Who wrote The Ministry for the Future?

Kim Stanley Robinson wrote The Ministry for the Future, first published in 2020. It is a work of literary fiction and is rated 'Essential Read' in our catalogue.

Is there a book club guide for The Ministry for the Future?

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Essential Read

The Ministry for the Future

Name: The Ministry for the Future
Author: Kim Stanley Robinson

by Kim Stanley Robinson · 2020

Literary Fiction · ranked #176 in category

Reviewed by the Book Verdict editorial team

In the near future, a new UN body — the Ministry for the Future — attempts to address the climate crisis through financial engineering, geoengineering, political pressure and occasional violence. Robinson's novel is structured as a series of chapters in radically different forms — news reports, speeches, interior monologues — making the case that the systems causing climate change can only be dismantled by the same forces that built them.

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The verdict

Category: Literary Fiction
First published: 2020 · 2020s
Author: Kim Stanley Robinson
Standing: Essential Read

About Literary Fiction

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