Future Primitive - by Kim Stanley Robinson (Paperback)

About the Book

Ernst Callenbach's classic novel gave a name--Ecotopia--to a movement that is growing rapidly around the world. Science fiction offers a unique way to look at futures where science and technology serve the cause of humans living a more natural life. "Future Primitive" collects some of the brightest tales of these futures, as well as a few cautionary ones, from top science fiction writers.

Book Synopsis

Ernest Callenbach's classic novel Ecotopia sparked a movement that is growing rapidly around the world. Ecotopians embrace high technology as a tool for preserving and living gently within the natural environment of Planet Earth.

Kim Stanley Robinson has gathered in this volume Future Primitive bright tales of Ecotopian futures, as well as a few cautionary ones. Writers and poets, from Gary Snyder to Ursula K. LeGuin to Ernest Callenbach himself have contributed their visions, along with many more.

About the Author

Kim Stanley Robinson was born in 1952. A native Californian, he is the author of the Nebula Award-winning Red Mars and several other highly regarded SF novels, including his acclaimed Three Californias trilogy.