Kim Stanley Robinson

Kim Stanley Robinson (born March 23, 1952) is an American science fiction writer, probably best known for his award-winning Mars trilogy. He has been widely acclaimed by readers and critics since the beginning of his career, and is considered by many to be one of the finest living writers of science fiction.

Robinson began publishing novels in 1984 at the same time as the appearance of cyberpunk, a subgenre whose themes and values were in direct contrast to those of Robinson's work, leading readers and critics to take special note of his unique voice in contemporary science fiction and label his work as humanist and or literary science fiction.

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.

Selected Bibliography
Complete Bibliography

Series

• Capital Code
  • 1 Forty Signs of Rain (2004)
  • 2 Fifty Degrees Below (2005)

• Mars
  • 1 Red Mars (1992)
  • 2 Green Mars (1994)
  • 3 Blue Mars (1996)

• Orange County
  • 1 The Wild Shore (1984)
  • 2 The Gold Coast (1988)
  • 3 Pacific Edge (1990)

Novels

• Icehenge (1984)
• The Memory of Whiteness (1985)
• A Short, Sharp Shock (1990)
• Antarctica (1997)
• The Years of Rice and Salt (2002)

Nonfiction Series

• Studies in Speculative Fiction
  • 9 The Novels of Philip K. Dick (1984)

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