The Best of Kim Stanley Robinson
by Kim Stanley Robinson · 1 Mar 2001 · 493pp · 172,533 words
By Jonathan Strahan NIGHT SHADE BOOKS San Francisco The Best of Kim Stanley Robinson © 2010 by Kim Stanley Robinson This edition of The Best of Kim Stanley Robinson © 2010 by Night Shade Books Jacket art by Joe Jesus Jacket design by Claudia Noble (www.claudianobledesign.com) Interior layout and design by Ross E.
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the Twentieth Century, with Illustrations” Muir on Shasta Sexual Dimorphism Discovering Life Prometheus Unbound, At Last The Timpanist of the Berlin Philharmonic, 1942 Afterword by Kim Stanley Robinson First Publications: Venice Drowned By the time Carlo Tafur struggled out of sleep, the baby was squalling, the teapot whistled, the smell of stove smoke
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that hung over this night like a sword—their ongoing crime, the inevitable judgment, death itself—none of it mattered. They were gone. Afterword by Kim Stanley Robinson Thanks First: thank you, readers of my fiction; I appreciate your giving it your time and thought, which brings it to life. This is also
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inspiration of my Clarion students of 2009, and the example of my friend Karen Fowler. My thanks to them; and again, to all my readers. —Kim Stanley Robinson January 2010 First Publications: “Venice Drowned,” Universe 11, ed. Terry Carr, 1981. “Ridge Running,” The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 1984. “Before I Wake
Martians
by Kim Stanley Robinson · 6 Jul 1999 · 443pp · 131,268 words
Chapter 29: A Martian Romance Chapter 30: If Wang Wei Lived on Marsand Other Poems Chapter 31: Purple Mars About the Author Books by Kim Stanley Robinson Praise for Kim Stanley Robinson Copyright Page Michel in Antarctica At first it was fine. The people were nice. Wright Valley was awesome. Each day Michel woke in his
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him on the scale of human feeling and weigh him, his weight (in Terran kilograms) would clock in at exactly 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197 . . . About the Author KIM STANLEY ROBINSON is the author of the Nebula and Hugo Award-winning Mars trilogy— Red Mars, Green Mars, and Blue Mars, as well as Antarctica, The Wild
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Edge, A Short, Sharp Shock, and other novels. He lives in Davis, California. Bantam Books by Kim Stanley Robinson Red Mars Green Mars Blue Mars A Short, Sharp Shock Antarctica The Martians Praise for the Novels of Kim Stanley Robinson The Martians "Robinson imagines a comfortably habitable Mars supplied with a breathable atmosphere and blue seas
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themes that informed Robinson's landmark trilogy." —The New York Times Book Review "If one wanted to prove the cliché 'men are from Mars,' writer Kim Stanley Robinson would be the perfect example. He has already earned a reputation as a Mars man with his trilogy on the red planet. And his obsession
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Post Book World "If I had to choose one writer whose work will set the standard for science fiction in the future, it would be Kim Stanley Robinson." —The New York Times Book Review "Forbidding yet fascinating, like the continent it describes . . .Echoes Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air." —People Red Mars WINNER
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Carr. “Green Mars” was previously published in Asimov's Magazine, copyright © 1985 by Asimov's Magazine. All rights reserved. Copyright © 1999 by Kim Stanley Robinson. "Discovering Life” copyright © 2000 by Kim Stanley Robinson. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 99-13115. Bantam Books are published by Bantam Books, a division of Random House, Inc. Its trademark
Forty Signs of Rain
by Kim Stanley Robinson · 29 May 2004 · 362pp · 104,308 words
FORTY SIGNS OF RAIN Kim Stanley Robinson B A N T A M B O O K S TABLE OF CONTENTS Cover Page TITLE PAGE ONE The Buddha Arrives TWO In the
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on the Pacific SIX The Capital in Science SEVEN Tit for Tat EIGHT A Paradigm Shift NINE Trigger Event TEN Broader Impacts ACKNOWLEDGMENTS BOOKS BY KIM STANLEY ROBINSON COPYRIGHT PAGE The Earth is bathed in a flood of sunlight. A fierce inundation of photons—on average, 342 joules per second per square meter
