Kim Stanley Robinson
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born
March 23, 1952
gender
male
place of birth
Waukegen, Illinois, The United States
genre
Science Fiction & Fantasy
about this author
Kim Stanley Robinson is an American science fiction writer, probably best known for his award-winning Mars trilogy.
His work delves into ecological and sociological themes regularly, and many of his novels appear to be the direct result of his own scientific fascinations, such as the 15 years of research and lifelong fascination with Mars which culminated in his most famous work. He has, due to his fascination with Mars, become a member of the Mars Society.
Robinson's work has been labeled by reviewers as "literary science fiction".
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Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1) by Kim Stanley Robinson avg rating 3.96 — 1,904 ratings — published 1992 17 editions |
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Green Mars (Mars Trilogy, #2) by Kim Stanley Robinson avg rating 3.95 — 1,195 ratings — published 1993 16 editions |
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Blue Mars (Mars Trilogy, #3) by Kim Stanley Robinson avg rating 3.92 — 1,072 ratings — published 1995 14 editions |
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The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson avg rating 3.69 — 718 ratings — published 2002 9 editions |
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Forty Signs of Rain by Kim Stanley Robinson avg rating 3.55 — 387 ratings — published 2004 9 editions |
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Fifty Degrees Below by Kim Stanley Robinson avg rating 3.73 — 270 ratings — published 2005 7 editions |
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Antarctica by Kim Stanley Robinson avg rating 3.72 — 257 ratings — published 1997 11 editions |
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Sixty Days and Counting by Kim Stanley Robinson avg rating 3.82 — 187 ratings — published 2007 4 editions |
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The Martians by Kim Stanley Robinson avg rating 3.35 — 197 ratings — published 1999 11 editions |
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The Wild Shore: Three Californias (Wild Shore Triptych)(Three Californias, #1) by Kim Stanley Robinson avg rating 3.78 — 169 ratings — published 1984 8 editions |
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"Economics was like psychology, a pseudoscience trying to hide that fact with intense theoretical hyperelaboration. And gross domestic product was one of those unfortunate measurement concepts, like inches or the British thermal unit, that ought to have been retired long before."
— Kim Stanley Robinson (Blue Mars)
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— Kim Stanley Robinson (Blue Mars)
"All the repetitions in the pattern were superficial; the moment was always new. It had to be lived, and then the next moment embraced as it arrived."
— Kim Stanley Robinson (Sixty Days and Counting)
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— Kim Stanley Robinson (Sixty Days and Counting)
"All their love had been a way of fixing time, each embrace a moment's touch of the eternal, because the caress preserves."
— Kim Stanley Robinson
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— Kim Stanley Robinson
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