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Kim Stanley Robinson

Author of Red Mars

Includes the names: K.S. Robinson, Kim S Robinson, Kim St. Robinson, Kim Stanle Robinson, kim stanly robinson, K. Stanley Robinson, Kim Stanlet Robinson, Kim Stanley Robinson, Kim Stanely Robinson, Kim Stanney Robinson ... (see complete list), Kim Stanley Robinson, Kim Stanley Robinsom, Kim Stanley Ronsinson, ed. Kim Stanley Robinson

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Kim Stanley Robinson was born in Orange County, California on March 23, 1952. He received a B. A. and Ph. D. from the University of California at San Diego and an M. A. from Boston University. His first trilogy of books, Orange County, collectively won a Nebula Award and two Hugo Awards. His other works include the Mars trilogy, 2312, and Aurora. He has won an Asimov Award, a World Fantasy Award, a Locus Reader's Poll Award, and a John W. Campbell Award. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from Red Mars… (more)
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Works by Kim Stanley Robinson
Red Mars 8,038 copies, 170 reviews
Green Mars 5,043 copies, 58 reviews
Blue Mars 4,621 copies, 52 reviews
The Years of Rice and Salt 3,392 copies, 103 reviews
2312 2,097 copies, 118 reviews
Aurora 1,630 copies, 98 reviews
Forty Signs of Rain 1,386 copies, 45 reviews
The Ministry for the Future 1,325 copies, 58 reviews
New York 2140 1,252 copies, 64 reviews
Antarctica 1,169 copies, 28 reviews
The Wild Shore 1,077 copies, 22 reviews
The Martians 1,077 copies, 17 reviews
Fifty Degrees Below 1,012 copies, 31 reviews
Icehenge 842 copies, 11 reviews
Galileo's Dream 825 copies, 48 reviews
Sixty Days and Counting 777 copies, 24 reviews
The Gold Coast 772 copies, 19 reviews
Pacific Edge 650 copies, 14 reviews
Shaman 590 copies, 34 reviews
The Memory of Whiteness 581 copies, 11 reviews
Red Moon 493 copies, 23 reviews
Escape From Kathmandu 454 copies, 13 reviews
A Short, Sharp Shock (novella) 331 copies, 13 reviews
The Planet on the Table 232 copies, 2 reviews
A Meeting With Medusa | Green Mars (Author) 191 copies, 2 reviews
The Best of Kim Stanley Robinson (Author) 183 copies, 4 reviews
Green Earth (The Science in the Capital) 173 copies, 6 reviews
The Lucky Strike 164 copies, 11 reviews
Future Primitive: The New Ecotopias (Editor) 141 copies, 1 review
The Blind Geometer / The New Atlantis (Contributor) 133 copies, 2 reviews
Remaking History and Other Stories 119 copies, 1 review
The High Sierra: A Love Story 113 copies, 7 reviews
Vinland the Dream: And Other Stories 97 copies, 2 reviews
Nebula Awards Showcase 2002: The Year's Best SF and Fantasy (Editor) 90 copies, 1 review
Mars Trilogy: Red Mars / Green Mars / Blue Mars 86 copies
Three Californias: The Wild Shore, The Gold Coast, and Pacific Edge 51 copies, 1 review
Down and Out in the Year 2000 47 copies
A Short, Sharp Shock/The Dragon Masters (Contributor) 39 copies, 1 review
Black Air (novella) 34 copies
Remaking History 29 copies, 2 reviews
The Novels Of Philip K. Dick 29 copies
Green Planets: Ecology and Science Fiction (Editor) 28 copies
The Blind Geometer (novella) 28 copies, 3 reviews
Mars la rouge, tome 1 26 copies, 1 review
Oral Argument: A Tor.Com Original 25 copies, 4 reviews
Red Mars / Green Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1-2) 21 copies, 2 reviews
Mars la rouge, tome 2 20 copies, 1 review
Author's Choice Monthly Issue 20 13 copies
Escape from Kathmandu/Two Views of a Cave Painting (Contributor) 13 copies
Venice Drowned [novelette] 11 copies, 1 review
A Martian Romance 10 copies
Green Mars [short fiction] 10 copies
Glacier [short fiction] 7 copies, 1 review
A History of the Twentieth Century, with Illustrations [short fiction] 7 copies, 1 review
The Lunatics [short fiction] 7 copies, 1 review
Arthur Sternbach Brings the Curveball to Mars 7 copies, 1 review
Escape from Kathmandu {novella} 7 copies, 1 review
Stan's Kitchen A Robinson Reader 7 copies
Sexual Dimorphism 6 copies, 1 review
The Lucky Strike {novelette} 6 copies, 1 review
Mother Goddess of the World [short fiction] 6 copies
Mercurial 5 copies
Ridge running (short story) 5 copies, 1 review
Blue Mars and The Martians 5 copies
