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| Author | Kim Stanley Robinson |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Dominic Harman |
| Language | English |
| Series | Science in the Capital |
| Genre | Hard science fiction |
| Publisher | HarperCollins (UK) Bantam Spectra (US) |
Publication date | January 2004 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardback, Paperback) |
| Pages | 356 |
| ISBN | 978-0-007-14888-2 |
| OCLC | 53325030 |
| LC Class | PS3568.O2893 F67 2004 |
| Followed by | Fifty Degrees Below |
Forty Signs of Rain (2004) is the first book in the hard science fiction "Science in the Capital" trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson. (The following two novels are Fifty Degrees Below, (2005, and Sixty Days and Counting, 2007).