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Kim Stanley Robinson Kim Stanley Robinson (born March 23, 1952) is an American writer of science fiction. He has published twenty-two novels and numerous short stories and is best known for his ''Mars'' trilogy. His work has been translated into 24 languages. Many ...
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Works


Series


''Three Californias''

# '' The Wild Shore'' (1984) # '' The Gold Coast'' (1988) # ''
Pacific Edge The ''Three Californias Trilogy'' (also known as the ''Wild Shore Triptych'' and the ''Orange County Trilogy'') consists of three books by Kim Stanley Robinson, which depict three different possible futures of Orange County, California. The thr ...
'' (1990)


The ''Mars'' trilogy

# ''
Red Mars Red is the color at the long wavelength end of the visible spectrum of light, next to orange and opposite violet. It has a dominant wavelength of approximately 625–740 nanometres. It is a primary color in the RGB color model and a secondary ...
'' (1992) - Colonization # '' Green Mars'' (1993) - Terraforming # '' Blue Mars'' (1996) - Long-term results # '' The Martians'' (1999) - Short stories


''Science in the Capital'' series

# ''
Forty Signs of Rain ''Forty Signs of Rain'' (2004) is the first book in the hard science fiction "Science in the Capital" trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson. (The following two novels are '' Fifty Degrees Below'', (2005, and '' Sixty Days and Counting'', 2007). Plot i ...
'' (2004) # ''
Fifty Degrees Below ''Fifty Degrees Below'' (2005) is the second book in the hard science fiction ''Science in the Capital trilogy, Science in the Capital'' trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson. It directly follows the events of ''Forty Signs of Rain'', with a greater foc ...
'' (2005) # '' Sixty Days and Counting'' (2007) ''Green Earth'' (2015) • collected and condensed omnibus edition


Novels

* ''
Icehenge ''Icehenge'' is a science fiction novel by American author Kim Stanley Robinson, published in 1984. Though published almost ten years before Robinson's Mars trilogy, and taking place in a different version of the future, ''Icehenge'' contains ele ...
'' (1984) * ''
The Memory of Whiteness ''The Memory of Whiteness'' is a science fiction novel written by Kim Stanley Robinson and published in September 1985. It shares with the Mars trilogy a focus on human colonization of the Solar System and depicts a grand tour that travels from th ...
'' (1985) * '' A Short, Sharp Shock'' (1990) (short novel) * ''
Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest contine ...
'' (1997) * '' The Years of Rice and Salt'' (2002) * ''
Galileo's Dream ''Galileo's Dream'' (2009) is a science fiction novel with elements of historical fiction written by author Kim Stanley Robinson. The book itself describes the life of 17th-century scientist and astronomer Galileo Galilei, and the far-future soci ...
'' (2009) * '' 2312'' (2012) * '' Shaman: A Novel of the Ice Age'' (2013) * '' Aurora'' (2015) * ''
New York 2140 ''New York 2140'' is a 2017 climate fiction novel by American science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson. The novel is set in a New York City that has been flooded and altered by rising water. The novel received generally positive reviews. Setti ...
'' (2017) * '' Red Moon'' (2018) *''
The Ministry for the Future ''The Ministry for the Future'' is a climate fiction ("cli-fi") novel by American science fiction writer Kim Stanley Robinson published in 2020. Set in the near future, the novel follows a subsidiary body, established under the Paris Agreement, ...
'' (October 2020)


