Cover of 2312

2312

by Kim Stanley Robinson

2012 · literary fiction · adult

Sense of Place
5/5
1Mercury1VenusEarth1Mars1Asteroid Belt1JupiterIO2SaturnTITAN · IAPETUS
Description · Open Library (CC0)

"The year is 2312. Scientific and technological advances have opened gateways to an extraordinary future. Earth is no longer humanity's only home; new habitats have been created throughout the solar system on moons, planets, and in between. But in this year, 2312, a sequence of events will force humanity to confront its past, its present, and its future. The first event takes place on Mercury, on the city of Terminator, itself a miracle of engineering on an unprecedented scale. It is an unexpected death, but one that might have been foreseen. For Swan Er Hong, it is an event that will change her life. Swan was once a woman who designed worlds. Now she will be led into a plot to destroy them"--

Set in space

  • Mercury
    Terminator, Swan's home city
    ★ primary
  • Venus
    Colette, atmosphere city
  • Mars
    Genette's exile world; qube cleanup
  • Titan
    Wahram's home moon
  • Io
    Swan's message-delivery stop
  • Iapetus
    Ridge-covered moon, journey waypoint
  • The Asteroid Belt
    Hollowed-out terraria, Swan's former craft

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