The Years of Rice and Salt (Magill’s Literary Annual 2003)
At a glance:
- Author: Kim Stanley Robinson
- First Published: 2002
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: The 1300’s to the present
- Setting: Various locales throughout the world
- Principal Characters: Bold, Kyu, Kokila, Bihari, Kya, Bistami, Sultana Katima, Admiral Kheim, Butterfly, Khalid, Bahram, Busho, Keeper, Widow Kang, Ibrahim, Ismail, Bhakta, Kerala, Major Kuo, Bai, Iwa, Idelba, Budur, Kirana, Bao Xinhua, Kung Jianguo
- Genres: Long fiction, Alternate history
- Subjects: Philosophy or philosophers, Islam, Religion, Native Americans or American Indians, War, India or East Indian people, Diseases, China or Chinese people, Reincarnation, Middle Ages, Plague, Fourteenth century
- Locales: Earth
Kim Stanley Robinson is one of the premier exponents of hard science fiction. The books of his Mars trilogy–Red Mars (1992), Green Mars (1994), and Blue Mars (1996)—were awarded the genre’s highest recognition, the individual volumes receiving the Nebula and the Hugo Awards for the best novels of the year. His Antarctica (1998) was also widely praised. Robinson’s major works have focused upon the near future, and his novels stay within the bounds of current scientific technologies.
In The Years of Rice and Salt, Robinson departs from his...
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