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Kim Stanley Robinson
Science Fiction Author,
Kim Stanley Robinson is an American science fiction writer. He is the author of more than 20 books, including the international bestselling Mars trilogy, and more recently Red Moon, New York 2140, Aurora, Shaman, Green Earth, and 2312. He was sent to the Antarctic by the US National Science Foundation's Antarctic Artists and Writers' Program in 1995 and returned in their Antarctic media program in 2016.
In 2008, Kim was named a "Hero of the Environment" by Time magazine. He works with the Sierra Nevada Research Institute, the Clarion Writers' Workshop, and UC San Diego's Arthur C. Clarke Center for Human Imagination. His work has been translated into 25 languages and won a dozen awards in five countries, including the Hugo, Nebula, Locus, and World Fantasy awards. In 2016, asteroid 72432 was named "Kimrobinson."
Speaker at FiRe 2007, 2012, 2019, 2022
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Why Kim Stanley Robinson's Red Mars is still a classic, 34 years on - New Sci... -
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Author of Red Mars calls 'bullshit' on emigrating to the planet - New Scienti... -
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‘Mars can’t save you,’ says Kim Stanley Robinson - The New Indian Express -
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Author Kim Stanley Robinson on climate fiction & navigating the climate crisi... -
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Lessons from ‘Ministry for the Future’ author, Kim Stanley Robinson - Butler ... -
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Science fiction novelist Kim Stanley Robinson to present at Missouri S&T - Mi... -
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Berkeley Talks: Sci-fi writer Kim Stanley Robinson on the need for ‘angry opt... -
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Writer Kim Stanley Robinson: ‘If the world fails, business fails’ - Financial... -
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Kim Stanley Robinson: A science fiction writer’s love affair with the High Si... -
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A Sci-Fi Writer Returns to Earth: ‘The Real Story Is the One Facing Us’ (Publ... -
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Kim Stanley Robinson: The Influential and the Influenced - Alta Journal
FiRe 2022 Media
'Ministry for the Future Keynote with Kim Stanley Robinson'
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FiRe 2012 Media
Looking Further
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FiRe 2007 Media
Looking Further
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