I hated 'The Ministry for the Future' personally. None of the characters ever really feel like people, and he spends ~15x as long explaining his cool idea for a carbon credit cryptocurrency as he does explaining the defeat of the BJP and Bolsonaroism; he spends more of the book left-bashing and geeking out about finance than he does providing a substantive vision of how we can actually make any of the limp reforms a reality.
If you're looking for a grand historical epic on environmentalish issues, I think his Mars trilogy is a substantially better read. Please don't make the mistake I did and convince yourself this book is going to get any better.
I hated 'The Ministry for the Future' personally. None of the characters ever really feel like people, and he spends ~15x as long explaining his cool idea for a carbon credit cryptocurrency as he does explaining the defeat of the BJP and Bolsonaroism; he spends more of the book left-bashing and geeking out about finance than he does providing a substantive vision of how we can actually make any of the limp reforms a reality.
If you're looking for a grand historical epic on environmentalish issues, I think his Mars trilogy is a substantially better read. Please don't make the mistake I did and convince yourself this book is going to get any better.