Join us on Wednesday, March 15th at 7pm when KQED Live hosts Kim Stanley Robinson for a celebration of his book The High Sierra: A Love Story! Featuring Laura Klivans and Oscar Villalon
Books Provided by Green Apple Books
Please note, this is a ticketed event. Tickets available at the link below.
https://events.kqed.org/574
About the Event
Kim Stanley Robinson has finely crafted nearly two dozen works of science fiction, many describing scientists and other characters who find solutions to the world's most disastrous ecological problems. Join KQED Live for an intimate conversation with one of California's most inventive authors to discuss writing, hiking, finding hope in an era of climate change and his new book The High Sierra: A Love Story, a personal, cultural and geologic exploration of the place he calls the "best mountain range on Earth."
Admission-only tickets and bundled tickets with books available. Books will be available for purchase at the event.
About The High Sierra: A Love Story
A "sublime" and "radically original" exploration of the Sierra Nevadas, the best mountains on Earth for hiking and camping, from New York Times bestselling novelist Kim Stanley Robinson (Bill McKibben, Gary Snyder).
Kim Stanley Robinson first ventured into the Sierra Nevada mountains during the summer of 1973. He returned from that encounter a changed man, awed by a landscape that made him feel as if he were simultaneously strolling through an art museum and scrambling on a jungle gym like an energized child. He has returned to the mountains throughout his life--more than a hundred trips--and has gathered a vast store of knowledge about them. The High Sierra is his lavish celebration of this exceptional place and an exploration of what makes this span of mountains one of the most compelling places on Earth.
Over the course of a vivid and dramatic narrative, Robinson describes the geological forces that shaped the Sierras and the history of its exploration, going back to the indigenous peoples who made it home and whose traces can still be found today. He celebrates the people whose ideas and actions protected the High Sierra for future generations. He describes uniquely beautiful hikes and the trails to be avoided. Robinson's own life-altering events, defining relationships, and unforgettable adventures form the narrative's spine. And he illuminates the human communion with the wild and with the sublime, including the personal growth that only seems to come from time spent outdoors.
The High Sierra is a gorgeous, absorbing immersion in a place, born out of a desire to understand and share one of the greatest rapture-inducing experiences our planet offers. Packed with maps, gear advice, more than 100 breathtaking photos, and much more, it will inspire veteran hikers, casual walkers, and travel readers to prepare for a magnificent adventure.
Praise for The High Sierra: A Love Story
"Even after spending a thousand days in the high country and reading everything I can find about the Range of Light, The High Sierra surprised and delighted me... It has the heft and beauty of a coffee table book, along with the clear approachable prose, inter-personal struggles, and narrative flow that Robinson is known for... Robinson joins a choir of mystics, poets, and activists who advocate for a return to our original home in the wild."--Leonie Sherman, Sierra Magazine
"[The High Sierra] has passion galore and glorious moments when science and poetry meet."--Jeff VanderMeer, Washington Post
"The High Sierra: A Love Story is exactly that, a passionate bow to one of the great mountain ranges in the world. The power of Kim Stanley Robinson's imagination is known to us as his faithful readers. But what emerges as a surprise in this memoir of place is how he comes to know what he knows from the ground upward. With over 100 trips etched on to the soles of his feet, we witness a man in love with the world, both human and wild. We are taken into the open heart of his storytelling, that carries his awe and wonder and knife-edged perceptions into a reimagining of geologic time through the physical ground truthing of his body. I loved this book--just as I loved The Ministry for the Future. They are companion volumes as to why we should care about this beautiful, broken world we call home."--Terry Tempest Williams, author of Erosion: Essays of Undoing
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Books Provided by Green Apple Books
Please note, this is a ticketed event. Tickets available at the link below.
https://events.kqed.org/574
About the Event
Kim Stanley Robinson has finely crafted nearly two dozen works of science fiction, many describing scientists and other characters who find solutions to the world's most disastrous ecological problems. Join KQED Live for an intimate conversation with one of California's most inventive authors to discuss writing, hiking, finding hope in an era of climate change and his new book The High Sierra: A Love Story, a personal, cultural and geologic exploration of the place he calls the "best mountain range on Earth."
Admission-only tickets and bundled tickets with books available. Books will be available for purchase at the event.
About The High Sierra: A Love Story
A "sublime" and "radically original" exploration of the Sierra Nevadas, the best mountains on Earth for hiking and camping, from New York Times bestselling novelist Kim Stanley Robinson (Bill McKibben, Gary Snyder).
