The best timeline: Ministry for the Future

Written By Jacob Dallas

"Jacob...Lenore...do y'all talk about nothing but bleak books anymore? I'm getting tired! I'm getting depressed."

Never fear listeners, it's time to talk about Kim Stanley Robinson's positive, anti-dystopian work of climate fiction, "Ministry for the Future."

Questions we consider: What will spur the working masses of the world to action? What role does sci-fi play in painting visions of a better world? What's the difference between being a utopian idealist and a revolutionary optimist?

Music by Kevin MacLeod, cover art from the original novel cover.

 
 
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