The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson: Used

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Publication Date
2003-06-03
Pages
784
ISBN
9780553580075
Book Title
Years of Rice and Salt : a Novel
Publisher
Random House Worlds
Item Length
6.9 in
Publication Year
2003
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
1.2 in
Author
Kim Stanley Robinson
Genre
Fiction
Topic
Science Fiction / Action & Adventure, Cultural Heritage, Alternative History
Item Weight
12.8 Oz
Item Width
4.2 in
Number of Pages
784 Pages

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Publisher
Random House Worlds
ISBN-10
0553580078
ISBN-13
9780553580075
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2409535

Product Key Features

Book Title
Years of Rice and Salt : a Novel
Number of Pages
784 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Science Fiction / Action & Adventure, Cultural Heritage, Alternative History
Publication Year
2003
Genre
Fiction
Author
Kim Stanley Robinson
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
12.8 Oz
Item Length
6.9 in
Item Width
4.2 in

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Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2001-043492
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PRAISE FORThe Years of Rice and Salt "Hugo winner Robinson follows three characters over seven centuries on an alternate Earth in which Islam and Buddhism are the dominant religions...Blessed with moments of wry and gentle beauty as friends and antagonists rediscover each other under different guises in exotically dangerous locales." -Kirkus Reviews PRAISE FOR KIM STANLEY ROBINSON'SRed MarsWINNER OF THENEBULA AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL "A tremendous achievement." The Washington Post Book World "An absorbing novel...a scientifically informed imagination of rare ambition at work." The New York Times Book Review "Promises to become a classic...This is epic science fiction in the best sense of the termthoughtful, provoking, and haunting." St. Louis Post-Dispatch Green MarsWINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL "Dense as a diamond and as sharp; it makes even most good novels seem pale and insignificant by comparison." The Washington Post Book World "Has the breathtaking scope, plausible science and intellectual daring that madeRed Marsa hit." Daily News of Los Angeles Blue MarsWINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL "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.Blue Marsrepresents a breakthrough even from his own consistently high level of achievement....Beautifully written...a landmark in the history of the genre." The New York Times Book Review "A complex and deeply engaging dramatization of humanity's future...exhilarating." The Philadelphia Inquirer From the Hardcover edition., PRAISE FOR The Years of Rice and Salt "Hugo winner Robinson follows three characters over seven centuries on an alternate Earth in which Islam and Buddhism are the dominant religions...Blessed with moments of wry and gentle beauty as friends and antagonists rediscover each other under different guises in exotically dangerous locales." - Kirkus Reviews PRAISE FOR KIM STANLEY ROBINSON'S Red Mars WINNER OF THE NEBULA AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL "A tremendous achievement." The Washington Post Book World "An absorbing novel...a scientifically informed imagination of rare ambition at work." The New York Times Book Review "Promises to become a classic...This is epic science fiction in the best sense of the termthoughtful, provoking, and haunting." St. Louis Post-Dispatch Green Mars WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL "Dense as a diamond and as sharp; it makes even most good novels seem pale and insignificant by comparison." The Washington Post Book World "Has the breathtaking scope, plausible science and intellectual daring that made Red Mars a hit." Daily News of Los Angeles Blue Mars WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL "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. Blue Mars represents a breakthrough even from his own consistently high level of achievement....Beautifully written...a landmark in the history of the genre." The New York Times Book Review "A complex and deeply engaging dramatization of humanity's future...exhilarating." The Philadelphia Inquirer From the Hardcover edition.
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Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Synopsis
WINNER OF THE LOCUS AWARD - The bestselling author of the Mars trilogy boldly reimagines the past seven hundred years in this "exceptional and engrossing" ( New York Post ) saga, constructing a world vastly different from the one we know. . . "A thoughtful, magisterial alternate history from one of science fiction's most important writers."-- The New York Times Book Review It is the fourteenth century and one of the most apocalyptic events in human history is set to occur--the coming of the Black Death. History teaches us that a third of Europe's population was destroyed. But what if the plague had killed 99 percent of the population instead? How would the world have changed? The Years of Rice and Salt is a look at the history that could have been--one that stretches across centuries, sees dynasties and nations rise and crumble, and spans horrible famine and magnificent innovation. Through the eyes of soldiers and kings, explorers and philosophers, inventors and exiles, renowned storyteller Kim Stanley Robinson navigates a world where Buddhism and Islam are the most influential and practiced religions, while Christianity is a mere historical footnote. Probing the most profound questions as only he can, Robinson shines his extraordinary light on the place of religion, culture, power--and even love--in this bold new world., With the same unique vision that brought his now classic Mars trilogy to vivid life, bestselling author Kim Stanley Robinson boldly imagines an alternate history of the last seven hundred years. In his grandest work yet, the acclaimed storyteller constructs a world vastly different from the one we know. . . . "A thoughtful, magisterial alternate history from one of science fiction's most important writers."-- The New York Times Book Review It is the fourteenth century and one of the most apocalyptic events in human history is set to occur--the coming of the Black Death. History teaches us that a third of Europe's population was destroyed. But what if the plague had killed 99 percent of the population instead? How would the world have changed? This is a look at the history that could have been--one that stretches across centuries, sees dynasties and nations rise and crumble, and spans horrible famine and magnificent innovation. Through the eyes of soldiers and kings, explorers and philosophers, slaves and scholars, Robinson navigates a world where Buddhism and Islam are the most influential and practiced religions, while Christianity is merely a historical footnote. Probing the most profound questions as only he can, Robinson shines his extraordinary light on the place of religion, culture, power--and even love--in this bold New World. "Exceptional and engrossing."-- New York Post "Ambitious . . . ingenious."-- Newsday, WINNER OF THE LOCUS AWARD * The bestselling author of the Mars trilogy boldly reimagines the past seven hundred years in this "exceptional and engrossing" ( New York Post ) saga, constructing a world vastly different from the one we know. . . "A thoughtful, magisterial alternate history from one of science fiction's most important writers."-- The New York Times Book Review It is the fourteenth century and one of the most apocalyptic events in human history is set to occur--the coming of the Black Death. History teaches us that a third of Europe's population was destroyed. But what if the plague had killed 99 percent of the population instead? How would the world have changed? The Years of Rice and Salt is a look at the history that could have been--one that stretches across centuries, sees dynasties and nations rise and crumble, and spans horrible famine and magnificent innovation. Through the eyes of soldiers and kings, explorers and philosophers, inventors and exiles, renowned storyteller Kim Stanley Robinson navigates a world where Buddhism and Islam are the most influential and practiced religions, while Christianity is a mere historical footnote. Probing the most profound questions as only he can, Robinson shines his extraordinary light on the place of religion, culture, power--and even love--in this bold new world.

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