Based on the timeline compiled by mark rosa in 2004 original timeline here, offline since 2009. Nov 09, 2016 kim stanley robinson the years of rice and salt audiobook part 1. The muslim, indian and chinese civilizations are the ones that will drive world history, through hardships and wars, discoveries and revolutions. The years of rice and salt considers this question through the stories of individuals who experience and influence various crucial periods in the seven centuries that follow. While i find kim stanley robinsons years of rice and salt interesting, i find it rather implausible. Kim stanley robinsons ambitious exploration of alternative history in the years of rice and salt poses the daunting question how would our world have developed without europe. A native californian, robinson traveled and worked in different parts of the world including washington, dc and some time in switzerland with his wife, lisa, an environmental chemist. The years of rice and salt isbn 9780553580075 pdf epub kim. Kim stanley robinson s the years of rice and salt is a storehouse of thought.
The novel explores how world history might have been different if the black death plague had killed 99% of europes population, instead of a third because fewer catsmore rats. The years of rice and salt by kim stanley robinson abebooks. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. It explores the shape the world would have taken if 99% of the european population had been wiped out by the 14th century black plague. Review of the years of rice and salt by kim stanley robinson. Mar 05, 2002 the years of rice and salt by kim stanley robinson after the black death, 700 years of new life. Read the years of rice and salt a novel by kim stanley robinson available from rakuten kobo. With the incomparable vision and breathtaking detail that brought his nowclassic mars trilogy to vivid life, bestselling author kim stanley robinson boldly imagines an alternate history of the last seven hundred years. In the 14th century anno domini, the black plague decimates europe. In his grandest work yet, the acclaimed storyteller constructs a world vastly different from the one we know. Kim stanley robinson is a new york times bestseller and winner of the hugo, nebula, and locus awards. With the incomparable vision and breathtaking detail that brought his nowclassic mars trilogy to. Kim stanley robinson born march 23, 1952 is an american writer of science fiction. May 05, 2015 listen to years of rice and salt audiobook by kim stanley robinson.
The credible alternate history that robinson constructs becomes the framework for a tapestry of. I mean, our lives and actions pass through this lens of the now, and then are magically transmuted into then, and rendered both complete and imperfect, all by the passage of immaterial time. Mar 04, 2002 buy the years of rice and salt by robinson, kim stanley from amazons fiction books store. The years of rice and salt kim stanley robinson, author. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the years of rice and salt. It is the fourteenth century and one of the most apoc.
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The years of rice and salt isbn 9780553580075 pdf epub. The novel is divided into ten books, each focusing on one or sometimes more incarnation of the main characters. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 763 pages and is available in mass market paperback format. The years of rice and salt by kim stanley robinson a novelist imagines 700 years of history in which the plague has wiped out the west and china and islam rule the globe. Complete summary of kim stanley robinson s the years of rice and salt. There are at least three calendars being used in thes story. This content was uploaded by our users and we assume good faith they have the permission to share this book. The first edition of the novel was published in june 3rd 2002, and was written by kim stanley robinson. Awardwinning author kim stanley robinson delivers a thoughtful and powerful examination of cultures and the people who shape them. Listen to years of rice and salt by kim stanley robinson at. The years of rice and salt quotes by kim stanley robinson.
The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 572 pages and is available in mass market paperback format. The book, which covers 700 years, from what wed call the middle ages to 2091, describes a planet different in many ways from our own but in its. Years of rice and salt kim stanley robinson libcom. Since history is by nature episodic, the challenge of a book like the years of rice and salt is to orchestrate a steady stream of new characters from different eras while keeping a core of familiar players on stage throughout. The years of rice and salt by kim stanley robinson. Mar 22, 2014 the years of rice and salt is an alternative history novel published in 2002. The years of rice and salt book by kim stanley robinson. Buy the years of rice and salt reprint by robinson, kim stanle isbn. He has published nineteen novels and numerous short stories but is best known for his mars trilogy.
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Kim stanley robinson the years of rice and salt audiobook part 3. In this timeline, the black plague kills off the entire population of europe in the late 14th century, so its up to the muslim world, china, india, and the native americans to advance human civilization forward. Critics found the book to be rich in detail, realistic, and thoughtful. You can walk from the time of your youth till the time you grow old, and after that, till you become young again. Years of rice and salt by kim stanley robinson history is weird, right. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. With the same unique vision that brought his now classic mars trilogy to vivid life, bestselling author kim stanley robinson boldly imagines an. In an alternate history world in which the population of europe is almost completely wiped out by the black. Kim stanley robinson is the award winning author of several science fiction novels. Free download or read online the years of rice and salt pdf epub book. The years of rice and salt by kim stanley robinson goodreads.
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Kim stanley robinsons the years of rice and salt is a storehouse of thought. The suggestion is a great one, and i love the book. This acclaimed book by kim stanley robinson is available at in several formats for your ereader. The credible alternate history that robinson constructs becomes the framework for a tapestry of ideas about philosophy, science, theology, and politics. The years of rice and salt does not resemble the selfindulgent display of personal subconscious idiosyncrasies some also call literature these days. Monkey, how far is it to the western heaven, the abode of buddha. The chinese discover the americas, their diseases spread through the native american populations, and their armies plunder the incans. Robinsons solution is to borrow an article of faith common to the surviving cultures. The years of rice and salt audible audiobook unabridged kim stanley robinson author, bronson pinchot narrator, blackstone audio, inc. A book that likewise pivots religious concerns on a single point in history, robinson removes christianity and judaism from the scene to focus on. When the scouts of the mongol leader temur the lame tamburlaine enter hungary in 1405, they find only emptiness and death.
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 galileos dream. The years of rice and salt is another example of the alternative history subgenre of sffantasy the central idea of playing out a scenario in the real worlds past, where a change in one or more specific events causes a divergence with the true path of history. Fiction, black death, science fiction, long now manual for civilization. The neartotal death of all europeans strikes me as incredibly unlikely, so i have changed that to the death of 6080% of the european population, which allows for the survival of a christian majority in parts of muslim europe and several christianmajority states. This is a universe where the first ship to reach the new world travels across the pacific ocean from china and colonization spreads from west to east. If you want to read it, you can pick up a copy here.
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