Before I Wake 5 copies, 2 reviews
Remaking History [short story] 5 copies, 2 reviews
A Sensitive Dependence On Initial Conditions [short fiction] 5 copies, 2 reviews
Our Town 4 copies
Stone Eggs 4 copies
The Disguise 4 copies
Zurich 3 copies, 1 review
Vinland the Dream {short story} 3 copies, 1 review
The blind geometer ; The return from Rainbow Bridge 3 copies
Exploring Fossil Canyon 3 copies
Down and Out in the Year 2000 [short story] 3 copies
Das große Weihnachts-Buch der Phantasie 3 copies
Discovering Life 3 copies, 1 review
The Timpanist of the Berlin Philharmonic 1942 [short story] 3 copies, 1 review
Muir On Shasta 3 copies, 1 review
Prometheus Unbound, At Last 3 copies, 1 review
The Translator 3 copies, 1 review
Coming Back To Dixieland 3 copies
Coyote Makes Trouble {short story} 2 copies
Green Mars 2 copies
Luna rossa: romanzo 2 copies
2312[2312][Mass Market Paperback] 2 copies
Michel in Antarctica {short story} 2 copies
Four Teleological Tales {short story} 2 copies
Saving Noctis Dam {short story} 2 copies
Keeping the Flame {short story} 2 copies
Odessa {short story} 2 copies
Enough Is As Good As a Feast {short story} 2 copies
What Matters {short story} 2 copies
Coyote Remembers {short story} 2 copies
The Archaea Plot {short story} 2 copies
Sax Moments {short story} 2 copies
Purple Mars {short story} 2 copies
Jackie on Zo {short story} 2 copies
An Argument for the Deployment of All Safe Terraforming Technologies… 2 copies
To Leave a Mark 2 copies
Big Man in Love {short story} 2 copies
Some Worknotes and Commentary on the Constitution, by Charlotte Dorsia… 2 copies
Maya and Desmond {short story} 2 copies
The Constitution of Mars 2 copies
The Way the Land Spoke to Us {short story} 2 copies
Salt and Fresh {short story} 2 copies
Michel in Provence {short story} 2 copies
Selected Abstracts from the Journal of Areological Studies {short story} 2 copies
Ledeni hram 1 copy
The Tympanist of the Berlin Philharmonic, 1942 (Paul Di Filippo Presents) 1 copy
Crveni Mars 1 copy
New Scientist Sci-fi Special 1 copy
Green Mars - 1994 Hugo Award Winner 1 copy
Sixty Days 1 copy
No More Fairy Tales: Stories to Save our Planet 1 copy
Autograph, S.F. Writer, Collector Card (mine) (5) 1 copy
Asimov's Science Fiction, October-November 1999 1 copy
I marziani 1 copy
La costa delle palme (Urania Jumbo) 1 copy
Unterwegs in die Welt von morgen (128): Das Genie - Das wilde Ufer 1 copy
A Shirt, Sharp Shock / The Dragon Masters 1 copy
A Transect {short story} 1 copy
1997 1 copy
The Mars Trilogy Red Mars, Green Mars, Blue Mars AND The Martians (The… 1 copy
Icehenge [short story] 1 copy
How Science Saved the World 1 copy
Imagining Abrupt Climate Change: Terraforming Earth 1 copy
The Kingdom Underground 1 copy
The True Nature of Shangri-La [short story] 1 copy
In Pierson's Orchestra 1 copy
On the North Pole of Pluto 1 copy
The Memorial (short story) 1 copy
1999 1 copy
A Story 1 copy
Galileo Science Fiction & Fantasy nr. 4 1 copy
The Names of the Canals {short story} 1 copy
The Soundtrack {short story} 1 copy
The Part of Us That Loves {short story} 1 copy
Rainbow Bridge {short story} 1 copy
An Afterword To Philip K. Dick's Valis 1 copy
2013 1 copy
Anarchism's Possibilities 1 copy
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Journey to the Centre of the Earth (Introduction, some editions) 14,132 copies, 220 reviews
Ubik (Introduction, some editions) 7,313 copies, 151 reviews
Stand on Zanzibar (Introduction, some editions) 3,139 copies, 51 reviews
The Best Alternate History Stories of the 20th Century (Contributor) 554 copies, 10 reviews
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventeenth Annual Collection (Contributor) 502 copies, 2 reviews
Brave New Worlds: Dystopian Stories (Contributor) 495 copies, 18 reviews
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Ninth Annual Collection (Contributor) 402 copies, 4 reviews
The Big Book of Science Fiction (Contributor) 391 copies, 6 reviews
The Hard SF Renaissance (Contributor) 333 copies, 4 reviews
The Norton Book of Science Fiction: North American Science Fiction,… (Contributor) 306 copies, 5 reviews
Year's Best SF 5 (Contributor) 248 copies, 2 reviews
