New York 2140

624 pages

English language

Published July 30, 2017

ISBN:
978-0-316-26234-7
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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.

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Science fiction tech; fantasy politics

I enjoyed the book because of the detailed descriptions of New York City and the plausible future technologies involved in maintaining living spaces in the drowned zones, the "Intertidal" areas of coastal cities submerged beneath 60 ft of sea level rise.

The stories of the individuals living in The Met, a commune grown up in a skyscraper whose basement and lower floors are now permanently submerged, was perfectly fine. There were a lot of characters to keep track of, but compared to the Mars trilogy, I'd say Robinson restrained himself there.

He did NOT restrain himself when it comes to political views lol. He even has a chapter where it's just him talking to the reader like "If you want to skip my lecturing, go ahead and read the fun stories. Also fuck you if you want a happy ending." But then he goes and gives us a …

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Ce roman plutôt épais nous raconte la vie de gens vivant dans le Met, un immeuble du lower Manhattan des années 2140. Ces gens, ce sont un trader, une policière, la présidente du syndicat des copropriétaires, le responsable de l'entretien de l'immeuble, deux quants un peu fous, et une star de la télé-réalité du futur. Mais en fait, ces gens ne sont pas les personnages principaux. Ce sont plutôt les points de vue que l'auteur utilise pour regarder le vrai personnage central de cette oeuvre : New-York ! Ou plus exactement Manhattan, qui sera visitée de fond en comble (cela incluant bien évidement le métro, et parfois même certains sous-sols).
Evidement, ce roman m'a rappelé d'autres oeuvres, et en particuler [b:La Maison des derviches|17563082|La Maison des derviches|Ian McDonald|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1362686103l/17563082.SY75.jpg|7235789]. Il y a toutefois une nuance forte, que je vais devoir développer : Ian Mc Donald est certes un …

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i think i love this book, which is... strange: i've read throuhg robinson's mars trilogy and aurora, and while i liked those, the were kind of bordering dull: too distant, too... mechanical. new york 2140 is more personal, humane, non-robinson. it has even reminded me of stephenson's zodiac ! love it, can't recommend it enough.

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After what seems like it took forever I finally finished listening to the audio.
This must have been the best audio-book I listened to ... ever. And that is saying a lot. I think there are about 8 or 10 speakers - one for each main character. But they all have to speak the other characters, too, when they appear in their chapters... and they are all done so well.

Anyway, this a classic Kim Stanley Robinso. If you've read the Mars trilogy you know what you're in for. If not: it is a lengthy exploratory story with tons of meticulously researched background and well-put together consequences and thought experiments.

Interestingly, this book has one big difference. Apparently, readers gave some feedback to the author how he kept writing these huge info-dumps and how boring those were. So he took the info-dumps and put them into separate chapters, once even …

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