Malinga ndi kafukufuku wasayansi yemwe, kutengera kusintha kwa nyengo, amaneneratu za kukwera kwakukulu kwa nyanja, malo a New York makamaka chilumba chake cha Manhattan, adzakhala malo oopsa zaka zambiri zisanachitike.
M'buku lino, zotsatira zamaphunziro aposachedwa zasintha New York kukhala Venice yomwe ili pachiwopsezo cha nyanja zomwe zomangamanga ndi kunyada zokha zimayesetsa kukhalabe mzinda wokhala ndi anthu ambiri.
Poyang'anizana ndi pempholi, malingaliro ofunsidwa amafunsidwa mwapadera. Kodi ndi zongotipatsa buku kapena kuwulula zomwe zikubwera kudera lachifaniziro chakumadzulo monga New York?
Moyo waku New York umadziwika ndi kusintha kwake, kuthekera kwake kokhazikitsa zochitika padziko lonse lapansi komanso chilengedwe chake chopambana. Mzinda wamaloto aku America komanso bizinesi yapadziko lonse lapansi. Chizindikiro cha kuthekera kwa munthu kulamulira dziko lapansi.
Only…, chilengedwe chokakamizidwa mtsogolo chodziwika ndi kulowererapo kwathu chidzakhala ndi zonena zambiri pofunitsitsa kuthana ndi kusintha kwathu.
Kodi mumadziwa kuti ngati tiyerekeza mbiri ya Dziko Lapansi ndi chaka cha kalendala, kupita kwachitukuko chathu kumangotenga mphindi zochepa za tsiku lomaliza?
Titha kuganiza kuti dziko lapansili ndi dziko lathu lapansi, kuti chilichonse ndichothandiza. Koma chowonadi ndichakuti tili chabe sitepe. Ndipo kuti ifenso titha kukhala tikuzimitsa zomwe timayembekezera.
Anthu osiyanasiyana amatipatsa moyo wawo watsiku ndi tsiku kuchokera ku zomwe kale zinali nyumba zophiphiritsa za New York. Chojambula cha chaka chomwecho cha 2140 pomwe titha kuwona kuti anthu azolowera zoopsa, ndikupangitsa kukumbukira makolo amzinda momwe mitsinje ndi nthaka zidasiyanitsidwa bwino, osati monga mtsogolo muno momwe zonse zili madzi, kugonjetsedwa kwa mafunde atsopano opanda malire kukhumba kwathu ndi malingaliro athu opanda chiyembekezo mtsogolo muno.
Tsopano mutha kugula bukuli New York mu 2140, buku latsopano la Kim stanley Robinson, Pano: