The Years of Rice and Salt, (Paperback)

from crazybatcow

 I guess it's well written. I couldn't get into it. The place names and character names and references were all 'non-Western' so were very difficult to keep track of. The story is 'spiritual' but not in the Judeo-Christian manner so even that was beyond familiarity. That... and the story follows ...

from crazybatcow

 I guess it's well written. I couldn't get into it. The place names and character names and references were all 'non-Western' so were very difficult to keep track of. The story is 'spiritual' but not in the Judeo-Christian manner so even that was beyond familiarity. That... and the story follows ...

from kelsoli

This is going off my memory of a book I read at least 4 years ago, but something about this book makes it stand out in my mind and makes me suggest it to friends if they're looking for an intelligent read. The whole idea of reincarnation isn't one I subscribe to, so it doesn't exactly make sense ...

from xiaomarlo

If Kim Stanley Robinson had an editor that would whittle his books down to the essentials, he'd be perfect. As it is, he tends to ramble too much. Still, I love the idea behind this book. He writes an alternate history where the Black Plague killed off Europe, so Asia becomes the dominant world p...

from LizzieD

The Years of Rice and Salt is a departure for Kim Stanley Robinson. His near-future, hard science fiction writing has won disciples who believe that he has prophesied how it will be. This novel is a reflection of how it might have been. In it Robinson posits a Western Europe that lost 90% of its ...