And so dear Reader this tale ends and in the last throes of exhaustion I place it in a whiteline jump—where it emerges you know, I know not. But now you have read it, and in your brain a whitsun burns forever.
“The Memory of Whiteness is very beautiful and exhilarating. It confirms Robinson’s place as one of the most promising, original writers of the decade—and beyond.”
—Locus
“A powerful mature work by one of the major new writers in the field.”
—Norman Spinrad
“The bold originality and poetic polish of The Memory of Whiteness comes as no surprise. [Robinson] has created a truely new universe, a future high-tech civilization based on music. The novel is altogether an impressive achievement.”
—Jack Williamson
“Intensely visual … a large cast of well done characters … The sheer splendor of Robinson’s language carries the book.”
—Chicago Sun Times
This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.
THE MEMORY OF WHITENESS
Copyright © 1985 by Kim Stanley Robinson
All rights reserved.
Published by Tom Doherty Associates
49 West 24 Street
New York, N.Y. 10010
ISBN: 0-812-55235-0
CAN. ED.: 0-812-55236-9
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 85-51758
eISBN 9781466862197
First eBook edition: December 2013