• #146 Digging up the future: Icehenge (1984) by Kim Stanley Robinson

  • Feb 27 2025
  • Length: 13 mins
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#146 Digging up the future: Icehenge (1984) by Kim Stanley Robinson

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  • A moving meditation on revolution, knowledge, and human longevity

    Kim Stanley Robinson has been a major fixture of American SF for 30 years. Best known for his Mars trilogy from the 1990s, each of his recent novels has been a major event, and he is a particularly important figure in climate fiction.

    This episode takes a look at an early and lesser known book by KSR. Icehenge was first published in 1984, and consists of a wide-ranging tour of the future of our solar system. Over the course of three linked novellas, Robinson examines the thorny topics of revolution, knowledge, and human longevity. All are linked to the structure of the title, a giant mysterious artefact discovered on the surface of Pluto.

    Also in this episode: responding to a listener message about Isaac Asimov's The Caves of Steel (1954), Andy Weir, and the film Phase IV (1974).

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