{"product_id":"ministry-for-the-future-the","title":"Ministry for the Future, The","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom legendary science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson comes a remarkable vision of climate change over the coming decades. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2020\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"If I could get policymakers, and citizens, everywhere to read just one book this year, it would be Kim Stanley Robinson's \u003ci\u003eThe Ministry for the Future\u003c\/i\u003e.\" --Ezra Klein\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Ministry for the Future\u003c\/i\u003e is a masterpiece of the imagination, using fictional eyewitness accounts to tell the story of how climate change will affect us all. Its setting is not a desolate, postapocalyptic world, but a future that is almost upon us--and in which we might just overcome the extraordinary challenges we face. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The best science fiction-nonfiction novel I've ever read.\" --Jonathan Lethem, \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\" --\u003ci\u003eBooklist \u003c\/i\u003e(starred) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A sweeping, optimistic portrait of humanity's ability to cooperate in the face of disaster. This heartfelt work of hard science-fiction is a must-read for anyone worried about the future of the planet.\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e (starred) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Ministry for the Future\u003c\/i\u003e ranks 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.\" --\u003ci\u003eSierra\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAlso by Kim Stanley Robinson: \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRed Moon \u003cbr\u003eNew York 2140 \u003cbr\u003e2312 \u003cbr\u003eAurora \u003cbr\u003eShaman\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Orbit","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39325050732644,"sku":"9780316300131","price":24.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/suomalainen-test.myshopify.com\/products\/ministry-for-the-future-the","provider":"Suomalainen Test","version":"1.0","type":"link"}