Name: Kim Stanley Robinson Tackles How to Keep a Drowning City Afloat by SciFri in Interviews/Spoken Word
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Description: In his new novel, New York 2140, author Kim Stanley Robinson tackles how a drowning city might adapt and thrive after disastrous sea level rise.

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In his new novel, New York 2140, author Kim Stanley Robinson tackles how a drowning city might adapt and thrive after disastrous sea level rise.

Kim Stanley Robinson Tackles How to Keep a Drowning City Afloat

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Kim Stanley Robinson Tackles How to Keep a Drowning City Afloat

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