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Tamsin

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Kim Stanley Robinson: Ministry for the Future (2020, Orbit) 4 stars

Established in 2025, the purpose of the new organization was simple: To advocate for the …

Review of 'Ministry for the Future' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

The blurb said "a rousing vision of how we might unite to overcome the greatest challenge of our time" but I just found it depressing. It is set so close in the future that the climate disasters described will be reality pretty soon. I didn't find the way humanity pulls together very convincing or believable.
Also I'm not sure who the intended audience is - if you're not interested in climate change, there's a lot of dry facts interspersed between a bit of human interest, so not really a gripping read. And if you are interested, like I said it's just depressing: (