Forty signs of rain
by Kim Stanley Robinson · first published 2003
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The bestselling author of the classic Mars trilogy and The Years of Rice and Salt returns with a riveting new trilogy of cutting-edge science, international politics, and the real-life ramifications of global warming as they are played out in our nation's capital--and in the daily lives of those at the center of the action. Hauntingly realistic, here is a novel of the near future that is inspired by scientific facts already making headlines.When the Arctic ice pack was first measured in the 1950s, it averaged thirty feet thick in midwinter. By the end of the century it was down to fifteen. One
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on “Ask HN: Have you read any good “Cli-Fi” (climate fiction) books?” ↗Recommended reading: Forty Signs of Rain by Kim Stanley Robinson, plus the two other books in that trilogy: Fifty Degrees Below; Sixty Days and Counting.
on “Houston: what are the long-term consequences?” ↗It is more about sea rise than about climate change (that involves far more than just the rise of oceans). Kim Stanley Robinson's Forty Signs of Rain feels more down to the ground, but I suppose that there are plenty of other recent science fiction books about climate change. And Paolo Bacigalupi's The Windup Girl present a more complex world where…
on “The Drowned World” ↗…Mars). An extremely well researched view of how Mars colonization and terraforming might proceed in a realistic way. He also has a trilogy on the possible/likely consequences of runaway global warming (Forty Signs of Rain, Fifty Degrees Below, Sixty Days and Counting) but RGB Mars is definitely better. Edit: "The content of Green Mars and the cover artwork for Red Mars are included on the Phoenix DVD, carried onboard…
on “Ask HN: What sci-fi books are you reading?” ↗Just finished the 'Forty Signs of Rain' series of books that explores Atlantic stream cessation, or at least the ocean circulatory part of that. No spoilers, but I thought it was a little too optimistic in how humanity would respond in a…
on “Collapse of key Atlantic current could have catastrophic impacts” ↗