Galileo's Dream - Kim Stanley Robinson

Galileo's Dream

ByKim Stanley Robinson

  • Release Date: 2009-12-29
  • Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 68 Ratings

Description

Nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke and Locus Awards • In this brilliant novel that spans centuries and planets, the bestselling author of the Mars trilogy melds Galileo’s life with the colonization of the moons he discovered.

At the heart of this provocative narrative that stretches from Renaissance Italy to the moons of Jupiter is the father of modern science: Galileo Galilei.

To the inhabitants of the Jovian moons, Galileo is a revered figure whose actions will influence the subsequent history of the human race. From the summit of their distant future, a charismatic renegade named Ganymede travels to the past to bring Galileo forward in an attempt to alter history and ensure the ascendancy of science over religion. And if that means Galileo must be burned at the stake, so be it.

From Galileo’s heresy trial to the politics of far-future Jupiter, Kim Stanley Robinson illuminates the parallels between a distant past and an even more remote future—in the process celebrating the human spirit and calling into question the convenient truths of our own moment in time.

Reviews

  • Fantastic read

    5
    By Hesh100
    Marvelous story grounded in history and sci fi
    LOVED IT!
    Such a good writer
    Great turns of phrase
    I thoroughly enjoyed every page
  • Primer on Quantium Physics

    2
    By Jussi13jk
    If you want to be a physicist read this, if not you’ll be bored to apoplexy
  • Highly enjoyable

    5
    By Davis, CA
    Perhaps a recency effect, but this is, so far, my favorite of Robinson’s novels. The historical fiction layered onto his more typical stories of interplanetary affairs makes for great reading.

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