Galileo's Dream by Kim Stanley Robinson

Galileo's Dream by Kim Stanley Robinson

Nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke and Locus Awards * In this brilliant novel that spans centuries and planets, the bestselling author of the Mars trilogy melds Galileo's life with the colonization of the moons he discovered.

At the heart of this provocative narrative that stretches from Renaissance Italy to the moons of Jupiter is the father of modern science: Galileo Galilei.

To the inhabitants of the Jovian moons, Galileo is a revered figure whose actions will influence the subsequent history of the human race. From the summit of their distant future, a charismatic renegade named Ganymede travels to the past to bring Galileo forward in an attempt to alter history and ensure the ascendancy of science over religion. And if that means Galileo must be burned at the stake, so be it.

From Galileo's heresy trial to the politics of far-future Jupiter, Kim Stanley Robinson illuminates the parallels between a distant past and an even more remote future--in the process celebrating the human spirit and calling into question the convenient truths of our own moment in time.

Robinson, Kim Stanley: - KIM STANLEY ROBINSON is an American science fiction writer. He is the author of more than 20 books, including the international bestselling Mars trilogy: Red Mars, Green Mars, Blue Mars, and more recently Red Moon, New York 2140, and 2312, which was a New York Times bestseller nominated for all seven of the major science fiction awards--a first for any book. 2008 he was named a Hero of the Environment by Time magazine, and he works with the Sierra Nevada Research Institute, the Clarion Writers' Workshop, and UC San Diego's Arthur C. Clarke Center for Human Imagination. He has won the Hugo, Nebula, Locus, and World Fantasy awards. In 2016 he was given the Heinlein Award for lifetime achievement in science fiction, and asteroid 72432 was named Kimrobinson. In 2017 he was given the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Imagination in Service to Society.

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ISBN 13	9780553590876
ISBN 10	0553590871
Title	Galileo's Dream
Author	Kim Stanley Robinson
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Spectra
Year published	2010-12-28
Number of pages	544
Prizes	Nominated for Arthur C. Clarke Award 2010
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