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Kim Stanley Robinson


Born
in Waukegan, Illinois, The United States
March 23, 1952

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Kim Stanley Robinson is an American science fiction writer. He has published 22 novels and numerous short stories and is best known for his Mars trilogy. His work has been translated into 24 languages. Many of his novels and stories have ecological, cultural, and political themes and feature scientists as heroes. Robinson has won numerous awards, including the Hugo Award for Best Novel, the Nebula Award for Best Novel and the World Fantasy Award. The Atlantic has called Robinson's work "the gold standard of realistic, and highly literary, science-fiction writing." According to an article in The New Yorker, Robinson is "generally acknowledged as one of the greatest living science-fiction writers." ...more

Kim Stanley Robinsonisn't a Goodreads Author (yet), but they do have a blog, so here are some recent posts imported from their feed.

Musing about optopias

First of all, some sad news. Terry Bisson, fellow Bay Area science fiction author and friend of KSR, passed away recently. Coincidentally, KSR had recently chimed in about Bisson ina New Yorker profile.He also wrote an appreciation for Bisson inFebruary's issue ofLocus.

The High Sierra

We first start with things around the non-fictionThe High Sierra: A Love Story,because we don't talk enough

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Published onApril 21, 2024 11:44
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Quotes by Kim Stanley Robinson (?)
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“It was that sort of sleep in which you wake every hour and think to yourself that you have not been sleeping at all; you can remember dreams that are like reflections, daytime thinking slightly warped.”
Kim Stanley Robinson, Icehenge

“That's libertarians for you — anarchists who want police protection from their slaves.”
Kim Stanley Robinson, Green Mars

“You can't get any movement larger than five people without including at least one fucking idiot.”
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May-July 2024: Trilogy/Series Poll

Dan Simmons's Hyperion Cantos:The Fall of Hyperion,Endymion,The Rise of Endymion... (Hyperion was a previous BOTM.)
18 votes, 25.4%

12 votes, 16.9%

Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars Trilogy:Green Mars,Blue Mars(Red Mars was a previous BOTM)
12 votes, 16.9%

Connie Willis's Oxford Time Travel:To Say Nothing of the Dog,Blackout,All Clear(Doomsday Books is a previous BOTM)
8 votes, 11.3%

6 votes, 8.5%

Yoon Ha Lee's Machineries of Empire:Ninefox Gambit,Raven Stratagem,Revenant Gun(all 3 nominated)
5 votes, 7.0%

3 votes, 4.2%


John Varley's Gaea Trilogy:Titan,Wizard,Demon(2 of 3 nominated)
3 votes, 4.2%

Robert J. Sawyer's Neanderthal Parallax:Hominids,Humans,Hybrids(2 of 3 nominated)
2 votes, 2.8%


Nancy Kress's Sleepless Trilogy:Beggars in Spain,Beggars and Choosers,Beggars Ride(2 of 3 nominated)
2 votes, 2.8%

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