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barrychopkins
Aug 17, 2012
Books such as 2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson make this reader wish that authors could be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law for 1) wasting the reader’s time and money; and, 2) trees having been cut down that the book might be printed. This reader loves Robinson’s Mars trilogy (having read and re-read the novels several times) and was anticipating this new novel. 2312 is a profound disappointment: the plot is contrived, the characters unattractive (why care about them?), and the writing tedious. The sole (only slightly) redeeming feature of the work is the science underlying the novel, but not interesting enough to warrant a painful struggle through 561 pages of egregiously written prose.