{"product_id":"three-californias-the-wild-shore-the-gold-coast-and-pacific-edge","title":"Three Californias: The Wild Shore, the Gold Coast, and Pacific Edge","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the internationally bestselling author of the \u003ci\u003eMars Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e New York 2140 \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBefore Kim Stanley Robinson terraformed Mars, he wrote three science fiction novels set in Orange County, California, where he grew up. These alternate futures--one a post-apocalypse, one an if-this-goes-on future reminiscent of Philip K. Dick, and one an ecological utopia--form a whole that illuminates, enchants, and inspires--collected here as \u003ci\u003eThree Californias\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat if... there was a limited nuclear war that left the United States blockaded, fragmented, the few survivors living in the ruins of a once-great nation? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat if... this goes on, and technology continues to accelerate, and power continues to be consolidated into corporate culture, a developer's dream world gone mad: an endless sprawl of condos, freeways, and malls, and designer drugs? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat if... a revolution happens, and the US addresses climate change in a responsible way. Is a future green Utopia all that great when you're young and in love? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis Tor Essentials edition of \u003ci\u003eThree \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eCalifornias\u003c\/i\u003e includes an introduction by Francis Spufford, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eGolden Hill\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRed Plenty\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[Robinson] invites us to share his characters' intensely personal, intensely local attachment to what they have. The result may shame you into entertaining new hope for the future.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e on \u003ci\u003ePacific Edge\u003c\/i\u003e\r","brand":"Kim Stanley Robinson, Francis Spufford","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44443929182444,"sku":"9781250307569","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9781250307569.jpg?v=1718494401","url":"https:\/\/allstora.com\/products\/three-californias-the-wild-shore-the-gold-coast-and-pacific-edge","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}