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Guy Guthridge, Grant Heidrich, Charles Hess, Dick Ill, Chris McKay, Oliver Morton, Lisa Nowell, Ann Russell, Mark Schwartz, Sharon Strauss, and Jim Shea. BOOKS BY KIM STANLEY ROBINSON Fiction The Mars Trilogy Red Mars Green Mars Blue Mars Three Californias The Wild Shore The Gold Coast Pacific Edge Escape from Kathmandu A Short
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the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental. Copyright © 2004 by Kim Stanley Robinson All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying
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of Random House, Inc. Visit our website at www.bantamdell.com Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Robinson, Kim Stanley. Forty signs of rain / Kim Stanley Robinson. p. cm. eISBN 0-553-89817-5 1. Scientists—Fiction. 2. Legislators—Fiction. 3. Washington (D.C.)—Fiction. 4. Business intelligence—Fiction. I. Title. PS3568
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.O2893F67 2004 2003063683 v1.0 eBook Info Title: Forty Signs of Rain Creator: Kim Stanley Robinson Publisher: Random House Contributor: None Date: 2004-06-01 Format: OEB Identifier: 0-553-89817-5 Type: Subject: Description: Language: en Rights: Copyright © 2004 by
Red Mars
by Kim Stanley Robinson · 23 Oct 1992 · 660pp · 213,945 words
* * * RED MARS Kim Stanley Robinson * * * Bantam Books for Lisa ContentsPart 1: Festival Night Part 2: The Voyage Out Part 3: The Crucible Part 4: Homesick Part 5: Falling into History
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Meacham, Tom Meyer, Lisa Nowell, James Edward Oberg, Donna Shirley, Ralph Vicinanza, and John B. West. A special thanks to Charles Sheffield. About the Author KIM STANLEY ROBINSON is the author of the Nebula and Hugo Award-winning Mars trilogy—Red Mars, Green Mars, and Blue Mars as well as The Years of
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Martians, Antartica, The Wild Shore, The Gold Coast, Pacific Edge, A Short, Sharp Shock, and other novels. He lives in Davis, California. Bantam Books by Kim Stanley Robinson FICTION The Mars Trilogy Red Mars Green Mars Blue Mars A Short, Sharp Shock Antarctica The Martians Look for The Years of Rice and Salt
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Available now in hardcover Praise for Kim Stanley Robinson and Red Mars “The novels and short stories of Kim Stanley Robinson constitute one of the most impressive bodies of work in modern science fiction . . . he virtually invented a new kind of
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SPECTRA and the portrayal of a boxed “s” are trademarks of Bantam Books, a division of Random House, Inc. All rights reserved. Copyright © 1993 by Kim Stanley Robinson. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 92-21607. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means
The Ministry for the Future: A Novel
by Kim Stanley Robinson · 5 Oct 2020 · 583pp · 182,990 words
product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is coincidental. Copyright © 2020 Kim Stanley Robinson Cover design by Lauren Panepinto Cover images by Trevillion and Shutterstock Cover copyright © 2020 by Hachette Book Group, Inc. Hachette Book Group supports the right
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.hachettespeakersbureau.com or call (866) 376-6591. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Robinson, Kim Stanley, author. Title: The ministry for the future / Kim Stanley Robinson. Description: First edition. | New York, NY : Orbit, 2020. Identifiers: LCCN 2020014375 | ISBN 9780316300131 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780316300162 (ebook) | ISBN 9780316300124 Subjects: GSAFD: Science fiction. Classification: LCC
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Chapter 97 Chapter 98 Chapter 99 Chapter 100 Chapter 101 Chapter 102 Chapter 103 Chapter 104 Chapter 105 Chapter 106 Acknowledgments Discover More Also by Kim Stanley Robinson For Fredric Jameson Explore book giveaways, sneak peeks, deals, and more. Tap here to learn more. 1 It was getting hotter. Frank May got off
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K. Y. Wong Discover Your Next Great Read Get sneak peeks, book recommendations, and news about your favorite authors. Tap here to learn more. By Kim Stanley Robinson Icehenge The Memory of Whiteness THREE CALIFORNIAS The Wild Shore The Gold Coast Pacific Edge The Planet on the Table Escape from Kathmandu A Short
Fifty Degrees Below
by Kim Stanley Robinson · 25 Oct 2005 · 560pp · 158,238 words
