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2312

By Kim Stanley Robinson

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.

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“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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Themes: Revolution

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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.”

Chapters: 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.”

Chapters: 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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Themes: Marriage

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“The command to be free is a double bind”

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