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Aurora

Kim Stanley Robinson author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group

Published:7th Apr '16

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'What a saga! Scifi with honest, complex humanity, physics, biology, sociology' - Tom Hanks

'Aurora is a magnificent piece of writing, certainly Robinson's best novel since his mighty Mars trilogy, perhaps his best ever' - Guardian

Our voyage from Earth began generations ago.

Now, we approach our destination.

A new home.

Aurora.

Brilliantly imagined and beautifully told, Aurora is the work of a writer at the height of his powers.

'An accessible novel packed with big ideas, wonders, jeopardy and, at the end, a real emotional punch' SFX

'Aurora is Robinson's best book yet . . . Heart-wrenching, provocative'
Scientific American

'Kim Stanley Robinson is one of science fiction's greats'
Sunday Times

Novels by Kim Stanley Robinson:

Icehenge
The Memory of Whiteness
A Short, Sharp Shock
Antarctica
The Years of Rice and Salt
Galileo's Dream
2312
Shaman
Aurora
New York 2140
Red Moon

A rousing tribute to the human spirit. -- SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
[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
Humanity's first trip to another star is incredibly ambitious, impeccably planned and executed on a grand scale in Aurora. -- SPACE.COM
This is hard SF the way it's mean to be written: technical, scientific, with big ideas and a fully realized society. Robinson is an acknowledged sf master-his Mars trilogy and his stand-alone novel 2312 (2012) were multiple award winners and nominees-and this latest novel is sure to be a big hit with devoted fans of old-school science fiction. -- BOOKLIST
Amagnificent piece of writing . . . perhaps his best ever -- Guardian
Another masterpiece of future-building from Robinson . . . compelling drama * Financial Times *

The kind of speculation that he is quite brilliant at . . . Magnificent

* Sunday Times *
An accessible novel packed with big ideas, wonders, jeopardy and, at the end, a real emotional punch * SFX *
Aurora is Robinson's best book yet . . . Heart-wrenching, provocative * Scientific American *
The best book I read in 2015 * Cory Doctorow *
This ambitious hard SF epic shows Robinson at the top of his game * Publishers Weekly - starred review *
If Interstellar left you wanting more, then this novel might just fill that longing * io9.com *
Robinson creates an absolutely convincing population of generations yielding to generations . . . [A] near-perfect marriage of the technical and the psychological * NPR Books *

  • Short-listed for John W. Campbell Memorial Award 2016 (UK)

ISBN: 9780356500485

Dimensions: 198mm x 126mm x 38mm

Weight: 340g

512 pages