Pacific Edge - (Three Californias) by Kim Stanley Robinson (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Each of the novels in Robinson's "Three Californias" trilogy uses the same setting--Orange County in Southern California--but each envisions a radically different future. Pacific Edge shows readers a place transformed by the "green" politics of environmental awareness--"a bittersweet utopia that may shame you into entertaining new hope for the future" (New York Times Book Review).<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b> The concluding book in Kim Stanley Robinson's critically-acclaimed Three Californias Trilogy, <i>Pacific Edge</i>. </b> <p/>2065: In a world that has rediscovered harmony with nature, the village of El Modena, California, is an ecotopia in the making. Kevin Claiborne, a young builder who has grown up in this green world, now finds himself caught up in the struggle to preserve his community's idyllic way of life from the resurgent forces of greed and exploitation.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"An outstanding achievement....Robinson's writing ranks in the highest levels of the genre. The book generates a soaring optimism." --<i>Publishers Weekly</i> <p/>"Through a blend of dirt-under-fingernails naturalism and lyrical magical realism, Robinson invites us to share his characters' intensely personal, intensely loyal attachment to what they have. The result is a bittersweet utopia that may shame you into entertaining new hope for the future." --<i>The New York Times Book Review</i> <p/>"[<i>Pacific Edge</i> is] the outstanding utopia of the last ten years and more." --<i>Foundation</i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Kim Stanley Robinson</b>'s Three Californias trilogy -- <i>The Gold Coast</i>, <i>The Wild Shore, </i> and <i>Pacific Edge -- </i>has been observed as an intriguing work, one that will delight and entertain you, and, most importantly, cause you to stop and think (<i>The Santa Ana Register</i>). His many other novels include <i>Escape from Kathmandu</i> and <i>Green Mars -- </i>which won the Hugo and Locus Award for Best Novel
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