The Memory of Whiteness A Scientific Romance [Paperback]

In 3229 A.D., human civilization is scattered among the planets, moons, and asteroids of the solar system. Billions of lives depend on the technology derived from the breakthroughs of the greatest physicist of the age, Arthur Holywelkin. But in the last years of his life, Holywelkin devoted himself to building a strange, beautiful, and complex musical instrument that he called The Orchestra.

Johannes Wright has earned the honor of becoming the Ninth Master of Holywelkin's Orchestra. Follow him on his Grand Tour of the Solar System, as he journeys down the gravity well toward the sun, impelled by a destiny he can scarcely understand, and is pursued by mysterious foes who will tell him anything except the reason for their enmity, inThe Memory of Whitenessby Kim Stanley Robinson.

New York Timesbestselling author KIM STANLEY ROBINSON was born in 1952. A native Californian, he is the author of the Nebula and Hugo Award-winning Mars trilogy, as well as the 2016 winner of the Robert A. Heinlein Award bestowed for outstanding published works in science fiction and technical writings that inspire the human exploration of space. This award is in recognition of Mr. Robinsons body of work including more than fifteen novels, including his groundbreaking Mars novels, and over 40 short stories.

The Memory of Whitenessis ambitiously, intricately, and deliberately orchestrated, and philosophical to boot....If you are a fan of music, of Jack Vance, of intricately recomplicated tales, you will love Robinson's novel! Analog

Robinson creates an intellectual dessert,The Memory of Whiteness:physics, music and intrigue; an outr? and improbably delicious world; wit and philosophy. A symphony of ideas! Greg Bear

Robinson's narrative technique is impressive and the richness of his concepts and language is extraordinary. Booklist

Robinson is one of science fiction's most emotionally evocative writl“Ð