{"product_id":"9781250307569","title":"Three Californias: The Wild Shore, The Gold Coast, and Pacific Edge","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eRobinson, Kim Stanley; Spufford, Francis\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTor Books\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e02\/04\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the internationally bestselling author of the \u003ci\u003eMars Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e New York 2140 \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBefore Kim Stanley Robinson terraformed Mars, he wrote three science fiction novels set in Orange County, California, where he grew up. These alternate futures—one a post-apocalypse, one an if-this-goes-on future reminiscent of Philip K. Dick, and one an ecological utopia—form a whole that illuminates, enchants, and inspires--collected here as \u003ci\u003eThree Californias\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat if... there was a limited nuclear war that left the United States blockaded, fragmented, the few survivors living in the ruins of a once-great nation?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat if... this goes on, and technology continues to accelerate, and power continues to be consolidated into corporate culture, a developer’s dream world gone mad: an endless sprawl of condos, freeways, and malls, and designer drugs?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat if... a revolution happens, and the US addresses climate change in a responsible way. Is a future green Utopia all that great when you’re young and in love?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis Tor Essentials edition of \u003ci\u003eThree \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eCalifornias\u003c\/i\u003e includes an introduction by Francis Spufford, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eGolden Hill\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRed Plenty\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[Robinson] invites us to share his characters’ intensely personal, intensely local attachment to what they have. The result may shame you into entertaining new hope for the future.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e on \u003ci\u003ePacific Edge\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tor Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42926802501887,"sku":"9781250307569","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/getimage_43efd2f4-86f4-484f-88ae-51e9c9d0fde2.jpg?v=1721793010","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9781250307569","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}