Short story collections

* ''
Orbit In celestial mechanics, an orbit is the curved trajectory of an object such as the trajectory of a planet around a star, or of a natural satellite around a planet, or of an artificial satellite around an object or position in space such as a p ...
18'' (1976) (''In Pierson's Orchestra'', ''Coming Back to Dixieland'') * '' The Planet on the Table'' (1986) ** ''Venice Drowned'' (Universe 11, 1981) ** ''Mercurial'' (Universe 15, 1985) ** ''Ridge Running'' (F&SF 1984) ** ''The Disguise'' (Orbit 19, 1977) Originally published in ''
Orbit In celestial mechanics, an orbit is the curved trajectory of an object such as the trajectory of a planet around a star, or of a natural satellite around a planet, or of an artificial satellite around an object or position in space such as a p ...
19'', 1977, ed. Damon Knight, . ** ''The Lucky Strike'' (Universe 14, 1984) Originally published in ''
Universe The universe is all of space and time and their contents, including planets, stars, galaxies, and all other forms of matter and energy. The Big Bang theory is the prevailing cosmological description of the development of the universe. Acc ...
14'', 1984, ed.
Terry Carr Terry Gene Carr (February 19, 1937 – April 7, 1987) was an American science fiction fan, author, editor, and writing instructor. Background and discovery of fandom Carr was born in Grants Pass, Oregon. He attended the City College of San ...
, . (nominated for
Hugo Award for Best Novelette The Hugo Award for Best Novelette is one of the Hugo Awards given each year for science fiction or fantasy stories published or translated into English during the previous calendar year. The novelette award is available for works of fiction of ...
, Nebula Award for Best Novelette) (frequently anthologized, as in ''Alternative Histories'', 1986, ed. Charles G. Waugh, Martin H. Greenberg, , ''There Won't Be War'', 1991, ed. Harry Harrison,
Bruce McAllister Bruce McAllister (born 1946) is an American author of fantasy, science fiction, poetry, and non-fiction. He is known primarily for his short fiction. Over the years his short stories have been published in the major fantasy and science fiction m ...
, ) ** ''Coming Back to Dixieland'' (Orbit 18, 1976) ** ''Stone Eggs'' (Universe 13, 1983) Originally published in ''Universe 13'', ed.
Terry Carr Terry Gene Carr (February 19, 1937 – April 7, 1987) was an American science fiction fan, author, editor, and writing instructor. Background and discovery of fandom Carr was born in Grants Pass, Oregon. He attended the City College of San ...
, . ** ''Black Air'' (F&SF 1983) * ''
Escape from Kathmandu ''Escape from Kathmandu'' is a 1989 collection of novellas by American writer Kim Stanley Robinson, about a group of American expatriates in Nepal. Contents The novellas are: * ''Escape from Kathmandu'' ( nominated for Nebula Award for Best Nove ...
'' (1989) ** "Escape from Kathmandu" Originally published in '' Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine'', September 1986. (nominated for Hugo Award for Best Novella,
Nebula Award for Best Novella The Nebula Award for Best Novella is given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) for science fiction or fantasy novellas. A work of fiction is defined by the organization as a novella if it is between 17,500 and 40 ...
) (subsequently anthologized) ** "Mother Goddess Of The World" Originally published in '' Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine'', October 1987. (nominated for Hugo Award for Best Novella) (subsequently anthologized) ** "The True Nature of Shangri-La" Appeared in '' Asimov's Science Fiction'', December 1989. ** "The Kingdom Underground" * ''Remaking History'' (1991) ** "A History of the Twentieth Century, with Illustrations" (in: ''Vinland the Dream'') Originally published in '' Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine'', April 1991, revised for ''Remaking History''. (subsequently anthologized: '' The Year's Best Science Fiction: Ninth Annual Collection'', 1992, ed. Gardner Dozois, ; ''Best New SF 6'', 1992, ed. Gardner Dozois, ; ''The Giant Book of Fantastic SF'', 1995, ed. Gardner Dozois, ; ''The Savage Humanists'', 2008, ed.
Fiona Kelleghan Fiona Kelleghan (born April 21, 1965, in West Palm Beach, Florida) is an American academic and critic specializing in science fiction and fantasy. She was a metadata librarian and a cataloguer at the University of Miami's Otto G. Richter Library. ...
, .)* ''Down and Out in the Year 2000'' (1992) ** "Before I Wake" (in ''Remaking History'') Originally published in '' Interzone'' #27, 1989; '' Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine'', April 1990) (nominated for
Nebula Award for Best Short Story The Nebula Award for Best Short Story is a literary award assigned each year by Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) for science fiction or fantasy short stories. A work of fiction is defined by the organization as a short stor ...
) ** "Glacier" (in ''Remaking History'') Originally published in '' Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine'', September 1988. (subsequently anthologized) ** "Remaking History" (in ''Remaking History'' and ''Vinland the Dream'') Originally published in ''Other Edens II'', 1988, ed.
Robert Holdstock Robert Paul Holdstock (2 August 1948 – 29 November 2009) was an English novelist and author best known for his works of Celts, Celtic, Nordic countries, Nordic, Goths, Gothic and Picts, Pictish fantasy literature, predominantly in the fanta ...
, Christopher Evans, ; then '' Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine'', March 1989; and ''What Might Have Been? Volume 1: Alternate Empires'', edited by
Gregory Benford Gregory Benford (born January 30, 1941) is an American science fiction author and astrophysicist who is professor emeritus at the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Irvine. He is a contributing editor of ''Reason ...
and Martin H. Greenberg, 1989, . (nominated for
