Robinson can really create those "yes, that's what it's like!" Forty Signs of Rain (Science in the Capital Trilogy, Book 1) - Kindle edition by Robinson, Kim Stanley.

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"Forty Signs of Rain" is an ambitious work, dealing with what is arguably the biggest issue of modern times but on a largely human rather than a technical-scientific level. Forty Signs of Rain by Kim Stanley Robinson 359pp, HarperCollins, £17.99 .

Forty Signs of Rain does not disappoint - a story of big science and big politics in the face of ecological disaster; spiced up with cleverly observed moments of individual lives: dinner parties, childcare, meetings, coffee breaks.