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Fifty Degrees Below (Hardcover)

by Kim Stanley Robinson (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 416 pages
  • Publisher: Bantam Books (25 Oct 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0553803123
  • ISBN-13: 978-0553803129
  • Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 16.3 x 3.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 698,289 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Politics in the New Ice Age, 28 April 2006
This review is from: Fifty Degrees Below (Paperback)

One of the good things about Kim Stanely Robinson is that he is unafraid to tackle the real issues facing humanity in the twenty first century unlike most modern scif-fi which appears to be stuck in fantasy. Fifty Degrees below is an interesting book, detailing how the American government attempts to cope with the shutting down of the North Atlantic Drift. However I found the whole read slightly unreal. It is mostly focussed on the characters in Washington DC who appear to carry on with their lives while the world falls apart around them. Major climate disaster is dealt with in a few very short paragraphes and the human sufferring brought about by these disasters is not discussed or dealt with, it is merely edited down to cold science. Also this rather like the Day After Tomorrow, with a new ice age threataning to descend on America - something climate scientists have taken great pains to point out won't happen, even if the NAD does shut down. The books real strength lies in the characters, particularly Frank who decides to live out in the Washington parks and regain his palaeolithic consciousness. The Buddhists were also very good. Alas if Robinson had focussed on warming rather than cooling this may have been a better book. A pity, a great idea missed out upon.
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6 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Recommended, 31 Aug 2005
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This review is from: Fifty Degrees Below: Bk.2: Science in the Capital (Hardcover)
It's nice to see a more objective book about climate change by an American writer. Kim Stanley Robinson is the Anti-Crichton!
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1.0 out of 5 stars Astonishingly dull, 29 Jan 2006
This review is from: Fifty Degrees Below: Bk.2: Science in the Capital (Hardcover)
Dull to the point of being unreadable. The first 150 pages are filled with meandering drivel that takes the plot exactly nowhere. By about this time the reader begins to loose the will to live. Does anything actually happen? Who cares.. the characters are unappealing, the protaganist ineffective, the plot so slow to develop that it actually feels glacial.

I've struggled with this book for a long time, hoping that it will come to form, but to be honest it's a waste of time. Kim Stanley Robinson has written much better books than this. Don't waste your time with it.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Drifting like snow...
There are several interesting sub-plots in the book, the author writes with skill and the issues are important - climate change and the future of the world. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Frederic J. Pont

3.0 out of 5 stars Grand ideas, imperfectly executed - an uneven read
"Fifty Degrees Below" is the second instalment in Kim Stanley Robinson's 'Science in the Capital' series, set in the near future and exploring the potential impact of climate... Read more
Published 2 months ago by J. Aitcheson

3.0 out of 5 stars Informative but lacking in direction
Fifty degrees below focuses on one mans life as he decides to revert to a neolithic lifestyle amid the aftermath of huge flood in Washington D.C. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Alexander Haynes

1.0 out of 5 stars NOTHING HAPPENS!
If you liked the mars trilogy don't be fooled into thinking this will be as good. Nothing of interest happens to characters you don't care about. Read more
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