2312
- 576
- Pages
- about 11 h
- Reading time
- Nebula Award for Best Novel
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About the book
2312 is a hard science fiction novel by American writer Kim Stanley Robinson, published in 2012. It is set in the year 2312, when society has spread out across the Solar System. The novel won the 2013 Nebula Award for Best Novel.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 6.8 across 164 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 52% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Science fiction average of 7.8. That is how 7.4 comes out. A further +0.10 comes from the small bonus for major awards.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.4 | 14 | 9% |
| Hardcover | 6.7 | 150 | 92% |
Reader voices
The most-liked reviews on Hardcover (credited to their authors).
“Tough reading at times, I often got the nagging feeling that the author was trying to impress me with his (obviously deep and detailed) knowledge of a wide variety of topics above telling a story. This did lend to the feel of the book as…”
“I persevered and forced myself to finish this novel. Here is my “list” (those of you who read the book will understand this) to describe Kim Stanley Robinson's writing style: verbose, grandiloquent, sesquipedalian, obfuscatory, pretentious, jargon-heavy and circumlocutory. Yes, I had to use copilot to…”
Frequently asked
How long is 2312?
It has 576 pages — longer than 78% of the ranked books in Science fiction.
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