The plot line follows eleven characters living in the MetLife Tower on Madison Square, whose stories begin separately but eventually converge. Autor: Kim Stanley Robinson. 6 (manga), Strange Planet: The Comic Sensation of the Year. Start by marking “New York 2140” as Want to Read: Error rating book. Impressively ambitious, it bears comparison with other visionaries’ attempts to squeeze the sprawl and energy of the US between two covers: John Dos Passos’s USA trilogy and Don DeLillo’s Underworld. The description of the book provides no plot information nor highlights any characters. The remaining 363, not so much. Robinson’s epic of the Big Apple – post-climate catastrophe – follows multiple characters living in the same high-rise building. As the sea levels rose, every street became a canal. The Water Knife is obvious, of course. As the sea levels rose, every street became a canal. I was also intrigued by the author's speculation of how people would cope and adapt after coastal cities, and specifically, New York City was flooded by melting ice at the poles, thanks to climate change. Die Story selbst ist sehr interessant gestaltet. März 2017 2 Likes. Sprecher: Caitlin Kelly, Christopher Ryan Grant, Jay Snyder, Michael Crouch, Peter Ganim, Robert Blumenfeld, Robin Miles. As in. For the residents of one apartment building in Madison Square, however, New York in the year 2140 is far from a drowned city. Greed. A researcher on sea level rise and climate change impacts reviews Kim Stanley Robinson's new novel, 'New York 2140,' which envisions the city's future in the face of extreme sea-level rise. Die Finanzwelt ist auch hier, wie schon in der Gegenwart, vollkommen abgedreht und machthungrig. Klappentext zu „New York 2140 “ NOMINATED FOR THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL 2018 'A towering novel' - Guardian 'Relevant and essential' - Bloomberg Businessweek As the sea level rose, every street became a canal, every skyscraper an island. Please try again","bd_saving_percent_off":"{0}%
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