{"product_id":"the-ministry-for-the-future","title":"Kim Stanley Robinson: The Ministry for the Future [2020] hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChosen by Barack Obama as one of his favourite reads of 2020\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEstablished in 2025, the purpose of the new organisation was simple: To advocate for the world's future generations and to protect all living creatures, present and future. It soon became known as the Ministry for the Future, and this is its story. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom legendary science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson comes a vision of climate change unlike any ever imagined.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTold entirely through fictional eye-witness accounts, \u003ci\u003eThe Ministry For The Future\u003c\/i\u003e is a masterpiece of the imagination, the story of how climate change will affect us all over the decades to come.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIts setting is not a desolate, post-apocalyptic world, but a future that is almost upon us - and in which we might just overcome the extraordinary challenges we face.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is a novel both immediate and impactful, desperate and hopeful in equal measure, and it is one of the most powerful and original books on climate change ever written.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003ci\u003eThe Ministry for the Future \u003c\/i\u003eranks among Robinson's best recent works, a collection of actions and observations that adds up to more than the sum of its eclectic and urgent parts' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSierra\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A breathtaking look at the challenges that face our planet in all their sprawling magnitude and also in their intimate, individual moments of humanity' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Gutsy, humane... This heartfelt work of hard science-fiction is a must-read for anyone worried about the future of the planet' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Portrays a vision of the near future where, if some people work hard enough, maybe everything won't come to an end' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlso by Kim Stanley Robinson:\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRed Moon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York 2140\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e2312\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAurora\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShaman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Robinson, Kim Stanley","offers":[{"title":"Good","offer_id":49842469339475,"sku":"XG80356508832","price":14.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/robinson-kim-stanley-the-ministry-for-the-future-xg80356508832-60170999038291.jpg?v=1732425784","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/the-ministry-for-the-future","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}