{"product_id":"book-ds5n","title":"The Ministry for the Future","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFrom legendary science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson comes a remarkable vision of climate change over the coming decades. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\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\u003eOne of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2020\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The best science fiction-nonfiction novel I’ve ever read.\" —Jonathan Lethem, \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003eAlso by Kim Stanley Robinson:\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRed Moon\u003cbr\u003eNew York 2140\u003cbr\u003e2312\u003cbr\u003eAurora\u003cbr\u003eShaman\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":50147922805040,"sku":"BDds5n","price":44.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":50147922837808,"sku":"ZEds5n","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/ds5n-cover.jpg?v=1758145007","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-ds5n","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}