{"product_id":"three-californias-the-wild-shore-the-gold-coast-and-pacific-edge-paperback","title":"Three Californias: The Wild Shore, the Gold Coast, and Pacific Edge - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKim Stanley Robinson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eFrancis Spufford\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the internationally bestselling author of the \u003ci\u003eMars Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e New York 2140 \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBefore Kim Stanley Robinson terraformed Mars, he wrote three science fiction novels set in Orange County, California, where he grew up. These alternate futures--one a post-apocalypse, one an if-this-goes-on future reminiscent of Philip K. Dick, and one an ecological utopia--form a whole that illuminates, enchants, and inspires--collected here as \u003ci\u003eThree Californias\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat if... there was a limited nuclear war that left the United States blockaded, fragmented, the few survivors living in the ruins of a once-great nation? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat if... this goes on, and technology continues to accelerate, and power continues to be consolidated into corporate culture, a developer's dream world gone mad: an endless sprawl of condos, freeways, and malls, and designer drugs? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat if... a revolution happens, and the US addresses climate change in a responsible way. Is a future green Utopia all that great when you're young and in love? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis Tor Essentials edition of \u003ci\u003eThree \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eCalifornias\u003c\/i\u003e includes an introduction by Francis Spufford, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eGolden Hill\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRed Plenty\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" Robinson] invites us to share his characters' intensely personal, intensely local attachment to what they have. The result may shame you into entertaining new hope for the future.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e on \u003ci\u003ePacific Edge\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKIM STANLEY ROBINSON is the author of more than 20 books, including the international bestselling Mars trilogy: \u003ci\u003eRed Mars\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eGreen Mars\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlue Mars\u003c\/i\u003e, and more recently \u003ci\u003eRed Moon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew York 2140\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003e2312\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2008 he was named a \"Hero of the Environment\" by \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e magazine. He has won the Hugo, Nebula, Locus, and World Fantasy awards. In 2016 he received the Heinlein Award for lifetime achievement in science fiction. In 2017 he was given the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Imagination in Service to Society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 896\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.3 x 9.2 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 04, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44328322269286,"sku":"9781250307569","price":37.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/NnBXMm9sTFhZYTZoOWRqWm5uYXA4UT09.webp?v=1768305067","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/three-californias-the-wild-shore-the-gold-coast-and-pacific-edge-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}