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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.
 

Awards: Nebula (2012), Hugo (1997), BSFA (1992), Campbell (1991)  see all

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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Paul Di Filippo Presents
   The Tympanist of the Berlin Philharmonic, 1942 (2021)
 
Non fiction show
 
Omnibus editions show
 
Books 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
2012 Nebula Award for Best Novel : 2312
2003 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel : The Years of Rice and Salt
2000 Locus Award for Best Collection : The Martians
1997 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel : Blue Mars
1997 Hugo Award for Best Novel : Blue Mars
1994 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel : Green Mars
1994 Hugo Award for Best Novel : Green Mars
1993 Nebula Award for Best Novel : Red Mars
1992 BSFA Award for Best Novel : Red Mars
1991 Locus Award for Best Novella : A Short, Sharp Shock
1991 John W. Campbell Memorial Award : Pacific Edge
1988 Nebula Award for Best Novella : The Blind Geometer
1985 Locus Award for Best First Novel : The Wild Shore
1984 World Fantasy Award for Best Novella : Black Air

Award nominations
2021 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : The Ministry For the Future
2021 Dragon Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : The Ministry For the Future
2020 BSFA Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Ministry For the Future
2019 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Red Moon
2019 Dragon Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Red Moon
2018 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : New York 2140
2018 John W. Campbell Memorial Award (nominee) : New York 2140
2018 Hugo Award for Best Novel (nominee) : New York 2140
2016 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Aurora
2016 John W. Campbell Memorial Award (nominee) : Aurora
2016 Dragon Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Aurora
2014 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Shaman
2014 John W. Campbell Memorial Award (nominee) : Shaman
2013 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : 2312
2013 John W. Campbell Memorial Award (nominee) : 2312
2013 Hugo Award for Best Novel (nominee) : 2312
2013 Arthur C. Clarke Award (nominee) : 2312
2012 BSFA Award for Best Novel (nominee) : 2312
2011 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : The Best of Kim Stanley Robinson
2010 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Galileo's Dream
2010 John W. Campbell Memorial Award (nominee) : Galileo's Dream
2010 Arthur C. Clarke Award (nominee) : Galileo's Dream
2008 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Sixty Days and Counting
2006 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Fifty Degrees Below
2005 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Forty Signs of Rain
2004 BSFA Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Forty Signs of Rain
2003 Hugo Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Years of Rice and Salt
2003 Arthur C. Clarke Award (nominee) : The Years of Rice and Salt
2002 BSFA Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Years of Rice and Salt
1998 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Antarctica
1997 John W. Campbell Memorial Award (nominee) : Blue Mars
1997 Arthur C. Clarke Award (nominee) : Blue Mars
1996 BSFA Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Blue Mars
1994 Nebula Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Green Mars
1993 Nebula Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Vinland the Dream [short story]
1993 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Red Mars
1993 Hugo Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Red Mars
1993 BSFA Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Green Mars
1993 Arthur C. Clarke Award (nominee) : Red Mars
1992 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Remaking History: And Other Stories
1991 Nebula Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Before I Wake
1991 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Pacific Edge
1991 Hugo Award for Best Novella (nominee) : A Short, Sharp Shock [short story]
1990 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : The True Nature of Shangri-La
1990 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Escape from Kathmandu
1989 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : The Gold Coast
1989 John W. Campbell Memorial Award (nominee) : The Gold Coast
1989 BSFA Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Gold Coast
1988 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : The Return from Rainbow Bridge
1988 Hugo Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Mother Goddess of the World
1988 Hugo Award for Best Novella (nominee) : The Blind Geometer
1987 Nebula Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Escape from Kathmandu [short story]
1987 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Escape from Kathmandu
1987 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : The Planet on the Table
1987 Hugo Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Escape from Kathmandu [short story]
1987 Arthur C. Clarke Award (nominee) : The Memory of Whiteness
1986 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : The Memory of Whiteness
1986 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Green Mars
1986 Hugo Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Green Mars [short story]
1985 Nebula Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : The Lucky Strike [short story]
1985 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : The Wild Shore
1985 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Icehenge
1985 Hugo Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Ridge Running
1985 Hugo Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : The Lucky Strike [short story]
1984 Philip K Dick Award (nominee) : The Wild Shore
1984 Nebula Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Black Air
1984 Nebula Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Wild Shore
1984 Hugo Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Black Air
1983 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : To Leave a Mark
1983 Hugo Award for Best Novella (nominee) : To Leave a Mark
1982 Nebula Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Venice Drowned
1981 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : On the North Pole of Pluto


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Tomorrowing (2024)
Terry Bisson
"Much like Samuel Beckett, Terry Bisson's fiction got more and more compressed as he aged, until it came to these short stories, which are amazing, hilarious, deep. Tomorrowing is one of the greatest story collections in American literature. Read it and see what I mean."
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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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