? FIVE Autumn In New York SIX Optimodal SEVEN The Cold Snap EIGHT Always Generous NINE Leap Before You Look TEN Primavera Porteño Acknowledgments Also by Kim Stanley Robinson Copyright Page Nobody likes Washington, D.C. Even the people who love it don’t like it. Climate atrocious, traffic worse: an ordinary midsized gridlocked
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, Rachel Park, Ann Russell, Tom St. Germain, Michael Schlesinger, Mark Schwartz, Jim Shea, Gary Snyder, Mark Thiemens, Buck Tilley, and Paul J. Werbos. ALSO BY KIM STANLEY ROBINSON Fiction The Mars Trilogy Red Mars Green Mars Blue Mars The California Trilogy The Wild Shore The Gold Coast Pacific Edge Escape from Kathmandu A
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imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental. All rights reserved. Copyright © 2005 by Kim Stanley Robinson Bantam Books, the rooster colophon, Spectra, and the portrayal of a boxed “s” are trademarks of Random House, Inc. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication
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Data Robinson, Kim Stanley. Fifty degrees below / Kim Stanley Robinson. p. cm. eISBN: 0-553-90207-5 1. Washington (D.C.)—Fiction. I. Title. PS3568.O2893F54 2005 813′.54—dc22 2005048074 www.bantamdell.com v1
Galileo's Dream
by Kim Stanley Robinson · 29 Dec 2009 · 615pp · 189,720 words
ALSO BY KIM STANLEY ROBINSON A Short, Sharp Shock Red Mars Green Mars Blue Mars Antarctica The Martians The Years of Rice and Salt Forty Signs of Rain Fifty Degrees
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this moment, when with the writing of this sentence, for me he slips back into the pages. Good-bye maestro! Thank you! ABOUT THE AUTHOR KIM STANLEY ROBINSON is a winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus awards. He is the author of nineteen previous books, including the bestselling Mars trilogy and the
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the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to currect events or locales, or to living persons, is entirely coincidental. Copyright © 2009 by Kim Stanley Robinson All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Spectra, an imprint of The Random House Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New
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and the portrayal of a boxed “s” are trademarks of Random House, Inc. Library of Congress-in-Publication Data Robinson, Kim Stanley. Galileo’s dream / Kim Stanley Robinson. p. cm. eISBN: 978-0-345-51966-5 1. Galilei, Galileo, 1564–1642—Trials, litigation, etc.—Fiction. 2. Religion and science—Italy—History—17th century
Sixty Days and Counting
by Kim Stanley Robinson · 27 Feb 2007 · 526pp · 155,174 words
SEVEN Emerson for the Day EIGHT Partially Adjusted Demand NINE The Dominoes Fall TEN You Get What You Get ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ABOUT THE AUTHOR ALSO BY KIM STANLEY ROBINSON COPYRIGHT “I believe the twenty-first century can become the most important century of human history. I think a new reality is emerging. Whether this
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, Jane Johnson, Mark Lewis, Rich Lynch, Lisa Nowell, Michael Schlesinger, Jim Shea, Darko Suvin, Ralph Vicinanza, Paul J. Werbos, and Donald Wesling. ABOUT THE AUTHOR KIM STANLEY ROBINSON is a winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Awards. He is the author of nineteen previous books, including the bestselling Mars trilogy and the
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the Antarctic by the U.S. National Science Foundation as part of their Antarctic Artists and Writers’ Program. He lives in Davis, California. ALSO BY KIM STANLEY ROBINSON Fiction The Mars Trilogy Red Mars Green Mars Blue Mars Three Californias The Wild Shore The Gold Coast Pacific Edge Escape from Kathmandu A Short
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imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental. All rights reserved. Copyright © 2007 by Kim Stanley Robinson * * * Bantam Books, the rooster colophon, Spectra, and the portrayal of a boxed “s” are trademarks of Random House, Inc. * * * Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication
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Data Robinson, Kim Stanley. Sixty days and counting / Kim Stanley Robinson. p. cm. eISBN: 978-0-553-90350-8 1. Global warming—Fiction. 2. Climatic changes—Fiction. 3. Scientists—Fiction. 4. Presidents—Fiction. 5. Legislators—Fiction
Red Moon
