Science in the Capital Forty Signs of Rain, Book 1, (Paperback)

from HenriMoreaux

I originally picked this book up as it seemed like an interesting disaster novel (the subtitle after all is "The Forecast Is Catastrophic") set in modern times. Unfortunately it's more of a political and academic policies novel; the vast majority of the book is spent on the minutiae of a US Senat...

from librisissimo

Substance: Interleaved stories of several protagonists in Washington DC and San Diego during a few spring months before a concurrence of cyclical and incidental natural weather events deluge the District. Denver Post: "Robinson presents the warning signs of environmental disaster i a warm, gentle...

from zot79

This is a well-written, straight-ahead novel about a possible near future of global environmental catastrophe. There are times when it feels like the author is hitting you over the head with a two-by-four of science facts. But these can be excused because they are relevant and interesting. The c...

from ejp1082

This is the first of a new trilogy. I'm currently reading the just released second chapter, "Fifty Degrees Below". I quite enjoy it because Robinson manages to touch on so many disparate elements through the lens of characters who are leading very normal, human lives. There's current science surr...

from reading_fox

Stunning. A wonderful scientific science fiction work, the feel for how science is actually practised and funded is intricately detailed and correct, the additional climbing terms also capture reality. First in a trilogy about global warming, set slightly into our future. Anna and her co-worker F...