Kim Stanley Robinson on Our Future Cities

On the Media | Nov 24, 2017

Science fiction writer Kim Stanley Robinson, well-known for his award-winning Mars Trilogy, speaks with Brooke about his new book New York 2140, in which Manhattan is partially submerged by water and citizens travel using boats, similar to Venice. He discusses the role of fiction as a blueprint for hope, and why his New York City of the future still struggles with capitalist impulses — the same ones he says are responsible for climate change today.

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