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New York 2140
A Science Fiction Novel by Kim Stanley Robinson
Subgenres & Tropes:
- Climate Fiction,
- Ensemble Cast
This book is for you if you're into...
- Flooded cityscapes where survival means adapting every day
- Intertwined lives in a single building with big city stakes
- Mysteries sparked by missing residents and hidden urban secrets
From Little Stack
New York 2140 doesn’t start us off in a solarpunk world where nature thrives, but instead shows us how much work it will likely take to build in that direction. In 2140, sea levels have risen, skyscrapers have been turned into co-op housing, and everyone is sharing resources and helping each other out in order to survive the slow destruction of the world as they know it.
I loved the examination on society’s collective resilience, and how it’s the human bonds that are strongest in times of hardship and disaster. It also does a great job of showing how things could get better if we all work together to improve our world, rather than trying to conquer our little piece of it. That’s my kind of optimism!
As the sea levels rose, every street became a canal. Every skyscraper an island.
For the residents of one apartment building in Madison Square, however, New York in the year 2140 is far from a drowned city.
There is the market trader, who finds opportunities where others find trouble. There is the detective, whose work will never disappear -- along with the lawyers, of course.
There is the internet star, beloved by millions for her airship adventures, and the building's manager, quietly respected for his attention to detail.
Then there are two boys who don't live there, but have no other home -- and who are more important to its future than anyone might imagine.
Lastly there are the coders, temporary residents on the roof, whose disappearance triggers a sequence of events that threatens the existence of all -- and even the long-hidden foundations on which the city rests.
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