The Ministry for the Future
| Title | The Ministry for the Future |
| Year for Search | 2020 |
| Authors | Robinson, Kim Stanley(b. 1952) |
| Pagination | 565 pp. |
| Date Published | 2020 |
| Publisher | Orbit/Hachette Book Group |
| Place Published | New York |
| ISBN Number | 978-0-316-30013-1 |
| Keywords | Male author, US author |
| Annotation | Set in the near future when climate change is rapidly worsening, the Ministry for the Future is established by the United Nations with little actual power, but it brings together a number of committed people determined to bring about changes, some through diplomacy, others through any means possible. The novel follows the woman who is head of the Ministry and her interactions with the heads of the most powerful national banks, some of the ways scientists throughout the world are trying to limit the effects of climate change and improve peoples' lives, and some of the attempts to further change or oppose it through violence. |
| Author Note | (b. 1952) |
| Full Text | 2020 Robinson, Kim Stanley (b. 1952). The Ministry for the Future. New York: Orbit/Hachette Book Group. 565 pp. Set in the near future when climate change is rapidly worsening, the Ministry for the Future is established by the United Nations with little actual power, but it brings together a number of committed people determined to bring about changes, some through diplomacy, others through any means possible. The novel follows the woman who is head of the Ministry and her interactions with the heads of the most powerful national banks, some of the ways scientists throughout the world are trying to limit the effects of climate change and improve peoples' lives, and some of the attempts to further change or oppose it through violence. |
