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The Hugo and Nebula nominated and New York Times bestselling novel.
The year is 2312. Scientific and technological advances have opened gateways to an extraordinary future. Earth is no longer humanity's only home; new habitats have been created throughout the solar system on moons, planets, and in between. But in this year, 2312, a sequence of events will force humanity to confront its past, its present, and its future.

The first event takes place on Mercury, on the city of Terminator, itself a miracle of engineering on an unprecedented scale. It is an unexpected death, but one that might have been foreseen. For Swan Er Hong, it is an event that will change her life. Swan was once a woman who designed worlds. Now she will be led into a plot to destroy them.
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The Hugo and Nebula nominated and New York Times bestselling novel.
The year is 2312. Scientific and technological advances have opened gateways to an extraordinary future. Earth is no longer humanity's only home; new habitats have been created throughout the solar system on moons, planets, and in between. But in this year, 2312, a sequence of events will force humanity to confront its past, its present, and its future.

The first event takes place on Mercury, on the city of Terminator, itself a miracle of engineering on an unprecedented scale. It is an unexpected death, but one that might have been foreseen. For Swan Er Hong, it is an event that will change her life. Swan was once a woman who designed worlds. Now she will be led into a plot to destroy them.
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Hardcover (576 pages)
Published: May 22, 2012
Publisher: Orbit
Imprint: Orbit
ISBN: 9780316098120
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  • October 31, 2012
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    Four stars instead of three because this book is a dazzling work of imagination. Four stars instead of five because so much in terms of characters' motivation is unexplained and so much that is explained does not drive the action forward. If this had been written as a new trilogy instead of one big book, it might have had more narrative power, and I might be saying that I loved this book instead of that I was impressed by it.

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    Four stars instead of three because this book is a dazzling work of imagination. Four stars instead of five because so much in terms of characters' motivation is unexplained and so much that is explained does not drive the action forward. If this had been written as a new trilogy instead of one big book, it might have had more narrative power, and I might be saying that I loved this book instead of that I was impressed by it.


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  • August 15, 2012
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    2312, Kim Stanley RobinsonI struggled to rate this as three stars. There were parts of the story that I wanted to give five stars but much of the book deserved 1 star. It was not the story, but rather the writing style that bothered me. Robinson took a great story and wrapped it in a lot of unnecessary junk. He had chapters of lists and random walks that detracted from the story and came off very gimmicky. Sometimes you feel that an author does not take the time to develop the plot or the characters, this was not Robinsons problem. He took the first 250 pages to develop the characters and set up the plot, 250 PAGES. At that point I still was not sure just what was going on and where the story was going. Having said that I really enjoyed the book. I liked the characters and the plot. The thing that most impressed me, and what drew me to the book originally, was the vision of people living on other planets and other bodies throughout the solar system. The idea of a city on tracks on Mercury that is always located just before dawn is incredible. I can just close my eyes and imagine being there, longing to be there. I contained a love story and the struggle of a character to understand who they were and what their life meant. I found that fascinating and worthwhile to experience.I don't think I can highly recommend this book because it is way too long and needs a brutal editing job. However, having read through it, I don't feel I wasted my time. I am better for having experienced it.

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    2312, Kim Stanley RobinsonI struggled to rate this as three stars. There were parts of the story that I wanted to give five stars but much of the book deserved 1 star. It was not the story, but rather the writing style that bothered me. Robinson took a great story and wrapped it in a lot of unnecessary junk. He had chapters of lists and random walks that detracted from the story and came off very gimmicky. Sometimes you feel that an author does not take the time to develop the plot or the characters, this was not Robinsons problem. He took the first 250 pages to develop the characters and set up the plot, 250 PAGES. At that point I still was not sure just what was going on and where the story was going. Having said that I really enjoyed the book. I liked the characters and the plot. The thing that most impressed me, and what drew me to the book originally, was the vision of people living on other planets and other bodies throughout the solar system. The idea of a city on tracks on Mercury that is always located just before dawn is incredible. I can just close my eyes and imagine being there, longing to be there. I contained a love story and the struggle of a character to understand who they were and what their life meant. I found that fascinating and worthwhile to experience.I don't think I can highly recommend this book because it is way too long and needs a brutal editing job. However, having read through it, I don't feel I wasted my time. I am better for having experienced it.


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  • August 03, 2012
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    It was OK. The plot meandered a bit too much, and kept being pushed to the background so we could follow the adventures of Swan and Wahram. (I would have preferred more plot time.) As with other KS Robinson I have read, this one joyfully describes an almost utopian space age, even with its petty political intrigues, a utopia where traveling between planets and terraria doesn't seem to cost a thing. I don't believe a space future would be as marxist as that!

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    It was OK. The plot meandered a bit too much, and kept being pushed to the background so we could follow the adventures of Swan and Wahram. (I would have preferred more plot time.) As with other KS Robinson I have read, this one joyfully describes an almost utopian space age, even with its petty political intrigues, a utopia where traveling between planets and terraria doesn't seem to cost a thing. I don't believe a space future would be as marxist as that!


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