza mondiale è regredita a un’economia di pura sussistenza, e le comunità vivono un’esistenza separata, ristretta ognuna ai propri confini. Lo stato subisce una quarantena mantenuta con ferrea disciplina dalle squadre di sorveglianza militare giapponese e avallata dalle Nazioni Unite. È in questo scenario apocalittico che si svolge la vicenda di Henry Fletcher, un giovane della comunità californiana di San Onofre, che per il suo sostentamento dipende interamente dalla pesca e dai raduni di baratto che si svolgono periodicamente nella valle. Dopo l’arrivo di alcuni viaggiatori di San Diego che hanno osato sfidare la vigilanza dei guardiani giapponesi. Henry viene gradualmente a conoscenza del nuovo mondo e delle sue insidie. La sua guida spirituale è Tom, l’uomo più anziano della valle, sopravvissuto alla catastrofe tristemente nota come II Giorno. La scoperta di un mondo da cui gli americani vengono ingiustamente esclusi, il contatto con gli “stranieri” che vivono a pochi chilometri di distanza, le testimonianze di chi è riuscito a sfuggire alla prigionia in patria trascinano il giovane in un’avventura che segna la fine dell’adolescenza e la transizione verso la maturità, a cui si accompagna la speranza della redenzione per il popolo americano.
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Mother Goddess of the World
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First published in Azimov’s Science Fiction in Oct 1987. Later published as part of Escape from Kathmandu collection (Tor Books, 1989).
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Les martiens
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D’une mission d’entraînement en Antarctique aux terrifiantes tempêtes de sable qui balaient les canyons désolés de la planète rouge, Les Martiens met en scène toute une galerie de personnages ayant joué un rôle dans cette histoire de la colonisation de la planète soeur magistralement décrite par Kim Stanley Robinson dans sa trilogie martienne, d’ores et déjà saluée comme l’un des grands classiques de la science-fiction. Depuis l’épopée des Cent — les premiers explorateurs —, ce sont des générations d’hommes et de femmes qui ont transformé en colonie durable ce qui n’était au départ qu’un avant-poste à l’existence bien ténue. Les expéditions internationales qui se sont succédé ont débouché sur la création d’un monde. Celui-ci a connu une évolution inéluctable, avec son cortège de luttes politiques, de révolutions et de conflits armés. A une époque où la longévité est de l’ordre d’un siècle et demi, Les Martiens raconte l’épopée de générations d’humains vivant aux limites de la frontière ultime, où les paysages façonnés par les hommes sont sans cesse en butte aux monstrueux caprices de la nature. Les Martiens, c’est la chronique épique d’une planète qui représente l’un des recours les plus plausibles de l’humanité. A l’horizon 2050, autrement dit demain…
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Marte azul
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Marte ha crecido. Ha sido completamente terraformado —plantas y animales transgénicos— viven a orillas de los canales y mares tormentosos que han aparecido en los últimos años. Marte es ahora un planeta políticamente independiente. La mayoría de los Primeros Cien están muertos; los que quedan son los Mitos vivientes de los jóvenes marcianos… Mientras tanto la Tierra ha crecido demasiado. Nacionalismo rabioso, recursos naturales escasos… demasiado gente… Marte parece un utopía burlona, un sueño inalcanzable, para vivir, para luchar, tal vez, para morir. Un libro hermoso, para vivirlo por dentro. Que sea cierto.
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Mars la rouge
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Le 21e siècle. Demain. Cinquante hommes et cinquante femmes, représentant les nations majeures et toutes les disciplines scientifiques, embarquent à bord de l’Arès, un immence vaisseau spatial, un micro-monde où ils vont vivre pendant plus d’un an avant d’atteinde Mars, à cent millions de kilomètres de là. Un homme, déjà, a posé le pied sur Mars : John Boone. Héros mythique depuis son retour sur Terre, il s’est porté volontaire pour ce second voyage. Un voyage aller, sans espoir de retour vers la Terre. Car les hommes et les femmes de l’Arès devront aller au-delà de l’exploration. Il devront survivre dans un monde usé, désolé, hostile. Si l’homme ne peut s’y adapter, il faudra adapter Mars à l’homme. Descendre dans ses canyons immenses pour y chercher de la glace. Il faudra ensemencer les vallées où coulèrent des fleuves, il y a des millions d’années. Il faudra inventer de nouvelles villes, avec des matériaux et des concepts nouveaux. Des cités de rêve greffées sur le désert, au flanc des plus grands volcans du système solaire. Il faudra affronter les diférences politiques, religieuses. Recommencer l’Histoire dans un décor nouveau.
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Escape from Kathmandu
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First published in Asimov’s Science Fiction in Sep 1986. Later published as part of Escape from Kathmandu collection (Tor Books, 1989).
