Antarctica

Kim Stanley Robinson

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Book cover for Antarctica
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Book cover for Antarctica
Book cover for Antarctica
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Antarctica

Antarctica

Kim Stanley Robinson

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Description

Antarctica... Our last wilderness. But for how long? A topical future history thriller from the worldwide bestselling author of the Mars series.

Like the land it protects, the Antarctic Treaty is dissolving. The world's last unstripped asset, Antarctica is in danger of becoming a free-for-all - oil reconnaissance teams intent on mass extraction, adventure travellers trailing waste across the tundra, and multi-national interests covertly vying for influence. But a new radical environmentalist group is determined to show humanity that Antarctica cannot be plundered like the rest of the world. Whatever it takes...

Antarctica: an eco-thriller, a romance, and a passionate study of a desolate continent. Against a majestic backdrop, multi-award-winning author Kim Stanley Robinson paints his latest big picture by focusing on the personal triumphs and tragedies of the innocents, the activists, and the ruthless exploiters who are fighting their version of the future for Earth's last great wilderness.

About the Author

Kim Stanley Robinson is a winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus awards. He is the author of more than twenty books, including the bestselling Mars trilogy and the critically acclaimed Forty Signs of Rain, Fifty Degrees Below, Sixty Days and Counting, The Years of Rice and Salt, and Galileo's Dream. In 2008 he was named one of Time magazine's "Heroes of the Environment." He serves on the board of the Sierra Nevada Research Institute. He lives in Davis, California.

Critical Reviews

"Forbidding yet fascinating, like the continent it describes . . . echoes Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air."--People

"[Antarctica] should be included in any short-list of books about the frozen continent. . . . Compelling characters . . . a rich and dense story . . . Robinson has succeeded not only in drawing human characters but also in bringing Antarctica to life. Whatever happens in the outer world, Antarctica--both the book and the continent--will become part of the reader's interior landscape."--The Washington Post Book World

"The epic of Antarctica. This is the James A. Michener novel of the South Pole. If the meaty one-word title didn't give it away, the writing would. The whole human history of the continent is here."--Interzone

"Antarctica will take your breath away."--Associated Press

"A gripping tale of adventure on the ice."--Publishers Weekly

"Passionate, informed . . . vastly entertaining."--Kirkus Reviews

"Robinson writes about geography and geology with the intensity and unhurried attention to detail of a John McPhee."--The New York Times Book Review

Publishing Information

Publisher: Del Rey Books
Pub date: 2025-12-02
Length: 576 pages

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