Sixty Days and Counting explained

Sixty Days and Counting
Author:Kim Stanley Robinson
Cover Artist:Dominic Harman
Country:United States
Language:English
Series:Science in the Capital
Genre:Hard science fiction novel
Publisher:Spectra
Release Date:2007
Media Type:Print (Hardcover)
Isbn:978-0-553-80313-6
Dewey:813/.54 22
Congress:PS3568.O2893 S59 2007
Oclc:71329881
Preceded By:Fifty Degrees Below

Sixty Days and Counting (2007) is the third book in the hard science fiction Science in the Capital trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson. It directly follows the events of Fifty Degrees Below, beginning just after the election of character Phil Chase to the White House. It follows the previous novel's deep freeze of the area surrounding Washington D.C. and details the remediation of the climate in the United States and around the world.[1]

Like other novels by Robinson, Sixty Days and Counting is informed by Buddhism and Buddhist beliefs.[2]

Notes and References

  1. News: Heer . Jeet . The New Utopians . 26 August 2020 . . 9 November 2015.
  2. News: Beauchamp . Scott . In 300 Years, Kim Stanley Robinson's Science Fiction May Not Be Fiction . 26 August 2020 . . 1 April 2013.