Select the quantity of the product you desire and click the 'Add' button. Book 6 of The Years of Rice and Salt is like a novel within the novel, depicting the intertwined lives of two brilliant figures in Robinsons alternate. Page numbers from the US paperback edition.

Based on the Timeline compiled by Mark Rosa in 2004 ( Original timeline here, offline since 2009). Read Less Below is a list of products arranged by condition. This is a Timeline for the events in the novel The Years Of Rice And Salt. Probing the most profound questions as only he can, Robinson shines his extraordinary light on the place of religion, culture, power-and even love-in this bold New World.“Exceptional and engrossing.”-New York Post“Ambitious. Through the eyes of soldiers and kings, explorers and philosophers, slaves and scholars, Robinson navigates a world where Buddhism and Islam are the most influential and practiced religions, while Christianity is merely a historical footnote.

But what if the plague had killed 99 percent of the population instead? How would the world have changed? This is a look at the history that could have been-one that stretches across centuries, sees dynasties and nations rise and crumble, and spans horrible famine and magnificent innovation. History teaches us that a third of Europe’s population was destroyed. In his grandest work yet, the acclaimed storyteller constructs a world vastly different from the one we know.“A thoughtful, magisterial alternate history from one of science fiction’s most important writers.”-The New York Times Book Review It is the fourteenth century and one of the most apocalyptic events in human history is set to occur-the coming of the Black Death. With the same unique vision that brought his now classic Mars trilogy to vivid life, bestselling author Kim Stanley Robinson boldly imagines an alternate history of the last seven hundred years.

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