New York 2140
The waters rose, submerging New York City. But the residents adapted and it remained the bustling, vibrant metropolis it had always been. Though changed forever. Every street became a canal. Every skyscraper an island. Through the eyes of the varied inhabitants of one building Kim Stanley...
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The waters rose, submerging New York City. But the residents adapted and it remained the bustling, vibrant metropolis it had always been. Though changed forever. Every street became a canal. Every skyscraper an island. Through the eyes of the varied inhabitants of one building Kim Stanley Robinson shows us how one of our great cities will change with the rising tides. And how we too will change.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780356508764
Publish date: 2017-03-23
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group (Digital)
Pages no: 480
Edition language: English
DNF I made it almost halfway before throwing in the towel.There is nothing happening in the first part of this book. Nothing interesting at least - it's just a bunch of daily vignettes of what are actually very interesting characters when they're not being mired in unnecessary narrative over and ...
I feel like teenage me would have found this deep and interesting. But current me found it such a snoozefest that I only made it a few chapters in. Give me some goddamned characters to follow into your big idea, yo.
DNFI just can't get into this. I don't know if it's the writing style or what, but it's just not holding my attention
“Did you ever read Waiting for Godot? “No.” “Did you ever read Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead?” “No.” “Did you ever read Kiss of the Spider Woman?” “No.” “Did you ever read---“ “Jeff, stop it. I’ve never read anything.” “Some coders read.” “Yeah that’s right. I’ve read The R Cookbook. Also, E...
New York in the early 2140s, some 125 years in the future, is in some ways the same as it always has been - the crowds and the crime and Central Park and the street urchins and the folks trying to make a fast buck (legally or illegally), the immensely rich few bumping up against great masses of much...
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