![]() While his previous climate fiction had approached the topic from an aftermath point of view, with the new novel he sought to write with the near-future as the starting point and with existing real-world technologies, economics, and societies, then to push the narrative further into the future. With The Ministry for the Future, Robinson was seeking to return to the climate fiction genre that he had previously written in with 2312, New York 2140, and the Science in the Capital series ( Forty Signs of Rain, Fifty Degrees Below, Sixty Days and Counting). Prior to The Ministry for the Future, his latest novel had been Red Moon, published two years earlier. Clarke Award for Imagination in Service to Society for his body of work. He had previously written 20 novels and received the Robert A. The Ministry for the Future also includes elements of utopian fiction, as it portrays society addressing a problem, and elements of horror fiction, as climate change threatens characters.Īt the time of the novel's publication, American science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson was 68 years old and living in Davis, California. Robinson had previously written other climate fiction novels, such as 2312 and New York 2140. It is also a part of the growing body of climate fiction. With its emphasis on scientific accuracy and non-fiction descriptions of history and social science, the novel is classified as hard science fiction. ![]() Many chapters are devoted to other (mostly anonymous) characters' accounts of future events, as well as their ideas about ecology, economics, and other subjects. The plot primarily follows Mary Murphy, the head of the titular Ministry for the Future, and Frank May, an American aid worker traumatized by experiencing a deadly heat wave in India. While they pursue various ambitious projects, the effects of climate change are determined to be the most consequential. Set in the near future, the novel follows a subsidiary body, established under the Paris Agreement, whose mission is to act as an advocate for the world's future generations of citizens as if their rights are as valid as the present generation's. The Ministry for the Future is a climate fiction ("cli-fi") novel by American science fiction writer Kim Stanley Robinson published in 2020.
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