The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson

The Ministry for the Future is a masterpiece of the imagination, using fictional eyewitness accounts to tell the story of how climate change will affect us all. Its setting is not a desolate, postapocalyptic world, but a future that is almost upon us. Chosen by Barack Obama as one of his favorite books of the year, this extraordinary novel from visionary science fiction writer Kim Stanley Robinson will change the way you think about the climate crisis.

What if there was a book that could lead us out of the climate crisis? Though it’s a novel, this book would be a good start. Seen through the eyes of a handful of characters, some in positions of power, some powerless, we see the devastation of climate change, along with its solutions. Many of the solutions are radical, but vitally needed.

But while I love the idea that, given horrendous climate events, there would be enough of a change in people’s minds that they would be willing to go along with the solutions presented, I can’t quite believe that that’s what would happen. But, no matter how well written, the book doesn’t convince me.

Still, it’s an interesting look at what is to come and, perhaps, the path that we will take.





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The Ministry of the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson