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Forty signs of rain

Forty signs of rain

DystopianPolitics & Society
Pages
393
Published
2003
Language
English

Synopsis

As Arctic ice rapidly diminishes, a steamy summer in Washington D.C. highlights the urgent reality of global warming. Senate staffer Charlie Quibler navigates frustrating politics, trying to convince a skeptical administration to act before the planet becomes a 'Swamp World.' Meanwhile, his wife Anna at the National Science Foundation explores a revolutionary scientific solution, hoping it can be recognized and implemented in time to avert disaster.

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

TenseThought-ProvokingIntellectual

Genres

Dystopian Politics & Society Science Fiction Thriller Espionage Political Thriller

About the author

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Kim Stanley Robinson

Kim Stanley Robinson (born 1952 in Waukegan, Illinois) is an American science fiction writer, best known for the Mars trilogy (Red Mars, Green Mars, Blue Mars). His fiction centres on ecology, economics and the role of scientists in solving collective problems, and includes the Three Californias trilogy, The Years of Rice and Salt, 2312, New York 2140 and The Ministry for the Future. He holds a PhD in English from the University of California, San Diego, where he wrote on Philip K. Dick, and has...

Characters

Charlie QuiblerProtagonist
AnnaSupporting
All characters in Forty signs of rain

Frequently asked questions

  • Is Forty Signs of Rain part of a series?

    This novel is the first in Kim Stanley Robinson's Science in the Capital trilogy, which continues with Fifty Degrees Below and Sixty Days and Counting. While each book has a self-contained narrative, they follow the same characters and overarching themes related to climate change and political action.

  • How does this book connect to Kim Stanley Robinson's other works?

    Forty Signs of Rain explores themes of climate change and scientific policy, which are central to much of Robinson's bibliography, particularly his later Mars trilogy. It showcases his characteristic blend of detailed scientific realism and political commentary, focusing on the human and institutional responses to global environmental challenges.