Aurora: Kim Stanley Robinson

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'What a saga! Scifi with honest, complex humanity, physics, biology, sociology' Tom Hanks
'Aurora is a magnificent piece of writing, certainly Robinson's best novel since his mighty Mars trilogy, perhaps his best ever' Guardian
Our voyage from Earth began generations ago.
Now, we approach our destination.
A new home.
Aurora.
Brilliantly imagined and beautifully told, Aurora is the work of a writer at the height of his powers.
'An accessible novel packed with big ideas, wonders, jeopardy and, at the end, a real emotional punch' SFX

'Aurora is Robinson's best book yet . . . Heart-wrenching, provocative' Scientific American

'Kim Stanley Robinson is one of science fiction's greats' Sunday Times
Recent titles by Kim Stanley Robinson:
2312
Shaman
Aurora
New York 2140
Red Moon (coming soon)

Synopsis

'What a saga! Scifi with honest, complex humanity, physics, biology, sociology' Tom Hanks

'Aurora is a magnificent piece of writing, certainly Robinson's best novel since his mighty Mars trilogy, perhaps his best ever' Guardian

Our voyage from Earth began generations ago.

Now, we approach our destination.

A new home.

Aurora.

Brilliantly imagined and beautifully told, Aurora is the work of a writer at the height of his powers.

'An accessible novel packed with big ideas, wonders, jeopardy and, at the end, a real emotional punch' SFX

'Aurora is Robinson's best book yet . . . Heart-wrenching, provocative' Scientific American

'Kim Stanley Robinson is one of science fiction's greats' Sunday Times

Recent titles by Kim Stanley Robinson:
2312
Shaman
Aurora
New York 2140
Red Moon (coming soon)

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Format: paperback
Publisher: Orbit
Published:
ISBN 10: 0356500489
ISBN 13: 9780356500485

Media Reviews

A magnificent piece of writing . . . perhaps his best ever -- Guardian
Another masterpiece of future-building from Robinson . . . compelling drama * Financial Times *

The kind of speculation that he is quite brilliant at . . . Magnificent

* Sunday Times *
An accessible novel packed with big ideas, wonders, jeopardy and, at the end, a real emotional punch * SFX *
Aurora is Robinson's best book yet . . . Heart-wrenching, provocative * Scientific American *
The best book I read in 2015 * Cory Doctorow *
This ambitious hard SF epic shows Robinson at the top of his game * Publishers Weekly - starred review *
If Interstellar left you wanting more, then this novel might just fill that longing * io9.com *
Robinson creates an absolutely convincing population of generations yielding to generations . . . [A] near-perfect marriage of the technical and the psychological * NPR Books *

Author Bio

Kim Stanley Robinson is a New York Times bestseller and winner of the Hugo, Nebula and Locus awards. He is the author of more than twenty books, including the bestselling Mars trilogy, 2312, Aurora and New York 2140. In 2008 he was named a 'Hero of the Environment' by Time magazine, and he works with the Sierra Nevada research institute. He lives in Davis, California.