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The Ministry for the Future
- 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 hrs and 41 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Chosen by Barack Obama as one of his favourite reads of 2020
Established in 2025, the purpose of the new organisation was simple: to advocate for the world's future generations and to protect all living creatures, present and future. It soon became known as the Ministry for the Future, and this is its story.
From legendary science-fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson comes a vision of climate change unlike any ever imagined.
Told entirely through fictional eye-witness accounts, The Ministry for the Future is a masterpiece of the imagination, the story of how climate change will affect us all over the decades to come.
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.
Critic Reviews
"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)
"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 review)
"Gutsy, humane... This heartfelt work of hard science-fiction is a must-read for anyone worried about the future of the planet." (Publishers Weekly - starred review)
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- cspo
- 24-12-2020
Optimistic Dystopia at its Finest
A necessary book for our current times. May it inspire the next generation to take the actions described within.
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- Anonymous User
- 03-07-2023
boring communist utopian manifesto
I struggled to finish it, very shallow characters, bland story. A compendium of ideas on how to transform capitalism into a communist green Utopia with animals humans and mother Earth in harmony, with a narrative focus in demonising the usual villains: rhe US, the bankers, and the oil companies. Shallow and naive dialogues between key characters, at times portraing them in a childish or immature way.
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- Anonymous User
- 19-01-2021
Future fiction, so close to future fact
I have read news articles which focus on the ideas in this book. That confirms that ideas in this book will become real very soon. Author does a great job of drawing on what's happening around us and dares to build a future that we can relate to.
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- Eric
- 09-12-2020
Started out great, then dragged on......and on....
The first chapter grabbed me, then it built from there.
Then, the final third became a real slog
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- Peter Watts
- 29-03-2021
Starts strong but loses its way towards the end
Interesting premise and global story told from personal perspectives. Story tends to drag when exploring rambling around the town with a narrative that doesn't contribute to the plot nor character development. Narrators are mainly good but the fake Australian accent is horrible and jarring.
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- Anonymous User
- 13-06-2022
Brilliant vision, a must read for Earth's citizens
I thought I had my eyes opened and then I read this book.
It really made me see, it scared me, and then it gave me hope. Felt much closer to the skin than New York 2140 or 2312 (both briliant books in their own rights). It'll be really appreciated by all open minds.
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- Anonymous User
- 24-10-2022
This gives me hope
A must read if we are going to save h
the world from the catastrophe we are already heading into.
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- Anonymous User
- 29-10-2022
The best book I have read or heard this year
Once you understand the crisis of climate change. You can’t I unknow it. This book is ultimately hopeful. Completely engaging and absorbing. Can’t recommend it more highly.
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- Anonymous User
- 17-07-2023
Great book
Can't stop telling others to read it, highly recommend. Favorite book in a long while. Well researched but also does what fiction should - help us imagine a different, better future
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- Anonymous User
- 08-06-2024
Important contribution to reimagining the future
Taking a climate mass death event as it's starting point, this novel is a sophisticated look at the practical, scientific, political, direct action and social drivers and implications of a climate future
Spoiler alert
We survive
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