by Kim Stanley Robinson · 22 Oct 2018 · 492pp · 141,544 words
of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is coincidental. Copyright © 2018 by Kim Stanley Robinson Cover design by Lauren Panepinto Cover image by Arcangel Cover copyright © 2018 by Hachette Book Group, Inc. Hachette Book Group supports the right to free
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, go to www.hachettespeakersbureau.com or call (866) 376-6591. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Robinson, Kim Stanley, author. Title: Red moon / Kim Stanley Robinson. Description: First edition. | New York, NY : Orbit, 2018. Identifiers: LCCN 2018018239| ISBN 9780316262378 (Hardcover) | ISBN 9780316262392 (Trade Paperback) | ISBN 9781549194986 (Audio Book (download)) | ISBN 9781549142598
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daibiao xing weiji Crisis of Representation TA SHU 8 feng shui Wind Water AI 14 zhengming wanbi QED CHAPTER TWENTY chaodai jicheng Dynastic Succession By Kim Stanley Robinson Orbit Newsletter CHAPTER ONE nengshang nengxia Can Go Up Can Go Down (Xi) Someone had told him not to look while landing on the moon
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alarm right down his spinal cord. “How’s the baby?” he asked. “She seems all right. Where are we headed?” “I don’t know.” By Kim Stanley Robinson Icehenge The Memory of Whiteness THREE CALIFORNIAS The Wild Shore The Gold Coast Pacific Edge The Planet on the Table Escape from Kathmandu A Short
New York 2140
by Kim Stanley Robinson · 14 Mar 2017 · 693pp · 204,042 words
of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is coincidental. Copyright © 2017 by Kim Stanley Robinson Cover design by Kirk Benshoff Cover illustration by Stephan Martiniere Cover copyright © 2017 by Hachette Book Group, Inc. Hachette Book Group supports the right to
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to www.hachettespeakersbureau.com or call (866) 376-6591. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Robinson, Kim Stanley, author. Title: New York 2140 / Kim Stanley Robinson. Description: First edition. | New York : Orbit, 2017. Identifiers: LCCN 2016039922 | ISBN 9780316262347 (hardback) | ISBN 9781478941224 (audio book (downloadable)) | ISBN 9781478972686 (audio book (cd)) | ISBN 9780316262330
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a) Mutt and Jeff b) Stefan and Roberto c) Charlotte d) Vlade e) Franklin f) Amelia g) the citizen h) Mutt and Jeff Acknowledgments By Kim Stanley Robinson Orbit Newsletter PART ONE THE TYRANNY OF SUNK COSTS a) Mutt and Jeff Whoever writes the code creates the value.” “That isn’t even close
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, Kriss Ravetto-Biagioli, Phil Rogaway, Antonio Scarponi, Marcus Schaefer and Hiromi Hosoya, Carter Scholz, Sharon Strauss, and Lee Upshur. Special thanks to Tim Holman. By Kim Stanley Robinson Icehenge The Memory of Whiteness THREE CALIFORNIAS The Wild Shore The Gold Coast Pacific Edge The Planet on the Table Escape from Kathmandu A Short
Blue Mars
by Kim Stanley Robinson · 23 Oct 2010 · 824pp · 268,880 words
Aurora
by Kim Stanley Robinson · 6 Jul 2015 · 488pp · 148,340 words
Green Mars
by Kim Stanley Robinson · 23 Oct 1993 · 746pp · 239,969 words
2312
by Kim Stanley Robinson · 22 May 2012 · 561pp · 167,631 words
Antarctica
by Kim Stanley Robinson · 6 Jul 1987 · 607pp · 185,228 words
The Planet on the Table
by Kim Stanley Robinson · 2 Jan 1986 · 254pp · 78,000 words
A Short, Sharp Shock
by Kim Stanley Robinson · 6 Jul 1990 · 109pp · 36,390 words
Icehenge
by Kim Stanley Robinson · 29 May 1994 · 334pp · 103,508 words
The Years of Rice and Salt
by Kim Stanley Robinson · 2 Jun 2003 · 762pp · 246,045 words
Mapping Mars: Science, Imagination and the Birth of a World
by Oliver Morton · 15 Feb 2003 · 409pp · 129,423 words
The Stack: On Software and Sovereignty
by Benjamin H. Bratton · 19 Feb 2016 · 903pp · 235,753 words
Four Futures: Life After Capitalism
by Peter Frase · 10 Mar 2015 · 121pp · 36,908 words
WTF?: What's the Future and Why It's Up to Us
by Tim O'Reilly · 9 Oct 2017 · 561pp · 157,589 words
The Planet Remade: How Geoengineering Could Change the World
by Oliver Morton · 26 Sep 2015 · 469pp · 142,230 words
4th Rock From the Sun: The Story of Mars
by Nicky Jenner · 5 Apr 2017 · 294pp · 87,986 words
This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate
by Naomi Klein · 15 Sep 2014 · 829pp · 229,566 words
Red Plenty
by Francis Spufford · 1 Jan 2007 · 544pp · 168,076 words
Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?
