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Kim Stanley Robinson


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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

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COP30, next novel tease, new covers

KSR at COP30

Humanity's best hope to combat climate change. Green capitalism's annual gathering. Multilateralism in action. A big circus. Science and policy coming together. Yet more lack of progress. An opportunity for civil society to be heard. An open door to oil and agriculture lobbyists. A semblance of order. A sensation of chaos. The UN COP process is all of that at the same time, a reflectio

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Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1)

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The Ministry for the Future

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Green Mars (Mars Trilogy, #2)

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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.”
Kim Stanley Robinson, Green Mars

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