Hugo Award for Best Short Story The Hugo Award for Best Short Story is one of the Hugo Awards given each year for science fiction or fantasy stories published or translated into English during the previous calendar year. The short story award is available for works of fiction of ...
but withdrawn as ineligible) ** "The Part of Us That Loves" (in ''Remaking History'') Originally published in ''Full Spectrum 2'', 1989, ed.
Lou Aronica Lou Aronica (born 1958) is an American editor and publisher, primarily of science fiction. He co-edited the ''Full Spectrum'' anthologies with Shawna McCarthy. As a publisher he began at Bantam Books and formed their Bantam Spectra science fiction ...
,
Shawna McCarthy Shawna Lee McCarthy (born 1954) is an American science fiction and fantasy editor and literary agent. McCarthy graduated from the Wilkes University and studied at the American University. Career McCarthy edited various magazines for several ...
, Amy Stout,
Pat LoBrutto Patrick LoBrutto (born 1948) is an editor, author, and anthologist. He received a World Fantasy Award for editing. Early life LoBrutto was born in Brooklyn, NY. His father was an attorney, and he grew up in a home with over many books. Publishing ...
, . ** "The Return from Rainbow Bridge" (in ''Remaking History'') Originally published in '' The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction'', August 1987. ** "The Translator" (in ''Remaking History'') Originally published in ''Universe 1'', 1990, ed.
Robert Silverberg Robert Silverberg (born January 15, 1935) is an American author and editor, best known for writing science fiction. He is a multiple winner of both Hugo and Nebula Awards, a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame, and a Grand ...
, Karen Haber, . ** "Vinland the Dream" (in ''Remaking History'', later in ''Vinland the Dream'') Originally published in ''Asimov's Science Fiction'', November 1991. (nominated for the
Nebula Award for Best Short Story The Nebula Award for Best Short Story is a literary award assigned each year by Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) for science fiction or fantasy short stories. A work of fiction is defined by the organization as a short stor ...
) (frequently anthologized) ** "Zürich" (in ''Remaking History'') Originally appeared in '' The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction'', March 1990. * ''Vinland the Dream'' (2001) ** "A Sensitive Dependence on Initial Conditions" (in ''Vinland the Dream'') Originally published in ''Author's Choice Monthly'' #20,
Pulphouse Publishing Pulphouse Publishing was an American small press publisher based in Eugene, Oregon, and specializing in science fiction and fantasy. It was founded by Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn Rusch in 1988. The press was active until 1996. Over that ...
, May 1991. ** "Black Air" (in ''Vinland the Dream'') Originally published in '' The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction'', March 1983. (won 1984
World Fantasy Award The World Fantasy Awards are a set of awards given each year for the best fantasy literature, fantasy fiction published during the previous calendar year. Organized and overseen by the World Fantasy Convention, the awards are given each year a ...
, 1984 ''Science Fiction Chronicle'' Award; nominated for Nebula Award for Best Novelette) (subsequently anthologized) ** "Coming Back to Dixieland" (in ''Vinland the Dream'') Originally published in ''
Orbit In celestial mechanics, an orbit is the curved trajectory of an object such as the trajectory of a planet around a star, or of a natural satellite around a planet, or of an artificial satellite around an object or position in space such as a p ...
18'', 1976. ** "Mercurial" (in ''Vinland the Dream'') Originally published in ''Universe 15'', 1985, ed.
Terry Carr Terry Gene Carr (February 19, 1937 – April 7, 1987) was an American science fiction fan, author, editor, and writing instructor. Background and discovery of fandom Carr was born in Grants Pass, Oregon. He attended the City College of San ...
, . Later in ''Future Crimes'', 2003, ed.
Jack Dann Jack Dann (born February 15, 1945) is an American writer best known for his science fiction, an editor and a writing teacher, who has lived in Australia since 1994. He has published over seventy books, in the majority of cases as editor or co-edit ...
, Gardner Dozois, . ** "Muir on Shasta" (in ''Vinland the Dream'') Originally published in ''A Sensitive Dependence on Initial Conditions'', ''Author's Choice Monthly'' #20,
Pulphouse Publishing Pulphouse Publishing was an American small press publisher based in Eugene, Oregon, and specializing in science fiction and fantasy. It was founded by Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn Rusch in 1988. The press was active until 1996. Over that ...
, 1991. ** "Ridge Running" (in ''Vinland the Dream'') Originally published in '' The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction'', January 1984. (nominated for
Hugo Award for Best Short Story The Hugo Award for Best Short Story is one of the Hugo Awards given each year for science fiction or fantasy stories published or translated into English during the previous calendar year. The short story award is available for works of fiction of ...
) ** "Venice Drowned" (in ''Vinland the Dream'') Originally published in '' Universe 11'', 1981, ed.
Terry Carr Terry Gene Carr (February 19, 1937 – April 7, 1987) was an American science fiction fan, author, editor, and writing instructor. Background and discovery of fandom Carr was born in Grants Pass, Oregon. He attended the City College of San ...
, . (nominated for the
Nebula Award for Best Short Story The Nebula Award for Best Short Story is a literary award assigned each year by Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) for science fiction or fantasy short stories. A work of fiction is defined by the organization as a short stor ...
) * ''The Best of Kim Stanley Robinson'' (2010) ** "The Timpanist of the Berlin Philharmonic, 1942" (in ''The Best of Kim Stanley Robinson'')


