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Kim Stanley Robinson


USA flag (b.1952)

Kim Stanley Robinson was born in 1952 and, after travelling and working around the world, has now settled in his beloved California. He is widely regarded as the finest science fiction writer working today, noted as much for the verisimilitude of his characters as the meticulously researched hard science basis of his work. He has won just about every major SF award there is to win and is the author of the massively successful and lavishly praised Mars series.
 

Genres: Science Fiction, Literary Fiction
 
Series
Three Californias
   1. The Wild Shore (1984)
   2. The Gold Coast (1988)
   3. Pacific Edge (1990)
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Mars
   1. Red Mars (1992)
   2. Green Mars (1993)
   3. Blue Mars (1996)
   The Martians (1999)
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Novels
   Icehenge (1984)
   The Memory of Whiteness (1985)
   A Short, Sharp Shock (1990)
   Antarctica (1997)
   The Years of Rice and Salt (2002)
   Galileo's Dream (2009)
   2312 (2012)
   Shaman (2013)
   Aurora (2015)
   New York 2140 (2017)
   Red Moon (2018)
   The Ministry For the Future (2020)
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Collections
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Novellas and Short Stories
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Anthologies edited
   Future Primitive (1994)
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Series contributed to
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Non fiction show
 
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Kim Stanley Robinson recommends
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The Lost Cause (2023)
Cory Doctorow
"This book looks like our future and feels like our present-it's an unforgettable vision of what could be. Even a partly good future will require wicked political battles and steadfast solidarity among those fighting for a better world, and here I lived it along with Brooks, Ana Lucia, Phuong, and their comrades in the struggle. Along with the rush of adrenaline I felt a solid surge of hope. May it go like this."
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The Shamshine Blind (2023)
Paz Pardo
"The Shamshine Blind is a deadpan hilarious allegory for our times, in the classic style of Philip K. Dick and the other great social satirists of science fiction - full of heart and sharp as a razor."
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The Terraformers (2023)
Annalee Newitz
"A complete refurbishment of the great galactic story of terraformers. The old pleasures of the planetary romance are reanimated in kaleidoscopic fashion. Startling fun!"

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Anthologies containing stories by Kim Stanley Robinson
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Sense of Wonder (2023)
A Century of Science Fiction
edited by
Leigh Ronald Grossman
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No More Fairy Tales (2022)
Stories to Save our Planet
edited by
D A Baden
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The Book of Mars (2022)
An Anthology of Fact and Fiction
edited by
Stuart Clark

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Awards
Nebula Awards Best Short Story nominee (1982) : Venice Drowned
Hugo Best Novella nominee (1983) : To Leave a Mark
Hugo Best Novellette nominee (1984) : Black Air
Nebula Awards Best Novellette nominee (1984) : Black Air
Philip K Dick Award Best Book nominee (1984) : The Wild Shore
World Fantasy Best Novella winner (1984) : Black Air
Hugo Best Novellette nominee (1985) : The Lucky Strike [short story]
Hugo Best Short Story nominee (1985) : Ridge Running
Nebula Awards Best Novellette nominee (1985) : The Lucky Strike [short story]
Nebula Awards Best Novel nominee (1985) : The Wild Shore
Hugo Best Novella nominee (1986) : Green Mars [short story]
Arthur C. Clarke Award Best Book nominee (1987) : The Memory of Whiteness
Hugo Best Novella nominee (1987) : Escape from Kathmandu [short story]
Nebula Awards Best Novella nominee (1987) : Escape from Kathmandu [short story]
Hugo Best Novella nominee (1988) : The Blind Geometer
Hugo Best Novella nominee (1988) : Mother Goddess of the World
Nebula Awards Best Novella winner (1988) : The Blind Geometer
John W Campbell Memorial Award Best Novel nominee (1989) : The Gold Coast
Hugo Best Novella nominee (1991) : A Short, Sharp Shock [short story]
John W Campbell Memorial Award Best Novel winner (1991) : Pacific Edge
Nebula Awards Best Short Story nominee (1991) : Before I Wake
Arthur C. Clarke Award Best Book nominee (1993) : Red Mars
Hugo Best Novel nominee (1993) : Red Mars
Nebula Awards Best Short Story nominee (1993) : Vinland the Dream [short story]
Hugo Best Novel winner (1994) : Green Mars
Nebula Awards Best Novel winner (1994) : Red Mars
Nebula Awards Best Novel nominee (1995) : Green Mars
Arthur C. Clarke Award Best Book nominee (1997) : Blue Mars
Hugo Best Novel winner (1997) : Blue Mars
John W Campbell Memorial Award Best Novel nominee (1997) : Blue Mars
Arthur C. Clarke Award Best Book nominee (2003) : The Years of Rice and Salt
Hugo Best Novel nominee (2003) : The Years of Rice and Salt
British Science Fiction Association Best Novel nominee (2004) : Forty Signs of Rain
Arthur C. Clarke Award Best Book nominee (2010) : Galileo's Dream
John W Campbell Memorial Award Best Novel nominee (2010) : Galileo's Dream
Arthur C. Clarke Award Best Book nominee (2013) : 2312
Hugo Best Novel nominee (2013) : 2312
John W Campbell Memorial Award Best Novel nominee (2013) : 2312
Nebula Awards Best Novel winner (2013) : 2312
John W Campbell Memorial Award Best Novel nominee (2014) : Shaman
John W Campbell Memorial Award Best Novel nominee (2016) : Aurora
Hugo Best Book nominee (2018) : New York 2140
John W Campbell Memorial Award Best Novel nominee (2018) : New York 2140


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