Title: Forty Signs of Rain
Title Record # 155217
Author: Kim Stanley Robinson
Date: 2004-01-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Science in the Capital
Series Number: 1
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
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Author: Kim Stanley Robinson
Date: 2004-01-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Science in the Capital
Series Number: 1
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Note: Kim Stanley Robinson revised the text to adjust numbers for CO2 concentrations after the work was reviewed by Myles Allen in the April 29, 2004 issue of Nature magazine. He describes the change in an interview in the June 2005 issue of Geotimes magazine:
"The physics professor who reviewed it for Nature complained I had the carbon dioxide ppm [parts per million] set too high: I wrote at one point that It was 600 ppm, and I'd like to claim that was a typo, but really it was a mistake - the novel is set in an undetermined near future, but really when I looked at what's happened and been forecast, I should have set it at 440 ppm, that's quite high enough for the effect I wanted, and so I changed it for the paperback."
This change can be seen by comparing page 146 of the Bantam Spectra hard cover with page 159 of the Bantam Spectra paperback; for at least the first printing of the HarperCollins paperback the correction had not been made, and 600 ppm is still listed in the relevant scene on page 143.
Synopsis: A cast of scientists playing various roles from lab research to administrators for the NSF offer a spectrum of points of view, as the "greenhouse effect" brings about disastrous changes for them and the rest of America but our political system and culture seem to be inadequate to respond effectively.
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Awards
Place | Year and Award | Category |
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Nomination | 2004 BSFA | Best Novel |
4 | 2005 Locus | Best SF Novel |
Publications
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Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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Forty Signs of Rain | 2004-01-00 | Kim Stanley Robinson | HarperCollins (UK) | 0-00-714886-0 | £17.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
359 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | Dominic Harman | ![]() |
Forty Signs of Rain | 2004-01-00 | Kim Stanley Robinson | HarperCollins (UK) | 0-00-714887-9 | £11.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
359 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
novel | Dominic Harman | ![]() |
Forty Signs of Rain | 2004-05-00 | Kim Stanley Robinson | The Easton Press (Signed First Editions of Science Fiction #199) | 106-199 | 358 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
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Forty Signs of Rain | 2004-06-00 | Kim Stanley Robinson | Bantam Spectra | 0-553-80311-5 | $25.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
358 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | Dominic Forbes , Tom Hallman | ![]() |
Forty Signs of Rain | 2004-06-00 | Kim Stanley Robinson | Bantam Spectra | 0-553-89817-5 | $7.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
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Forty Signs of Rain | 2005-02-00 | Kim Stanley Robinson | HarperCollins (UK) | 0-00-714888-7 | £6.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
359 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | ![]() |
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Señales de Lluvia | 2005-05-00 | Kim Stanley Robinson | Minotauro | 84-450-7564-0 |
329+ [8] |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
novel | Lucrecia Demaestri | ![]() |
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Señales de Lluvia | 2005-05-17 | Kim Stanley Robinson | Minotauro | 84-450-7544-6 | 330 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | Lucrecia Demaestri | ![]() |
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Forty Signs of Rain | 2005-08-00 | Kim Stanley Robinson | Bantam Spectra | 0-553-58580-0 | $7.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
393+ [17] |
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | Dominic Forbes , Tom Hallman | ![]() |
40 de semne de ploaie | 2006-06-00 | Kim Stanley Robinson | Tritonic (SFFH) | 978-973-733-097-0 | 384 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
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Les quarante signes de la pluie | 2006-09-00 | Kim Stanley Robinson | Presses de la Cité?Presses de la Cite |
2-258-06891-6 | €21.50?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR |
397 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
novel | ![]() |
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Het broeikaseffect | 2006-12-00 | Kim Stanley Robinson | Bruna | 90-229-9271-3 |
313+ [7] |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
novel | Dominic Forbes | ![]() |
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Forty Signs of Rain | 2008-00-00 | Kim Stanley Robinson | Recorded Books | 978-1-4361-7443-5 | audio CD?Compact disc with standard audio tracks |
novel | Joie Simmons | ![]() |
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Forty Signs of Rain | 2008-12-11 | Kim Stanley Robinson | Audible Studios | $20.72?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts. |
novel | ||||
Les 40 signes de la pluie | 2011-06-00 | Kim Stanley Robinson | Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5983) | 978-2-266-18355-0 |
505+ [1] |
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | Marko Tardito | ![]() |
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Forty Signs of Rain | 2016-08-02 | Kim Stanley Robinson | Brilliance Audio | 978-1-5226-9850-0 | $9.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
audio MP3 CD?Compact disc with mp3-encoded audio tracks |
novel | ![]() |
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Forty Signs of Rain | 2016-08-31 | Kim Stanley Robinson | HarperCollins | 978-0-00-739665-8 | £3.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
novel | |||
Forty Signs of Rain | date unknown | Kim Stanley Robinson | Bantam Spectra | 0-553-58580-0 | $7.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
393+ [21] |
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | Dominic Forbes , Tom Hallman | ![]() |
Forty Signs of Rain | date unknown | Kim Stanley Robinson | Bantam Spectra | 978-0-553-58580-3 | $7.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
393+ [21] |
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | Dominic Forbes , Tom Hallman | ![]() |
Forty Signs of Rain | date unknown | Kim Stanley Robinson | Bantam Spectra | 0-553-58580-0 | $7.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
393+ [21] |
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | Dominic Forbes , Tom Hallman | ![]() |
Reviews
- Review by Gary K. Wolfe (2004) in Locus, #516 January 2004
- Review by Nick Gevers (2004) in Locus, #516 January 2004
- Review by Stuart Carter (2004) in Vector 236
- Review by Paul Kincaid (2004) in The New York Review of Science Fiction, September 2004
- Review by Robert K. J. Killheffer (2004) in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October-November 2004
- Review by Michael D. Pederson (2004) in Nth Degree, December 2004
- Review by uncredited (2005) in Vector 241
- Review by Carl Freedman (2005) in Foundation, #95 Autumn 2005