by Bill McKibben · 15 Apr 2019
Ways of Being: Beyond Human Intelligence
by James Bridle · 6 Apr 2022 · 502pp · 132,062 words
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection
by Gardner Dozois · 23 Jun 2009 · 1,263pp · 371,402 words
The Collapse of Western Civilization: A View From the Future
by Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway · 30 Jun 2014 · 105pp · 18,832 words
Lurking: How a Person Became a User
by Joanne McNeil · 25 Feb 2020 · 239pp · 80,319 words
More Everything Forever: AI Overlords, Space Empires, and Silicon Valley's Crusade to Control the Fate of Humanity
by Adam Becker · 14 Jun 2025 · 381pp · 119,533 words
Nomad Citizenship: Free-Market Communism and the Slow-Motion General Strike
by Eugene W. Holland · 1 Jan 2009 · 265pp · 15,515 words
The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming
by David Wallace-Wells · 19 Feb 2019 · 343pp · 101,563 words
Beyond: Our Future in Space
by Chris Impey · 12 Apr 2015 · 370pp · 97,138 words
The Best of Best New SF
by Gardner R. Dozois · 1 Jan 2005 · 1,280pp · 384,105 words
How to Spend a Trillion Dollars
by Rowan Hooper · 15 Jan 2020 · 285pp · 86,858 words
Crack-Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy
by Quinn Slobodian · 4 Apr 2023 · 360pp · 107,124 words
Utopias: A Brief History From Ancient Writings to Virtual Communities
by Howard P. Segal · 20 May 2012 · 299pp · 19,560 words
Giving the Devil His Due: Reflections of a Scientific Humanist
by Michael Shermer · 8 Apr 2020 · 677pp · 121,255 words
The Knowledge: How to Rebuild Our World From Scratch
by Lewis Dartnell · 15 Apr 2014 · 398pp · 100,679 words
The Problem With Work: Feminism, Marxism, Antiwork Politics, and Postwork Imaginaries
by Kathi Weeks · 8 Sep 2011 · 350pp · 110,764 words
Rocket Billionaires: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the New Space Race
by Tim Fernholz · 20 Mar 2018 · 328pp · 96,141 words
New Dark Age: Technology and the End of the Future
by James Bridle · 18 Jun 2018 · 301pp · 85,263 words
The Case for Space: How the Revolution in Spaceflight Opens Up a Future of Limitless Possibility
by Robert Zubrin · 30 Apr 2019 · 452pp · 126,310 words
Radicalized
by Cory Doctorow · 19 Mar 2019 · 444pp · 84,486 words
The Terraformers
by Annalee Newitz · 404pp · 118,036 words
Clock of the Long Now
by Stewart Brand · 1 Jan 1999 · 194pp · 49,310 words
Engineering Infinity
by Jonathan Strahan · 28 Dec 2010 · 360pp · 101,636 words
The Girl in the Road
by Monica Byrne · 19 May 2014 · 325pp · 92,622 words
Elon Musk: A Mission to Save the World
by Anna Crowley Redding · 1 Jul 2019 · 190pp · 46,977 words
The Passenger
by AA.VV. · 23 May 2022 · 192pp · 59,615 words
Escape From Model Land: How Mathematical Models Can Lead Us Astray and What We Can Do About It
by Erica Thompson · 6 Dec 2022 · 250pp · 79,360 words
A New History of the Future in 100 Objects: A Fiction
by Adrian Hon · 5 Oct 2020 · 340pp · 101,675 words
Rewired: The Post-Cyberpunk Anthology
by James Patrick Kelly and John Kessel · 30 Sep 2007 · 571pp · 162,958 words
Nomad Century: How Climate Migration Will Reshape Our World
by Gaia Vince · 22 Aug 2022 · 302pp · 92,206 words
Origin Story: A Big History of Everything
by David Christian · 21 May 2018 · 334pp · 100,201 words
The Ledge: An Adventure Story of Friendship and Survival on Mount Rainier
by Jim Davidson and Kevin Vaughan · 26 Jul 2011
The Planets
by Dava Sobel · 1 Jan 2005 · 190pp · 52,570 words
Some Remarks
by Neal Stephenson · 6 Aug 2012 · 335pp · 107,779 words
The Democracy Project: A History, a Crisis, a Movement
by David Graeber · 13 Aug 2012 · 284pp · 92,387 words
Augmented: Life in the Smart Lane
by Brett King · 5 May 2016 · 385pp · 111,113 words
Case for Mars
by Robert Zubrin · 27 Jun 2011 · 437pp · 126,860 words