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The Ministry for the Future is a climate fiction ("cli-fi") novel by American science fiction writer Kim Stanley Robinson published in 2020. 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. While they pursue various ambitious projects, the effects of climate change are determined to be the most consequential. 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. Many chapters are devoted to other (mostly anonymous) characters' accounts of future events, as well as the

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  • Das Ministerium für die Zukunft ist ein 2020 in englischer Sprache unter dem Titel The Ministry for the Future veröffentlichter Roman des US-amerikanischen Autors Kim Stanley Robinson (* 1952). Der Roman beschreibt das Wirken einer fiktiven UN-Behörde bei der Entwicklung und Unterstützung von Maßnahmen zur Bekämpfung des Klimawandels. Der Roman beinhaltet sowohl utopische, als auch dystopische Elemente und wird in der englischen Literaturwissenschaft unter anderem ins Genre der cli-fi (climate fiction) eingeordnet. (de)
  • The Ministry for the Future est un roman de science-fiction de l'écrivain américain Kim Stanley Robinson publié en 2020. Situé dans un avenir proche, le roman suit une nouvelle institution basée à Zurich en Suisse, établie en vertu de l'Accord de Paris sur le climat, dont la mission est de défendre les futures générations de citoyens ainsi que la vie en général comme si leurs droits étaient aussi valables que ceux de la génération actuelle. Alors qu'ils mènent divers projets ambitieux, le sujet du changement climatique est jugé comme étant le plus préoccupant. (fr)
  • The Ministry for the Future is a climate fiction ("cli-fi") novel by American science fiction writer Kim Stanley Robinson published in 2020. 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. While they pursue various ambitious projects, the effects of climate change are determined to be the most consequential. 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. Many chapters are devoted to other (mostly anonymous) characters' accounts of future events, as well as their ideas about ecology, economics, and other subjects. With its emphasis on scientific accuracy and non-fiction descriptions of history and social science, the novel is classified as hard science fiction. It is also a part of the growing body of climate fiction. Robinson had previously written other climate fiction novels, such as 2312 and New York 2140. 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. (en)
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  • 9780316300131
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  • 576 (xsd:positiveInteger)
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  • First edition (en)
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  • United States (en)
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  • Lauren Panepinto (en)
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  • Science fiction (en)
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  • 9780316300131 (xsd:decimal)
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  • English (en)
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  • Print, e-book, audiobook (en)
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  • The Ministry for the Future (en)
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  • By subsuming shorter, more dramatic forms of storytelling into a larger, meaningful narrative architecture, Robinson leaves little chance for soothing denialisms and the various narrative closures that pervade climate fiction more generally. (en)
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  • October 2020 (en)
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  • J.R. Burgmann, Australian Book Review (en)
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  • Orbit Books
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  • Das Ministerium für die Zukunft ist ein 2020 in englischer Sprache unter dem Titel The Ministry for the Future veröffentlichter Roman des US-amerikanischen Autors Kim Stanley Robinson (* 1952). Der Roman beschreibt das Wirken einer fiktiven UN-Behörde bei der Entwicklung und Unterstützung von Maßnahmen zur Bekämpfung des Klimawandels. Der Roman beinhaltet sowohl utopische, als auch dystopische Elemente und wird in der englischen Literaturwissenschaft unter anderem ins Genre der cli-fi (climate fiction) eingeordnet. (de)
  • The Ministry for the Future est un roman de science-fiction de l'écrivain américain Kim Stanley Robinson publié en 2020. Situé dans un avenir proche, le roman suit une nouvelle institution basée à Zurich en Suisse, établie en vertu de l'Accord de Paris sur le climat, dont la mission est de défendre les futures générations de citoyens ainsi que la vie en général comme si leurs droits étaient aussi valables que ceux de la génération actuelle. Alors qu'ils mènent divers projets ambitieux, le sujet du changement climatique est jugé comme étant le plus préoccupant. (fr)
  • The Ministry for the Future is a climate fiction ("cli-fi") novel by American science fiction writer Kim Stanley Robinson published in 2020. 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. While they pursue various ambitious projects, the effects of climate change are determined to be the most consequential. 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. Many chapters are devoted to other (mostly anonymous) characters' accounts of future events, as well as the (en)
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  • Das Ministerium für die Zukunft (de)
  • The Ministry for the Future (fr)
  • The Ministry for the Future (en)
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