‘A masterpiece’ – Times
‘Any new novel by the great Kim Stanley Robinson is always an event and Red Moon doesn’t disappoint’ – Independent
‘Sci-fi fans will love the detail and the optimism about humanity’s future in space’ – Wall Street Journal
IT IS THIRTY YEARS FROM NOW, AND WE HAVE COLONISED THE MOON.
American Fred Fredericks is making his first trip, his purpose to install a communications system for China’s Lunar Science Foundation. But hours after his arrival he witnesses a murder and is forced into hiding.
It is also the first visit for celebrity travel reporter Ta Shu. He has contacts and influence, but he too will find that the moon can be a perilous place for any traveller.
Finally, there is Chan Qi. She is the daughter of the Minister of Finance, and without doubt a person of interest to those in power. She is on the moon for reasons of her own, but when she attempts to return to China in secret, the events that unfold will change everything – on the moon, and on Earth.
Red Moon is a magnificent novel of space exploration and political revolution from New York Times bestselling author Kim Stanley Robinson.
Novels by Kim Stanley Robinson:
Icehenge
The Memory of Whiteness
A Short, Sharp Shock
Antarctica
The Years of Rice and Salt
Galileo’s Dream
2312
Shaman
Aurora
New York 2140
Red Moon
‘Any new novel by the great Kim Stanley Robinson is always an event and Red Moon doesn’t disappoint’ – Independent
‘Sci-fi fans will love the detail and the optimism about humanity’s future in space’ – Wall Street Journal
IT IS THIRTY YEARS FROM NOW, AND WE HAVE COLONISED THE MOON.
American Fred Fredericks is making his first trip, his purpose to install a communications system for China’s Lunar Science Foundation. But hours after his arrival he witnesses a murder and is forced into hiding.
It is also the first visit for celebrity travel reporter Ta Shu. He has contacts and influence, but he too will find that the moon can be a perilous place for any traveller.
Finally, there is Chan Qi. She is the daughter of the Minister of Finance, and without doubt a person of interest to those in power. She is on the moon for reasons of her own, but when she attempts to return to China in secret, the events that unfold will change everything – on the moon, and on Earth.
Red Moon is a magnificent novel of space exploration and political revolution from New York Times bestselling author Kim Stanley Robinson.
Novels by Kim Stanley Robinson:
Icehenge
The Memory of Whiteness
A Short, Sharp Shock
Antarctica
The Years of Rice and Salt
Galileo’s Dream
2312
Shaman
Aurora
New York 2140
Red Moon
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Reviews
Robinson seamlessly binds together characters and narrative strands . . . An immensely enjoyable reading experience
Robinson is one of the world's finest working novelists, in any genre. New York 2140 is a towering novel about a genuinely grave threat to civilisation
Robinson's writing is so evocative that you can imagine that any one of his paragraphs could feature in the film of the book . . . a thoughtful, innovative page turner
Even at 600-plus pages, there's a leanness to the prose that keeps the plot moving forwards . . . Robinson handles setpieces with aplomb
It's near impossible to capture the vibrance of the entire city in the span of one single novel, yet Kim Stanley Robinson manages to do just that and more
Like all great sci-fi, New York 2140 is as much inward-looking as it is forward- . . . Robinson's work has a strong, intelligent social conscience
Starkly beautiful and fundamentally optimistic
Only sci-fi can drown Manhattan and make you want to live there
There have been more than a few environmental catastrophe tales set in
a future New York, but possibly none of them have been this interesting
One of the most exciting books in climate change fiction yet written... Both immensely readable and timely
Utterly immersive and unexpectedly hopeful
This may well be Robinson's masterpiece and is surely the most important piece of sf in years
A masterpiece
A deeply realised world that feels more like a peep into our future than a work of fiction
A wise and big-hearted novel to read and then, straight away, read again
Another stellar effort from one of the masters of the genre
The lunar landscape is a source of beautifully described detail
A compelling vision of the future
One of the finest writers of his generation
Beautiful descriptions of lunar landscapes
Sci-fi fans will love the detail and the optimism about humanity's future in space
Any new novel by the great Kim Stanley Robinson is always an event and Red Moon doesn't disappoint