Nominated for the Hugo and winner of the 2013 Nebula Award for Best Novel, 2312 continues Kim Stanley Robinson’s blend of dramatic story, realistic future science, and real-world messages very relevant today.
“A recipe for a successful revolution.: Take large masses of injustice, resentment and frustration. Put them in a weak or failing hegemon. Stir in misery for a generation or two, until the heat rises. Throw in destabilizing circumstances to taste. Once the main goal of the revolution is achieved, cool instantly to institutionalize the new order.”
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“Best self-interest lies in achieving universal well-being… When the goal of self-=interest is seen to be perfectly isomorphic with universal well-being, bad people will do what it takes to get universal well-being.”
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30. No War
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“from the crow language… ‘Caw, caw, caw’ had become an English word - ‘Hawk!’”
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“health, social life, job, house, partners, finances; leisure use, leisure amount; working time, education, income, children; food, water, shelter, clothing, sex, health care; mobility; physical safety, social safety, job security, savings account, insurance, disability protection, family leave, vacation; place tenure, a commons; access to wilderness, mountains, ocean; peace, political stability, political input, political satisfaction; air, water, esteem; status, recognition; home, community, neighbors, civil society, sports, the arts; longevity treatments, gender choice; the opportunity to become more what you are — that's all you need”
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“Humans were still not only the cheapest robots around but also… self-reproducing… They showed up and worked, generation after generation; give them 3000 calories a day and a few amenities, a little time off, a strong jolt of fear, and you could work them at almost anything.”
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80. A Golden Age
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“Maybe that’s what a marriage is… Some kind of performance… not just a conversation, but a performance.”
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