The Ministry for the Future

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Copyright © 2020 Kim Stanley Robinson

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Names: Robinson, Kim Stanley, author.

Title: The ministry for the future / Kim Stanley Robinson.

Description: First edition. | New York, NY : Orbit, 2020.

Identifiers: LCCN 2020014375 | ISBN 9780316300131 (hardcover) |  ISBN 9780316300162 (ebook) | ISBN 9780316300124

Subjects: GSAFD: Science fiction.

Classification: LCC PS3568.O2893 M56 2020 | DDC 813/.54—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020014375

ISBNs: 978-0-316-30013-1 (hardcover), 978-0-316-59170-6 (signed edition), 978-0-316-59169-0 (BarnesAndNoble.com signed edition), 978-0-316-30016-2 (ebook)

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