Short stories

* "A Martian Childhood" - '' Asimov's Science Fiction'', February 1994. * "A Transect" - ''
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'' (usually referred to as ''F&SF'') is a U.S. fantasy and science fiction magazine first published in 1949 by Mystery House, a subsidiary of Lawrence Spivak's Mercury Press. Editors Anthony Boucher a ...
'', May 1986. (anthologized: ''Future Earths: Under African Skies'', 1993, ed. Gardner Dozois, Mike Resnick, ) * "Down and Out in the Year 2000" - Originally published in '' Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine'', April 1986. (subsequently anthologized) * "Festival Night" (from ''
Red Mars Red is the color at the long wavelength end of the visible spectrum of light, next to orange and opposite violet. It has a dominant wavelength of approximately 625–740 nanometres. It is a primary color in the RGB color model and a secondary ...
'') In: ''Nebula Awards 29'', 1995, ed.
Pamela Sargent Pamela Sargent (born March 20, 1948) is an American feminist, science fiction author, and editor. She has an MA in classical philosophy and has won a Nebula Award. Sargent wrote a trilogy concerning the terraforming of Venus that is someti ...
, . * "From ''2312'' (excerpt)" - '' Lightspeed Magazine'', May 2012. * "How Science Saved the World" - ''
Nature Nature, in the broadest sense, is the physics, physical world or universe. "Nature" can refer to the phenomenon, phenomena of the physical world, and also to life in general. The study of nature is a large, if not the only, part of science. ...
'', 6 January 2000. Also published under the title: "Review: Science in the Third Millennium", which appeared in ''Envisioning the Future: Science Fiction and the Next Millennium'', 2003, ed.
Marleen S. Barr Marleen Barr teaches communication and media studies at Fordham University, New York City. She is notable for her significant contributions to science fiction studies, for which she won a Pilgrim Award from the Science Fiction Research Associatio ...
, . This is a facetious review of two fictional books. * "In Pierson's Orchestra" - ''
Orbit In celestial mechanics, an orbit is the curved trajectory of an object such as the trajectory of a planet around a star, or of a natural satellite around a planet, or of an artificial satellite around an object or position in space such as a p ...
18'', 1976, ed. Damon Knight, . * "Me in a Mirror" - ''Foundation – The International Review of Science Fiction'', #38 Winter 1986/87, 1987, ed.
Edward James Edward Frank Willis James (16 August 1907 – 2 December 1984) was a British poet known for his patronage of the surrealist art movement. Early life and marriage James was born on 16 August 1907, the only son of William James (who had inherite ...
. * "On the North Pole of Pluto" - After some reworking, this novella became the third part of ''
Icehenge ''Icehenge'' is a science fiction novel by American author Kim Stanley Robinson, published in 1984. Though published almost ten years before Robinson's Mars trilogy, and taking place in a different version of the future, ''Icehenge'' contains ele ...
''; also in ''
Orbit In celestial mechanics, an orbit is the curved trajectory of an object such as the trajectory of a planet around a star, or of a natural satellite around a planet, or of an artificial satellite around an object or position in space such as a p ...
21'', 1980, ed. Damon Knight, . * "Our Town" - Originally published in '' Omni'', November 1986; later in '' Lightspeed Magazine'', April 2012. * "Primate in Forest" - ''Future Washington'', 2005, ed. Ernest Lilley, . Excerpt from Chapter One of ''
Fifty Degrees Below ''Fifty Degrees Below'' (2005) is the second book in the hard science fiction ''Science in the Capital trilogy, Science in the Capital'' trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson. It directly follows the events of ''Forty Signs of Rain'', with a greater foc ...
''. * "Prometheus Unbound, At Last" - ''
Nature Nature, in the broadest sense, is the physics, physical world or universe. "Nature" can refer to the phenomenon, phenomena of the physical world, and also to life in general. The study of nature is a large, if not the only, part of science. ...
'', 11 August 2005. * "Red Mars" - '' Interzone'', #63 September 1992. * "Sacred Space" - ''I'm With the Bears'', 2011, ed. Mark Martin, . This excerpt is from chapter 6 of the novel '' Sixty Days and Counting''. * " The Blind Geometer" - Originally published as a