Kim Stanley Robinson first ventured into the Sierra Nevada mountains during the summer of 1973. He returned from that encounter a changed man, awed by a landscape that made him feel as if he were simultaneously strolling through an art museum and scrambling on a jungle gym like an energized child. He has returned to the mountains throughout his life--more than a hundred trips--and has gathered a vast store of knowledge about them. The High Sierra is his lavish celebration of this exceptional place and an exploration of what makes this span of mountains one of the most compelling places on Earth.
Over the course of a vivid and dramatic narrative, Robinson describes the geological forces that shaped the Sierras and the history of its exploration, going back to the indigenous peoples who made it home and whose traces can still be found today. He celebrates the people whose ideas and actions protected the High Sierra for future generations. He describes uniquely beautiful hikes and the trails to be avoided. Robinson's own life-altering events, defining relationships, and unforgettable adventures form the narrative's spine. And he illuminates the human communion with the wild and with the sublime, including the personal growth that only seems to come from time spent outdoors.
The High Sierra is a gorgeous, absorbing immersion in a place, born out of a desire to understand and share one of the greatest rapture-inducing experiences our planet offers. Packed with maps, gear advice, more than 100 breathtaking photos, and much more, it will inspire veteran hikers, casual walkers, and travel readers to prepare for a magnificent adventure.
Praise for The High Sierra: A Love Story
"Even after spending a thousand days in the high country and reading everything I can find about the Range of Light, The High Sierra surprised and delighted me... It has the heft and beauty of a coffee table book, along with the clear approachable prose, inter-personal struggles, and narrative flow that Robinson is known for... Robinson joins a choir of mystics, poets, and activists who advocate for a return to our original home in the wild."--Leonie Sherman, Sierra Magazine
"[The High Sierra] has passion galore and glorious moments when science and poetry meet."--Jeff VanderMeer, Washington Post
"The High Sierra: A Love Story is exactly that, a passionate bow to one of the great mountain ranges in the world. The power of Kim Stanley Robinson's imagination is known to us as his faithful readers. But what emerges as a surprise in this memoir of place is how he comes to know what he knows from the ground upward. With over 100 trips etched on to the soles of his feet, we witness a man in love with the world, both human and wild. We are taken into the open heart of his storytelling, that carries his awe and wonder and knife-edged perceptions into a reimagining of geologic time through the physical ground truthing of his body. I loved this book--just as I loved The Ministry for the Future. They are companion volumes as to why we should care about this beautiful, broken world we call home."--Terry Tempest Williams, author of Erosion: Essays of Undoing
Join us on Wednesday, March 15th at 7pm when KQED Live hosts Kim Stanley Robinson for a celebration of his book The High Sierra: A Love Story! Featuring Laura Klivans and Oscar Villalon
Books Provided by Green Apple Books
Please note, this is a ticketed event. Tickets available at the link below.
https://events.kqed.org/574
About the Event
Kim Stanley Robinson has finely crafted nearly two dozen works of science fiction, many describing scientists and other characters who find solutions to the world's most disastrous ecological problems. Join KQED Live for an intimate conversation with one of California's most inventive authors to discuss writing, hiking, finding hope in an era of climate change and his new book The High Sierra: A Love Story, a personal, cultural and geologic exploration of the place he calls the "best mountain range on Earth."
Admission-only tickets and bundled tickets with books available. Books will be available for purchase at the event.
About The High Sierra: A Love Story
A "sublime" and "radically original" exploration of the Sierra Nevadas, the best mountains on Earth for hiking and camping, from New York Times bestselling novelist Kim Stanley Robinson (Bill McKibben, Gary Snyder).
Kim Stanley Robinson first ventured into the Sierra Nevada mountains during the summer of 1973. He returned from that encounter a changed man, awed by a landscape that made him feel as if he were simultaneously strolling through an art museum and scrambling on a jungle gym like an energized child. He has returned to the mountains throughout his life--more than a hundred trips--and has gathered a vast store of knowledge about them. The High Sierra is his lavish celebration of this exceptional place and an exploration of what makes this span of mountains one of the most compelling places on Earth.
Over the course of a vivid and dramatic narrative, Robinson describes the geological forces that shaped the Sierras and the history of its exploration, going back to the indigenous peoples who made it home and whose traces can still be found today. He celebrates the people whose ideas and actions protected the High Sierra for future generations. He describes uniquely beautiful hikes and the trails to be avoided. Robinson's own life-altering events, defining relationships, and unforgettable adventures form the narrative's spine. And he illuminates the human communion with the wild and with the sublime, including the personal growth that only seems to come from time spent outdoors.
The High Sierra is a gorgeous, absorbing immersion in a place, born out of a desire to understand and share one of the greatest rapture-inducing experiences our planet offers. Packed with maps, gear advice, more than 100 breathtaking photos, and much more, it will inspire veteran hikers, casual walkers, and travel readers to prepare for a magnificent adventure.
Praise for The High Sierra: A Love Story
"Even after spending a thousand days in the high country and reading everything I can find about the Range of Light, The High Sierra surprised and delighted me... It has the heft and beauty of a coffee table book, along with the clear approachable prose, inter-personal struggles, and narrative flow that Robinson is known for... Robinson joins a choir of mystics, poets, and activists who advocate for a return to our original home in the wild."--Leonie Sherman, Sierra Magazine
"[The High Sierra] has passion galore and glorious moments when science and poetry meet."--Jeff VanderMeer, Washington Post
"The High Sierra: A Love Story is exactly that, a passionate bow to one of the great mountain ranges in the world. The power of Kim Stanley Robinson's imagination is known to us as his faithful readers. But what emerges as a surprise in this memoir of place is how he comes to know what he knows from the ground upward. With over 100 trips etched on to the soles of his feet, we witness a man in love with the world, both human and wild. We are taken into the open heart of his storytelling, that carries his awe and wonder and knife-edged perceptions into a reimagining of geologic time through the physical ground truthing of his body. I loved this book--just as I loved The Ministry for the Future. They are companion volumes as to why we should care about this beautiful, broken world we call home."--Terry Tempest Williams, author of Erosion: Essays of Undoing
read more
Books Provided by Green Apple Books
Please note, this is a ticketed event. Tickets available at the link below.
https://events.kqed.org/574
About the Event
Kim Stanley Robinson has finely crafted nearly two dozen works of science fiction, many describing scientists and other characters who find solutions to the world's most disastrous ecological problems. Join KQED Live for an intimate conversation with one of California's most inventive authors to discuss writing, hiking, finding hope in an era of climate change and his new book The High Sierra: A Love Story, a personal, cultural and geologic exploration of the place he calls the "best mountain range on Earth."
Admission-only tickets and bundled tickets with books available. Books will be available for purchase at the event.
About The High Sierra: A Love Story
A "sublime" and "radically original" exploration of the Sierra Nevadas, the best mountains on Earth for hiking and camping, from New York Times bestselling novelist Kim Stanley Robinson (Bill McKibben, Gary Snyder).
Kim Stanley Robinson first ventured into the Sierra Nevada mountains during the summer of 1973. He returned from that encounter a changed man, awed by a landscape that made him feel as if he were simultaneously strolling through an art museum and scrambling on a jungle gym like an energized child. He has returned to the mountains throughout his life--more than a hundred trips--and has gathered a vast store of knowledge about them. The High Sierra is his lavish celebration of this exceptional place and an exploration of what makes this span of mountains one of the most compelling places on Earth.
Over the course of a vivid and dramatic narrative, Robinson describes the geological forces that shaped the Sierras and the history of its exploration, going back to the indigenous peoples who made it home and whose traces can still be found today. He celebrates the people whose ideas and actions protected the High Sierra for future generations. He describes uniquely beautiful hikes and the trails to be avoided. Robinson's own life-altering events, defining relationships, and unforgettable adventures form the narrative's spine. And he illuminates the human communion with the wild and with the sublime, including the personal growth that only seems to come from time spent outdoors.
The High Sierra is a gorgeous, absorbing immersion in a place, born out of a desire to understand and share one of the greatest rapture-inducing experiences our planet offers. Packed with maps, gear advice, more than 100 breathtaking photos, and much more, it will inspire veteran hikers, casual walkers, and travel readers to prepare for a magnificent adventure.
Praise for The High Sierra: A Love Story
"Even after spending a thousand days in the high country and reading everything I can find about the Range of Light, The High Sierra surprised and delighted me... It has the heft and beauty of a coffee table book, along with the clear approachable prose, inter-personal struggles, and narrative flow that Robinson is known for... Robinson joins a choir of mystics, poets, and activists who advocate for a return to our original home in the wild."--Leonie Sherman, Sierra Magazine
"[The High Sierra] has passion galore and glorious moments when science and poetry meet."--Jeff VanderMeer, Washington Post
"The High Sierra: A Love Story is exactly that, a passionate bow to one of the great mountain ranges in the world. The power of Kim Stanley Robinson's imagination is known to us as his faithful readers. But what emerges as a surprise in this memoir of place is how he comes to know what he knows from the ground upward. With over 100 trips etched on to the soles of his feet, we witness a man in love with the world, both human and wild. We are taken into the open heart of his storytelling, that carries his awe and wonder and knife-edged perceptions into a reimagining of geologic time through the physical ground truthing of his body. I loved this book--just as I loved The Ministry for the Future. They are companion volumes as to why we should care about this beautiful, broken world we call home."--Terry Tempest Williams, author of Erosion: Essays of Undoing
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