New York 2140

De: Kim Stanley Robinson

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

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.

Reseñas de la Crítica

"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

"The tale is one of adventure, intrigue, relationships, and market forces.... The individual threads weave together into a complex story well worth the read."

—Booklist

"In this both heartening and dismaying vision of a peri-apocalyptic world, human greed (of course) is the villain, to which the only counteragent is the tenacity and resolve of the human spirit."—Financial Times

"New York 2140 truly is a document of hope as much as dread."—Los Angeles Review of Books

"A rousing tribute to the human spirit." —San Francisco Chronicle on Aurora

"The thrilling creation of plausible future technology and the grandness of imagination...magnificent."—Sunday Times on Aurora

"[Robinson is] a rare contemporary writer to earn a reputation on par with earlier masters such as Isaac Asimov or Arthur C. Clarke." —Chicago Tribune on Aurora

"If Interstellar left you wanting more, then this novel might just fill that longing."—io9 on Aurora

"Aurora may well be Robinson's best novel...breaks us out of our well-ingrained, supremely well-rehearsed habits of apocalypse - and lets us see the option of a different future than permanent, hopeless standoff."—Los Angeles Review of Books on Aurora

An important message from the future

Kim Stanley Robinson is, in my opinion, the best author of adult science fiction writing today. His books are consistently well written, logically structured and exciting. They are not action books, per se, although they take place in response to major events. They are not about a heroic individual, yet unexpected characters do commit heroic acts.

Robinson's books, especially New York 2140, tell us of better ways to live our lives and relate to our fellow humans. This is not a dystopian novel. He does present horrific and/or challenging events we may already be facing, and then shows us how we can overcome them together. Is there a higher calling for science fiction than giving us faith in the future?

New York 2140 has just the right mixture of futurism and current social issues. In the book, many people a hundred years hence have reordered their lives to socialize more and to be less isolated. The many major characters that we meet all have important contributions to make which are needed to solve serious problems confronting everyone.

Good science fiction shines a light on our current day lives. That is exactly what New York 2140 does. If you only read one scifi book this year, make it this one. And, think about organizing a reading group to discuss, and spread the word, about all the food-for-thought served up in this delicious book.

great product horrible political overtones

Readers did a fantastic job however the political overtones in the authors uncanny faith in the government To control financial markets and other facets of daily life provida unrealistic and horribly leftist view of and utopian futuristic Society

Always Interesting

So far ahead of all the thinkers I hear. I’m an admirer of all his books. I’ve read many. It difficult to think of listening to anyone else. This one had multiple readers. I liked that, also. I’m off to the next adventure!

Really Provocative

Ever had a dinner plate brought to you that had so much food it could feed the whole table? I sort of felt this way about the book. The really meaty parts of the story were really amazing and thought provoking in a way I didn't expect! I loved it, but it was way longer than it needed to be to tell that story, in my opinion. I felt my mind wandering in and out of the less engaging parts, only to get tugged hard back in when the afterburner kicked in again. It's very worth your time though and almost feels like it has a revolutionary manifesto potential!!

Terrific book

Loved this book. Long and intricate but interesting throughout. I thought it would be dystopian but it ended up as a really positive view of our possible future.