limited edition The terms special edition, limited edition, and variants such as deluxe edition, or collector's edition, are used as a marketing incentive for various kinds of products, originally published products related to the arts, such as books, prints, r ...
by
Cheap Street Press Cheap Street Press was an American small publishing company started up in 1980 and operated by the husband-wife duo, George and Jan O'Nale, in their rural home near New Castle, Virginia. Cheap Street concentrated on publishing limited edition book ...
in 1986, , then '' Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine'', August 1987. (subsequently anthologized, as in ''The Mammoth Book of Modern Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1980s'', 1993, ed. Martin H. Greenberg,
Isaac Asimov yi, יצחק אזימאװ , birth_date = , birth_place = Petrovichi, Russian SFSR , spouse = , relatives = , children = 2 , death_date = , death_place = Manhattan, New York City, U.S. , nationality = Russian (1920–1922)Soviet (192 ...
, Charles G. Waugh, ) (won the 1988
Nebula Award for Best Novella The Nebula Award for Best Novella is given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) for science fiction or fantasy novellas. A work of fiction is defined by the organization as a novella if it is between 17,500 and 40 ...
; nominated for the 1988 Hugo Award for Best Novella) * "The Lunatics" - Originally published in ''Terry's Universe'', 1988, ed.
Beth Meacham Beth Meacham (born 1951) is an American writer and editor, best known as a longtime top editor with Tor Books. Life, education and family Meacham was born November 14, 1951 in Newark, Licking County, Ohio. She studied Communications in Antioch ...
, . (frequently anthologized) * "The Memorial" - ''In the Field of Fire'', 1987, ed.
Jack Dann Jack Dann (born February 15, 1945) is an American writer best known for his science fiction, an editor and a writing teacher, who has lived in Australia since 1994. He has published over seventy books, in the majority of cases as editor or co-edit ...
, Jeanne Van Buren Dann, . * "The Thing Itself" - ''Clarion SF'', 1977, ed.
Kate Wilhelm Kate Wilhelm (June 8, 1928 – March 8, 2018) was an American author. She wrote novels and stories in the science fiction, mystery, and suspense genres, including the Hugo Award–winning ''Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang''. Wilhelm established ...
, . * "To Leave a Mark" - '' The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction'', November 1982. (nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novella) Later incorporated as the first part of ''
Icehenge ''Icehenge'' is a science fiction novel by American author Kim Stanley Robinson, published in 1984. Though published almost ten years before Robinson's Mars trilogy, and taking place in a different version of the future, ''Icehenge'' contains ele ...
'' * " Green Mars" (in ''The Martians'') Originally published in '' Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine'', September 1985. (nominated for Hugo Award for Best Novella,
Nebula Award for Best Novella The Nebula Award for Best Novella is given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) for science fiction or fantasy novellas. A work of fiction is defined by the organization as a novella if it is between 17,500 and 40 ...
) (subsequently anthologized)


Non-fiction

* *'' Future Primitive: The New Ecotopias'' (1994) Edited and wrote introduction of the anthology. *''Green Planets: Ecology and Science Fiction''
Wesleyan University Press
with
Marquette University Marquette University () is a Private university, private Society of Jesus, Jesuit research university in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Established by the Society of Jesus as Marquette College on August 28, 1881, it was founded by John Henni, John Martin ...
professor Gerry Canavan. Co-edited collection of scholarly essays on the relationship between ecological science, environmentalist politics, and science fiction. *'' State of the World 2013: Is Sustainability Still Possible?'' published by
WorldWatch Institute The Worldwatch Institute was a globally focused environmental research organization based in Washington, D.C., founded by Lester R. Brown. Worldwatch was named as one of the top ten sustainable development research organizations by Globescan Surv ...
(2013). Wrote chapter "is it too late?" *''The High Sierra: A love story''. (2022). * *


As editor

* '' Nebula Awards Showcase 2002'' (2002) * ''In the Sierra: Mountain Writing'' by Kenneth Rexroth (2012),


About Robinson

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References

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