Aurora
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Published:7th Apr '16
Should be back in stock very soon
'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