The Ministry for the Future

A Novel

By: Kim Stanley Robinson
Narrated by: Jennifer Fitzgerald, Fajer Al-Kaisi, Ramon de Ocampo, Gary Bennett, Raphael Corkhill, Barrie Kreinik, Natasha Soudek, Nikki Massoud, Joniece Abbott Pratt, Inés del Castillo & Vikas Adam
Length: 20 hours 40 minutes

#5 in Bestselling Apocalyptic and Dystopian Audiobooks

ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2020

From legendary science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson, comes a remarkable vision of climate change over the coming decades.

The Ministry for the Future 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, post-apocalyptic world, but a future that is almost upon us -- and in which we might just overcome the extraordinary challenges we face. It 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.

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Testimonials

“The best science fiction-nonfiction novel I’ve ever read. ”
Jonathan Lethem, Vanity Fair, author of The Feral Detective, Motherless Brooklyn, and more.

“If I could get policymakers, and citizens, everywhere to read just one book this year, it would be Kim Stanley Robinson’s The Ministry for the Future. ”
Ezra Klein, Vox

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About the author

Kim Stanley Robinson is a New York Times bestselling author and winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus awards. He is the author of more than twenty books, including Red Moon, Red Mars, Aurora, 2312, New York 2140, Icehenge, and The Years of Rice and Salt. In 2008, he was named a “Hero of the Environment” by Time Magazine, and he works with the Sierra Nevada Research Institute. He lives in Davis, California.

Reviews

“A breathtaking look at the challenges that face our planet in all their sprawling magnitude and also in their intimate, individual moments of humanity.”
Booklist (starred)

“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.”
Publisher's Weekly (starred)

“The Ministry for the Future 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. ”
Sierra