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Fifty Degrees Below
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The second of three linked novels set in the strife-torn world of big science, operating out of the corrupt political heart of the developed world. In the interface between big science and big business lies the potential for the absolute destruction or salvation of our world, as new discoveries open ever more remarkable doorways into the future. And while good intentions may underlie the science that leads to these discoveries, human greed, on an individual, political or corporate basis, will always seek a way to exploit each and every new development. Combining superb narrative and beautiful writing, these will not only be highly entertaining thrillers but will also offer the reader a privileged insight into and greater understanding of the bigger picture and how the jigsaw pieces of science, politics and business operate in the modern world. The events of the books will focus on: a science-industrial spy, based in part on the amazing multiple-lives of FBI spy Ronal Hansen; a US patent office lawyer; a venture capitalist; a Washington lobbyist; a Congressional aide; a Buddhist scientist, recently arrived in the West; a Senator and several scientists at a biotech lab outside Washington.
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Forty Signs of Rain
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An elegantly crafted and beguiling novel set in the very near future. Anna Quibler is a technocrat at the National Science Foundation while her husband, Charlie, takes care of their toddler and telecommutes as a legislative consultant to a senator. Their family life is a delight to observe, as are the interactions of the scientists at the NSF and related organizations. When a Buddhist delegation, whose country is being flooded because of climate change, opens an embassy near the NSF, the Quiblers befriend them and teach them to work the system of politics and grants. The Buddhists, in turn, affect the scientists in delightful and unexpectedly significant ways. The characters all share information and theories, appreciating the threat that global warming poses, but they just can’t seem to awaken a sense of urgency in the politicians who could do something about it. (Robinson’s characterizations of politicians are barbed, and often hilarious.) As the scientists focus on the minutiae of their lives, the specter of global warming looms over all, inexorably causing a change here, a change there, until all the imbalances combine to bring about a brilliantly visualized catastrophe that readers will not soon forget. Even as he outlines frighteningly plausible scenarios backed up by undeniable facts, the author charms with domesticity and humor. This beautifully paced novel stands on its own, but it is the first of a trilogy. As readers wait impatiently for the next volume, they will probably find themselves paying closer attention to science, to politics, and to the weather. Won BSFA Award in 2004, Locus Award in 2005.
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Red Mars
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In his most ambitious project to date, award-winning author Kim Stanley Robinson utilizes years of research and cutting-edge science in the first of three novels that will chronicle the colonization of Mars. For eons, sandstorms have swept the barren desolate landscape of the red planet. For centuries, Mars has beckoned to mankind to come and conquer its hostile climate. Now, in the year 2026, a group of one hundred colonists is about to fulfill that destiny. John Boone, Maya Toitavna, Frank Chalmers, and Arkady Bogdanov lead a mission whose ultimate goal is the terraforming of Mars. For some, Mars will become a passion driving them to daring acts of courage and madness; for others it offers and opportunity to strip the planet of its riches. And for the genetic "alchemists, " Mars presents a chance to create a biomedical miracle, a breakthrough that could change all we know about life…and death. The colonists place giant satellite mirrors in Martian orbit to reflect light to the planets surface. Black dust sprinkled on the polar caps will capture warmth and melt the ice. And massive tunnels, kilometers in depth, will be drilled into the Martian mantle to create stupendous vents of hot gases. Against this backdrop of epic upheaval, rivalries, loves, and friendships will form and fall to pieces-for there are those who will fight to the death to prevent Mars from ever being changed. Brilliantly imagined, breathtaking in scope and ingenuity, Red Mars is an epic scientific saga, chronicling the next step in human evolution and creating a world in its entirety. Red Mars shows us a future, with both glory and tarnish, that awes with complexity and inspires with vision.
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Zielony Mars
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Kontynuacja 3-tomowego cyklu o kolonizacji Czerwonej Planety. W pierwszej części, zatytułowanej Czerwony Mars, autor przedstawił technologiczne aspekty ogromnego przedsięwzięcia i jego implikacje społeczne. Bohaterowie drugiej części cyklu przystępują do terraformowania planety. Minęło całe pokolenie, od kiedy pierwsi osadnicy pojawili się na Marsie. Teraz próbują przeobrazić w zielony raj czerwoną, kamienną pustynię. Od tej chwili, niczym za sprawą jakiegoś sekretnego impulsu, wszechogarniająca zielona siła mknęła jak błyskawica i wkrótce cały Mars pulsował już od viriditas. Trzecia część trylogii to Błękitny Mars.
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Дикий берег
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«Калифорнийскую трилогию» известного современного американского фантаста, многократного лауреата высших премий «Хьюго» и «Небюла», открывает роман-предупреждение «Дикий берег».
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