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KQED Climate Book Club: Kim Stanley Robinson's "The Ministry for the Future"

Date and Time
Wednesday, December 18, 2024 5:30 PM (PT)
Description

Kim Stanley Robinson, one of the most acclaimed living science fiction writers, joins journalist Danielle Venton for the KQED Climate Book Club to discuss his novel The Ministry for the Future. Read along with the book club to join in the group discussion, or come to listen to the interview, no reading required!

Bring some books you’re ready to pass on at our book exchange, and grab one or two new ones to keep the conversation going! Refreshments included.

 

 

About Kim Stanley Robinson

Over decades, Kim Stanley Robinson has finely crafted nearly two dozen works of science fiction, many describing scientists and other characters who find solutions to the world’s most disastrous ecological problems. He is the author of The Mars Trilogy, The High Sierra: A Love Story, The Ministry for the Future, and dozens more. Robinson has won numerous awards, including the Hugo Award for Best Novel, the Nebula Award for Best Novel and the World Fantasy Award. The Atlantic has called Robinson’s work “the gold standard of realistic, and highly literary, science-fiction writing.”