{"product_id":"icehenge-9781250325662","title":"Icehenge","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSF titan Kim Stanley Robinson's breakout novel, now in a Tor Essentials edition with a new introduction by Henry Farrell\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTor Essentials presents new editions of science fiction and fantasy titles of proven merit and lasting value, each volume introduced by an appropriate literary figure.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDecades before his massively successful \u003ci\u003eThe Ministry for the Future \u003c\/i\u003e(2020), Kim Stanley Robinson wrote one of SF's greatest meditations on extended human lifespan, the limitations of human memory, and the haunted confabulations that go with forgetting. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn the North Pole of Pluto there stands an enigma: a huge circle of standing blocks of ice, built on the pattern of Earth's Stonehenge--but ten times the size, standing alone at the edge of the Solar System. What is it? Who could have built it? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe secret lies in the chaotic decades of the Martian Revolution, in the lost memories of those who have lived for centuries. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis new Tor Essentials edition of \u003c\/i\u003eIcehenge\u003ci\u003e includes a new introduction by Henry Farrell, co-author of \u003c\/i\u003eUnderground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKIM STANLEY ROBINSON is an American science fiction writer. He is the author of more than 20 books, including the international bestselling Mars trilogy: \u003ci\u003eRed Mars, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eGreen Mars\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBlue Mars\u003c\/i\u003e, and more recently \u003ci\u003eRed Moon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew York 2140\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003e2312\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller nominated for all seven of the major science fiction awards--a first for any book. 2008 he was named a \"Hero of the Environment\" by \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, and he works with the Sierra Nevada Research Institute, the Clarion Writers' Workshop, and UC San Diego's Arthur C. Clarke Center for Human Imagination. He has won the Hugo, Nebula, Locus, and World Fantasy awards. In 2016 he was given the Heinlein Award for lifetime achievement in science fiction, and asteroid 72432 was named \"Kimrobinson.\" In 2017 he was given the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Imagination in Service to Society.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tor Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50610646843666,"sku":"9781250325662","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_08469c94-4b93-4803-bd52-dd3537b089ab.jpg?v=1732346567","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/icehenge-9781250325662","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}