Forty Signs of Rain

Forty Signs of Rain

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author=Kim Stanley Robinson
cover_artist=Dominic Forbes and Tom Hallman
country=United States
language=English
series=Science in the Capital
genre=Hard science fiction
publisher=HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.
release_date=January 2004
media_type=Print (Hardback, Paperback)
pages=356
isbn=ISBN 0-553-80311-5
followed_by=Fifty Degrees Below

"Forty Signs of Rain" (2004) is the first book in the hard science fiction "Science in the Capital" trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson. The focus of the novel is the effects of global warming in the near future. Its characters are mostly scientists, either involved in biotech research, assisting government members or doing paperwork at the NSF. There are also several Buddhist monks working for the embassy of the fictional island nation of Khembalung.

Awards and nominations

*nominated for the British Science Fiction Award "Best Novel" in 2004

Release details

*2004, United Kingdom, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. ISBN 0-00-714886-0, Pub date January 2004, Hardback
*2004, United States of America, Spectra ISBN 0-553-80311-5, Pub date June 2004, Hardback
*2005, United Kingdom, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. ISBN 0-00-714888-7, Pub date February 2005, Paperback
*2005, United States of America, Spectra ISBN 0-553-58580-0, Pub date July 2005, Paperback [Release details come from the Fantastic Fiction site cite web
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ources, external links, quotations

* [http://www.bookslut.com/fiction/2004_09_003113.php Book Slut review] by Lara Apps
* [http://environment.newscientist.com/channel/earth/climate-change/mg18124306.100 New Scientist:Environment review] by Maggie McDonald

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