Kim Stanley Robinson and Ken McLeod are two of the most interesting contemporary science fiction writers. Robinson’s Mars Trilogy and MacLeod’s Intrusion are among my favorite novels. Here the two of them talk about global warming and space travel.
One notable quote by Robinson on private space travel:
An individual billionaire going to space, I don’t like it. It trivializes it. It’s like bungee jumping in reverse. There is no point.
This is also an excuse to share my favorite science fiction novels:
- Vernor Vinge: Rainbows End
- Greg Egan: Permutation City
- Jack McDevitt: Engines of God
- Andy Weir: The Martian and Project Hail Mary
- Ken MacLeod: Intrusion
- Kim Stanley Robinson: Red Mars, Blue Mars, Green Mars
- Mikael Niemi: Astrotruckers
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