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixth Annual Collection (Author) 245 copies, 2 reviews
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection (Contributor) 221 copies, 1 review
Alternate Empires (What Might Have Been, Vol. 1) (Contributor) 205 copies, 2 reviews
The Mammoth Book of Alternate Histories (Contributor) 199 copies, 6 reviews
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourth Annual Collection (Contributor) 196 copies, 1 review
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection (Author) 185 copies, 2 reviews
Future on Fire (Contributor) 184 copies, 4 reviews
What Might Have Been, Volumes 1 & 2: Alternate Empires, Alternate Heroes (Contributor) 175 copies, 2 reviews
The Way It Wasn't : Great Science Fiction Stories of Alternate History (Contributor) 148 copies, 2 reviews
A Science Fiction Omnibus (Contributor) 142 copies, 3 reviews
The Year's Best Science Fiction: First Annual Collection (Contributor) 127 copies, 1 review
The Ends of the Earth: An Anthology of the Finest Writing on the Arctic… (Contributor) 124 copies, 7 reviews
Full Spectrum 2 (Contributor) 116 copies
Futures from Nature (Contributor) 113 copies, 5 reviews
The Mammoth Book of Science Fiction (Contributor) 112 copies, 1 review
Universe 1 (Contributor) 106 copies, 1 review
Loosed upon the World: The Saga Anthology of Climate Fiction (Contributor) 104 copies, 5 reviews
Orbit 19 (Contributor) 102 copies
Nebula Awards 33 (Contributor) 98 copies, 1 review
Mythmakers and Lawbreakers: Anarchist Writers on Fiction (Introduction) 96 copies, 1 review
Alternate Americas (What Might Have Been, Vol. 4) (Contributor, some editions) 96 copies, 1 review
Life on Mars: Tales from the New Frontier (Contributor) 95 copies, 2 reviews
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection (Contributor) 95 copies
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #11 (Contributor) 93 copies, 1 review
The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy (Contributor) 90 copies, 2 reviews
I'm With the Bears: Short Stories from a Damaged Planet (Contributor) 89 copies, 4 reviews
Nebula Award Stories 17 (Contributor) 86 copies
Drowned Worlds (Contributor) 85 copies, 6 reviews
New Skies: An Anthology of Today's Science Fiction (Contributor) 84 copies, 2 reviews
Paragons: Twelve Master Science Fiction Writers Ply Their Crafts (Contributor) 80 copies
Cyberpunk: Stories of Hardware, Software, Wetware, Evolution, and… (Contributor) 73 copies
Nebula Awards Showcase 2014 (Contributor) 73 copies, 4 reviews
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #14 (Contributor) 73 copies, 3 reviews
Terry's Universe (Contributor) 70 copies, 1 review
The Best Fantasy Stories from the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (Contributor) 67 copies, 1 review
Nebula Awards 23 (Contributor) 67 copies, 1 review
In the Field of Fire (Contributor) 66 copies
Why I Left Harry's All-Night Hamburgers and Other Stories from Isaac… (Contributor) 63 copies
Worldmakers: SF Adventures in Terraforming (Contributor) 63 copies, 1 review
Nebula Awards 28: SFWA's Choices for the Best Science Fiction and Fantasy… (Contributor) 60 copies
ParaSpheres: Extending Beyond the Spheres of Literary and Genre Fiction:… (Contributor) 59 copies
Stories for Chip: A Tribute to Samuel R. Delany (Introduction) 59 copies
Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2015 Edition (Contributor) 58 copies, 1 review
Universe 14 (Contributor) 57 copies
Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: 30th Anniversary Anthology (Contributor) 56 copies, 1 review
Nebula Awards 29: SFWA's Choices For The Best Science Fiction And Fantasy… (Contributor) 55 copies
Explorers: SF Adventures to Far Horizons (Contributor) 52 copies, 2 reviews
Under African Skies (Future Earths) (Contributor) 50 copies
Universe 15 (Contributor) 49 copies
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #16 (Contributor) 48 copies
Before They Were Giants: First Works from Science Fiction Greats (Contributor) 47 copies, 2 reviews
Clarion SF (Contributor) 47 copies
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Ten (Contributor) 46 copies, 3 reviews
Field of Fantasies: Baseball Stories of the Strange and Supernatural (Contributor) 43 copies
