Book · 2015 · Fiction
Aurora
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I just read a book called aurora by kim stanley robinson recommended by sarah wick who runs our company.
The best things said about it
You know, there's an alternative view though, which is, there's this great book by Kim Stanley Robinson called "Aurora.
But uh kim stanley robinson recently did a book called i think aurora where basically makes your point in my point that uh even if you get people out that far the wear and tear on the social fabric on the biology on everything you cannot isolate a very complex biological system like humans for that long.
Stewart Brand Conversations with Tyler · Jan 2022 Where and when it comes up
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Why people recommend it
Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson is a science fiction novel that follows a multi-generational colony ship traveling across space to settle a distant star system. Adam Frank recommended the novel on the Lex Fridman Podcast and The Joe Rogan Experience, noting that it provides a thoughtful perspective on generation ships and explores the idea that human life is inextricably tied to the specific biological conditions of Earth. On Pod Save America, Jon Favreau also recommended the book after it was suggested to him by a colleague named Sarah Wick. Adam Frank later referenced the work again on the Lex Fridman Podcast to further examine its central themes regarding the immense challenges of interstellar travel. Similarly, Stewart Brand brought up Kim Stanley Robinson's novel during an appearance on Conversations with Tyler. Brand utilized the book to reinforce a broader argument about the severe wear and tear that long-duration space travel inflicts on human biology and complex social fabrics, suggesting that isolating humans in such artificial environments is ultimately impossible.
Every mention
Adam Frank You know, there's an alternative view though, which is, there's this great book by Kim Stanley Robinson cal… 3
“You know, there's an alternative view though, which is, there's this great book by Kim Stanley Robinson called "Aurora."”
“That book I told you about, "Aurora,"”
“you know there's this great novel by Kim Stanley Robinson who's like dis life for me one of the great science fiction writers and it's called Aurora and they you know they it's the usual world ship they go so they build the colony ship it takes you know three generations to cross space and they get to the planet”
Jon Favreau i just read a book called aurora by kim stanley robinson recommended by sarah wick who runs our company 1
“i just read a book called aurora by kim stanley robinson recommended by sarah wick who runs our company”
Stewart Brand but uh kim stanley robinson recently did a book called i think aurora where basically makes your point in m… 1
“but uh kim stanley robinson recently did a book called i think aurora where basically makes your point in my point that uh even if you get people out that far the wear and tear on the social fabric on the biology on everything you cannot isolate a very complex biological system like humans for that long”
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Other mentions (2: passing, ad reads, own books)
“I love Kim Stanley Robinson uh I've I've just wrote a book by him I think it's called Aurora and I was and I read a um uh uh project Hail Mary a while ago and it got me on a science fiction kick”
“uh I've I've just wrote a book by him I think it's called Aurora”