The Ministry for the Future: A Novel

By Kim Stanley Robinson

ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR An unsettling masterpiece of the imagination, using fictional eyewitness accounts to tell the story of how climate change will impact us all. "The best science-fiction nonfiction novel I've ever read." --Jonathan Lethem, New York Times bestselling author of The Fortress of Solitude The Ministry for the Future's setting is not a desolate, postapocalyptic world, but a future that is almost upon us. This extraordinary novel from visionary science fiction writer Kim Stanley Robinson will change the way you think about the climate crisis. "If there's any book that hit me hard this year, it was Kim Stanley Robinson's The Ministry for the Future, a sweeping epic about climate change and humanity's efforts to try and turn the tide before it's too late." -Polygon (Best of the Year) "Masterly." --New Yorker

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Published Oct 19, 2021

576 pages

Average rating: 6.85

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Readers say *The Ministry for the Future* is a well-researched, important novel that offers a compelling, imaginative vision of climate change and glo...

Sue Dix
10/10 stars
I think this is an important book, but I have to admit that parts of this book were beyond me. I think it is a five star read because of the content and it could be a blueprint for the future. I feel that you could read and re-read this novel and get so many different things out of it each time.
jhwarren
6/10 stars
Torn on how to feel about this book. It’s well written and researched, but it is heavy and long. I think it would be more compelling at like half the length, trimming out all the non-plot chapters. Felt like a slog to read, but still emotionally compelling.
PastramiScholar
4/10 stars
The liberal agenda
Not That JLo
8/10 stars
I read this book shortly after it was published and it's stayed with me. Haunting and prophetic. Scared to pick it up again.
Sara2025
2/10 stars
Some of the chapters were absolutely riveting. But it was too long overall, and way too much technical info was squeezed in for no apparent plot related reason.

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