Kim Stanley Robinson

About Kim Stanley Robinson

Kim Stanley Robinson is an American science fiction writer best known for his Mars trilogy of novels. Many of his novels and stories have ecological, cultural, and political themes, featuring 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.

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Upcoming Titles

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  The Best Journey in the World: An Antarctic Story December 1, 2026

  Interweaving memoir, some never-before-published photographs, and good old fashioned ice adventure, Kim Stanley Robinson takes readers along on the Arctic journeys that have happened before and the journeys that may never happen again. In May of 1911, Robert Scott and the twenty-four men under his command said good-bye to the sun and settled in for the long Antarctic winter. When the sun returned in September, they were going to try to become the first people to reach the South Pole.

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Earlier Books

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  The High Sierra May 10, 2022

  Kim Stanley Robinson first ventured into the Sierra Nevada mountains during the summer of 1973. He returned from that encounter a changed man, awed by a landscape that made him feel as if he were simultaneously strolling through an art museum and scrambling on a jungle gym like an energized child. He has returned to the mountains throughout his life—more than a hundred trips—and has gathered a vast store of knowledge about them. The High Sierra is his lavish celebration of this exceptional place and an exploration of what makes this span of mountains one of the most compelling places on Earth.

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  The Ministry for the Future October 6, 2020

  An unsettling masterpiece of the imagination, using fictional eyewitness accounts to tell the story of how climate change will impact us all. “The best science-fiction nonfiction novel I’ve ever read.” —Jonathan Lethem, New York Times bestselling author of The Fortress of Solitude The Ministry for the Future's setting is not a desolate, postapocalyptic world, but a future that is almost upon us. This extraordinary novel from visionary science fiction writer Kim Stanley Robinson will change the way you think about the climate crisis.

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  Red Moon October 23, 2018

  It is thirty years from now, and we have colonized the moon. American Fred Fredericks is making his first trip, his purpose to install a communications system for China's Lunar Science Foundation. But hours after his arrival he witnesses a murder and is forced into hiding. It is also the first visit for celebrity travel reporter Ta Shu. He has contacts and influence, but he too will find that the moon can be a perilous place for any traveler. Finally, there is Chan Qi. She is the daughter of the Minister of Finance, and without doubt a person of interest to those in power.

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  New York 2140 2017 View on Amazon: New York 2140
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  Aurora July 7, 2015 View on Amazon: Aurora
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  Shaman September 3, 2013 View on Amazon: Shaman
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  2312 May 22, 2012 View on Amazon: 2312
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  The Best of Kim Stanley Robinson August 1, 2010 View on Amazon: The Best of Kim Stanley Robinson

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• Rising Thunder by Neal Shusterman · Dec 1
• Roses & Stone by Jessie Mihalik · Dec 1
• Tales from the Territory by Travis Baldree · Dec 1
• The Bloodfire Oath by Chloe C. Peñaranda · Dec 1
• The Blue Hours by Stephanie Krzywonos · Dec 1
• The Soul Mate by Lana Ferguson · Dec 1

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