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An award-winning and bestselling SF writer, Kim Stanley Robinson is widely acknowledged as one of the most exciting and visionary writers in the field. His latest novel, 2312, imagined how we would be living 300 years from now. Now, with his new novel, he turns from our future to our past - to the paleolithic era, and an extraordinary moment in humanity's development. An emotionally powerful and richly detailed portrayal of life 30,000 years ago, it is a novel that will appeal both to his existing fans and a whole new mainstream readership.
About the author
Kim Stanley Robinson wurde 1951 in Illinois geboren, studierte Literatur und promovierte mit einem Essay über die Romane von Philip K. Dick. Er veröffentlichte zahlreiche Science-Fiction-Kurzgeschichten und -Romane und wurde mit dem Nebula Award ausgezeichnet. Weltbekannt wurde er mit seiner Mars-Trilogie. Kim Stanley Robinson lebt und arbeitet in Kalifornien.
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Robinson's expert world building and lyrical prose offer Jack London-esque pleasures as they depict the stark beauties of the icy landscape - it's desolation, dangers and the desperate choices it forces people to make when pushed to the edge of existence. Richly detailed. KIRKUS REVIEWS
