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Forty Signs of Rain

  • 376 pages · about 6 hours
  • First published 2004
  • 9 editions

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1 About this book

Forty Signs of Rain (2004) is the first novel in the hard science fiction trilogy Science in the Capital by Kim Stanley Robinson. The following two novels are Fifty Degrees Below (2005) and Sixty Days and Counting (2007).

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Good for readers who want: science fiction and spy fiction.

  • Science fiction
  • Thrillers
  • Espionage
  • Thrillers, espionage
  • Climatic changes
  • Legislators
  • Scientists
  • Technological

2 About Kim Stanley Robinson

Born 1952

Kim Stanley Robinson (born March 23, 1952) is an American science fiction writer best known for his Mars trilogy of novels. Many of his novels and stories have ecological, cultural, and political themes, featuring scientists as heroes. Robinson has won numerous awards, including the Hugo Award for Best Novel, the Nebula Award for Best Novel, and the World Fantasy Award.

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