the years of rice and salt by kim stanley robinson

The final story doesn't come to any sort of definitive close as it wraps up the novel - it doesn't end it in any traditional sense - but rather promises that the cycle of reincarnation continues, and the characters will continue to improve, always looking to a better tomorrow. Europe's departure also means the departure of Christianity as a driving force in world history, and Confucianism, Buddhism and Islam rise to take its place. With the same unique vision that brought his now classic. Each story feels like a different genre, and it's gratifying to see the characters' reincarnated souls grow and mature together as they try to shape their world for the better. Lees The Years of Rice and Salt A Novel door Kim Stanley Robinson verkrijgbaar bij Rakuten Kobo. Kim Stanley Robinson is a winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus awards. Robinson envisions this by following a group of reincarnated souls - or jāti - from the point of divergence in the 1400s up through the 2080s in a series of ten short stories - novellas, almost. A densely written alternate history, The Years of Rice and Salt focuses not on the big picture of how the world is different after a much more destructive Black Plague, but rather on the individual people as they grow up in this alternate world.

The years of rice and salt by kim stanley robinson