New York 2140 - Downstairs Office

English language

Published Jan. 1, 2017 by Orbit.

ISBN:: 978-0-316-26233-0

New York 2140 is a 2017 climate fiction novel by American science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson. The novel is set in a New York City that has been flooded and altered by rising water. The novel received generally positive reviews.

4 editions

Thomas Ekman reviewed New York 2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson

Great imagination - anticlimax

3 stars

Content warning Spoiler

I loved the image of New York under water, and it makes you think about climate change. However, ending with the US as a Scandinavian-style welfare state is a bit of an anticlimax. Also, Robinson's idea that a sudden event can make everyone 'wake up' seems a little naive. But, read it, by all means.

Subjects

New york (n.y.), fiction
Fiction, science fiction, general