Wahi a nā noiʻi ʻepekema, e pili ana i ka huliau, e wānana i ka piʻi nui ʻana o ka ʻilikai, kahi o New York a me kāna mokupuni ʻo Manhattan, i lilo i wahi makaʻu ʻole i nā makahiki he nui i mua.
I loko o kēia puke, ua hoʻololi ka hopena o nā noiʻi i kēia manawa iā New York i Venice i hōʻike ʻia i nā ʻino o ke kai e hoʻāʻo wale ana i ka ʻenekinia a me ka haʻaheo e mālama me he kūlanakauhale noho nui ʻia.
Kū i mua o kēia noi, loaʻa i ka protagonism o ka moʻoʻōlelo i kahi manaʻo kūikawā. E pili ana i ka hāʻawi ʻana iā mākou i kahi puke a hōʻike paha i ka mea e hele mai nei ma waena o kahi wahi emblematic i ke Komohana e like me New York?
Hoʻohālikelike ʻia ka nohona New York e kāna dynamism, kona hiki ke hoʻonohonoho i nā ʻano i ke koena o ka honua a me kāna cosmopolitan ʻano like maikaʻi. ʻO ke kūlanakauhale o ka moemoeā ʻAmelika a me ka ʻoihana o ka honua. ʻO ka hōʻailona o ka hiki i ke kanaka ke noho aupuni i ka honua.
Wale…, kūlohelohe i kūpaka ʻia i kahi wā e hiki mai ana i hōʻailona ʻia e kā mākou komo ʻana e nui nā mea e ʻōlelo ai i ko mākou manaʻo e lanakila i kā mākou hiki ke hoʻololi.
ʻIke paha ʻoe inā hoʻohālikelike mākou i ka mōʻaukala o ka Honua Honua me kahi makahiki kalena, ʻo ka hele ʻana o kā mākou lāhui he mau minuke wale nō o ka lā hope.
Hiki iā mākou ke noʻonoʻo ʻo ka honua ko mākou honua, nā mea āpau no kā mākou lawelawe. Akā ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo he ʻano ʻanuʻu wale nō kāua. A ʻo mākou nō paha ka mea e hoʻopau ana i kā mākou i kakali ʻia.
Hōʻike nā mea ʻokoʻa i ko lākou ola i kēlā me kēia lā iā mākou mai nā hale emblematic o New York. He mosaic mai kēlā makahiki 2140 kahi hiki iā mākou ke ʻike i ke kanaka i maʻa mau i ka pōpilikia, e hoʻāla nei i nā hoʻomanaʻo o nā kūpuna o ke kūlanakauhale kahi i hoʻokaʻawale loa ʻia nā kahawai a me ka ʻāina, ʻaʻole like me kēlā wā e hiki mai ana kahi wai nā mea āpau, ka naʻi ʻana o nā kai hou o kā mākou palena ʻole ka makemake a me kā mākou kuanaʻike ʻole i kēlā mua.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i kēia puke i kēia manawa Nu Ioka 2140, ka puke hou o Kim stanley robinson, ma aneʻi: