Ram-2050

By: Joan Roughgarden

Published April 6th 2015 by Kauai Institute

Category: Business

Pages: 362 pages

ISBN: 9780986291418

Description:

From rain forests of Hawaii to hidden coves of the Caribbean, this story brings futuristic technology to an age-old battle between good and evil. In this innovative retelling of the classic Ramayana epic, CEOs replace kings, sects of professional geeks replace sects of priests, and the hero has superhuman abilities from genetic engineering rather than divine intervention. This action-packed, yet philosophical tale explores the boundary separating humans from animals. It envisions a world where humans and animals work to promote the common good.

ÒEvolutionary biologist Roughgarden [EvolutionÕs Rainbow] reaches back two millennia to turn the Ramayana into science fiction, changing its poetry to hard scienceÉ staying faithful to the essence of the original storiesÉ [Ram-2050] should satisfy fans of technical and naturalistic SF.Ó
Ñ Publishers Weekly

ÒgrippingÓ Ñ Marc Bekoff, University of Colorado

ÒrelevanceÓ Ñ Mandakranta Bose, University of British Columbia

"humorousÓ Ñ Freddy Christiansen, Aarhus University

ÒdelightfulÓ Ñ Simon Levin, Princeton University

ÒimaginativeÓ Ñ Chase Mendenhall, Stanford University

Òfast-pacedÓ Ñ Anil Menon, Science Fiction Writer

ÒradicalÓ Ñ Barbara Smuts, University of Michigan

ÒpositiveÓ Ñ Jeremy Van Cleve, University of Kentucky

ÒwisdomÓ Ñ Michael Weisberg, University of Pennsylvania

For full text of blurbs and other reviews, please visit Ram-2050.com.

Joan Roughgarden is an evolutionary biologist and ecologist from the University of Hawaii and Stanford University. She has published fieldwork from eastern Caribbean islands and the rocky intertidal zone of California. She has authored or edited eight nonfiction texts and monographs, including EvolutionÕs Rainbow, winner of the 2005 Stonewall Prize for nonfiction from American Library Association. Ram-2050 is her first novel.