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2312 (2012)

by Kim Stanley Robinson(Favorite Author)

3.37 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0316098124 (ISBN13: 9780316098120)

languge

English

genre

Science Fiction

publisher

Orbit

review 1: This book has perfect & amazing ideas. The terraces: mindblowing. Terraforming Venus: amazing. Surfing Saturn's rings: breathtaking. However, spending 100 pages in a tunnel was awkward and pointless. Not talking about rogue qubes until halfway through was confusing. This book has amazing concepts, but drones on WAYYYY too long. The first half of the story has no reason to be there. The final concept is a 300 page story, not a 600 page one. Also, NO ONE can relate to the selfish, mentally-scarred, main character. This had so much potential, but KSR blew it.
review 2: Excellent in almost every respect. The one thing that could have been better, in my view, is the pacing of the story -- especially the abrupt solution that all too neatly ties loose ends. The story ... moreis told in fragments and relies on several deus ex machina moments. Other than that, it's erudite and presents a well grounded, plausible future. The depressing projections are science-based, but there's a good dose of technoutopian optimism and pretty wild offshoots in different directions. The worldbuilding is masterful and the characters superb; the solar system is beautifully rendered in words, layered, nuanced, brimming with details; the politics, everyday life, technology, vistas, speculative sociology and ecology... it all adds up to something quite remarkable. Enjoyed every page, re-read many parts twice for sheer joy at Robinson's worldcrafting skills and many erudite asides touching on art, ecology and cosmology. Wonderful fun. less

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