Sixty Days and Counting by Kim Stanley Robinson is out

[hedgehog]

The sequel to 40 Signs of Rain and 50 Degrees Below.

Some very intriguing thoughts on Global CLimate change.

[phantom power]

1. I'm not quite finished with 50 degrees below.

Now I'll have to wait another year for them to release "60" in paperback.

:banghead:

[Forkboy]

2. Great news!!!!!!!

I love Robinson's work,especially The Years of Rice and Salt.

This trilogy has been excellent so far.I want to sit on the edge of my treehouse and yell "WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOP!" with the gibbons too!

Thanks very much for the update.I'm library bound tomorrow!

[hedgehog]

3. I just finished reading it, now my question is this:

Is Robinson a wild optimist about new technologies or are all our current officials that stupid and that bound to existing interests (Big Oil, World Bank, etc.)

[YankeyMCC]

4. I haven't read these books but

from what KSR stories and novels I have read he seems like most other science fiction writers to be pretty optimistic about what technology might accomplish if we give it the right resources for research and development and managed to find the maturity to use it correctly.

[hedgehog]

5. I wonder what would happen if we locked him in a room with

Michael Crichton.

[YankeyMCC]

6. Now why would you punish KSR like that ?

;)

[Forkboy]

8. I think he's very optimistic about people in general,not just science and technology.

His books all have a real humanist streak through them (with a dash of Buddhism tossed in).I think he's just an optimistic person.

And I hate that!!! :D

Can't wait to read this one.The library has it reserved but I'm fourth in line and still waiting.

[TechBear_Seattle]

7. Kim Stanley Robinson will be the Guest of Honor at Norwescon this year

There is till time to get tickets, if you will be in the Seattle area over Easter weekend :hi:

http://www.norwescon.org/portal/

[Forkboy]

9. Are you going?

If so let us know how it was.

If not,to hell with you!

Just kiddin' :D

[TechBear_Seattle]

10. I will definitely be there

I have a couple of con-friends who want to look over a book I'm working on. Nothing even close to marketing to publishers yet, but next year....

[Forkboy]

11. Awesome

And good luck with the book!