“A sudden gust: How big the world seems in a wind.”
Kim Stanley Robinson book The Years of Rice and Salt
Book 1: "Awake to Emptiness", Ch. 1
The Years of Rice and Salt (2002)

The Years of Rice and Salt is an alternate history novel by American science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson, published in 2002. The novel explores how world history might have been different if the Black Death plague had killed 99% of Europe's population, instead of a third
“A sudden gust: How big the world seems in a wind.”
Kim Stanley Robinson book The Years of Rice and Salt
Book 1: "Awake to Emptiness", Ch. 1
The Years of Rice and Salt (2002)
“Rock is much more malleable than ideas.”
Kim Stanley Robinson book The Years of Rice and Salt
Book 6: "Widow Kang", Ch. 3
The Years of Rice and Salt (2002)
Kim Stanley Robinson book The Years of Rice and Salt
Book 1: "Awake to Emptiness", Ch. 2
The Years of Rice and Salt (2002)
Kim Stanley Robinson book The Years of Rice and Salt
Book 1: "Awake to Emptiness", Ch. 2
The Years of Rice and Salt (2002)
Kim Stanley Robinson book The Years of Rice and Salt
Book 4: "The Alchemist", § 11
The Years of Rice and Salt (2002)
Kim Stanley Robinson book The Years of Rice and Salt
Book 9: "Nsara", § 5
The Years of Rice and Salt (2002)
Kim Stanley Robinson book The Years of Rice and Salt
Book 2: "The Haj in the Heart", Ch. 5
The Years of Rice and Salt (2002)
Kim Stanley Robinson book The Years of Rice and Salt
Book 3: "Ocean Continents"
The Years of Rice and Salt (2002)