Thomas's review of Sixty Days and Counting
Sixty Days and Counting by Kim Stanley Robinson
Thomas's review
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politicsandculture,
sciencefiction
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Read in January, 2008
The problem with Kim Stanley Robinson's 'trilogies' is that they don't seem to end. We, the readers seem to leave them at a point and the characters in the books go their own ways. That said, KSR has attempted to remedy that somewhat in his latest trilogy-ender 'Sixty Days and Counting'
The first two books in the 'Science in the Capital' Trilogy had the easy parts, introduce the characters and the situation and crank up the heat for the conflict. The final book always has the heavy lifting of tying up the loose ends. This Trilogy has it even harder, its thematic chore being the drawing together of the myriad threads of politics, business, science and culture that have brought the earth to this crisis. KSR handles them all with aplomb, weaving the human stories with the earth's story as the planet faces anthropogenic climate change. KSR is an optimist and shows that people of goodwill working together can make a difference. Sappy? Sure. But I for one need any reassurance I can get.
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The first two books in the 'Science in the Capital' Trilogy had the easy parts, introduce the characters and the situation and crank up the heat for the conflict. The final book always has the heavy lifting of tying up the loose ends. This Trilogy has it even harder, its thematic chore being the drawing together of the myriad threads of politics, business, science and culture that have brought the earth to this crisis. KSR handles them all with aplomb, weaving the human stories with the earth's story as the planet faces anthropogenic climate change. KSR is an optimist and shows that people of goodwill working together can make a difference. Sappy? Sure. But I for one need any reassurance I can get.
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