Having taking the opportunity to talk to Kim Stanley Robinson at length about the book while he was in Bath, I’ve now been able to finish my review of 2312. It is well over 3000 words, which is around three times the length of the reviews I write these days. That alone should give you some idea of how fascinating the book is. There are, inevitably, things about the book that I take issue with. You can’t throw out that many ideas and still keep everyone on your side. But, as Caitlín Kiernan said on Twitter yesterday, “Art is not perfection, it’s failing with grace.” I get the impression that Stan would agree with that, and that he’d welcome intelligent discussion of the various issues he has tackled. Hopefully I’ve managed a little bit of that.