Interzone: The 4th Anthology (Contributor) 39 copies, 1 review
Other Edens 2 (Contributor) 39 copies, 2 reviews
80! Memories & Reflections on Ursula K. Le Guin (Contributor) 37 copies, 1 review
Isaac Asimov's Moons (Contributor) 37 copies
Universe 13 (Contributor) 36 copies, 1 review
Future Washington (Contributor) 35 copies, 2 reviews
Future Crimes (Contributor) 35 copies
Universe 12 (Contributor) 32 copies, 1 review
Future Sports (Contributor) 31 copies, 1 review
Send My Love and a Molotov Cocktail! Stories of Crime, Love, and Rebellion (Contributor) 30 copies
Isaac Asimov's Mars (Contributor) 29 copies
Universe 11 (Contributor) 29 copies
Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction (Contributor) 29 copies
The Eagle Has Landed: 50 Years of Lunar Science Fiction (Contributor) 27 copies, 2 reviews
Nebula Awards 20: SFWA's Choices for the Best Science Fiction and Fantasy… (Contributor) 26 copies
The Very Best of Gene Wolfe (Introduction) 25 copies
Tomorrow's Parties: Life in the Anthropocene (Twelve Tomorrows) (Interview) 23 copies, 2 reviews
Isaac Asimov's Earth (Contributor) 22 copies
The Savage Humanists (Contributor) 22 copies, 2 reviews
Exploring the Horizons (Contributor) 19 copies
Envisioning the Future: Science Fiction and the Next Millennium (Contributor) 19 copies
Orbit 18 (Contributor) 17 copies
The Dark Ride: The Best Short Fiction of John Kessel (Introduction) 17 copies
Asimov's Science Fiction: Vol. 23, No. 10 & 11 [October/November 1999] (Contributor) 13 copies
Hiroshima soll leben. Die schönsten Alternativwelt- Geschichten. (Contributor) 13 copies
Polder: A Festschrift for John Clute and Judith Clute (Contributor) 12 copies
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1990, Vol. 78, No. 3 (Author) 12 copies, 1 review
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 13, No. 12 [December 1989] (Author) 11 copies
Science Fiction: Voyage to the Edge of Imagination (Interviewee) 11 copies
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1983, Vol. 64, No. 3 11 copies
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1982, Vol. 63, No. 5 (Contributor) 11 copies
Infinity Plus One (Contributor) 11 copies
Promised Land (Introduction) 10 copies
Voyager 5 - Collector's Edition (Contributor) 10 copies
Univers 1986 (Contributor) 9 copies
Transfusion (Translator, some editions) 9 copies
Orbit 21 (Contributor) 9 copies
Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 46 • March 2014 (some editions) 8 copies, 1 review
Ikarus 2002 (Contributor) 8 copies
Arc 1.4: Forever alone drone (Contributor) 7 copies
I mondi del possibile (Contributor) 7 copies
Ikarus 2001. Best of Science Fiction. (Contributor) 7 copies
Science Fiction (Contributor) 6 copies
Uneven Futures: Strategies for Community Survival from Speculative Fiction (Contributor) 5 copies
The WisCon Chronicles Vol. 10: Social Justice (Redux) (Contributor) 4 copies
Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 103 • December 2018 (Contributor) 3 copies
Das Blei der Zeit (Contributor) 1 copy
Mondaugen (Contributor) 1 copy
Science Fiction Eye #08, Winter 1991 (Contributor) 1 copy
Locus Nr.492 2002.01 (Contributor) 1 copy
80年代SF傑作選〈上〉 (ハヤカワ文庫SF) (Contributor) 1 copy
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Robinson, Kim Stanley
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1952-03-23
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Waukegan, Illinois, USA
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Washington, D.C., USA
Switzerland
Davis, California, USA
Education
University of California, San Diego (BA - Literature)
Boston University (MA - English)
University of California, San Diego (PhD - English)
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science fiction writer
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Christopher Schelling (Select Artists)
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Mars Society
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Hugo Award (1994 | 1997)
Nebula Award (1986 | 1993)
World Fantasy Award (1983)
John W. Campbell Memorial Award (1991)
Locus Award ( 1985 | 1991 | 1994 | 1997 | 2000 | 2003)
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