Kim Stanley Robinson

For the late American actress, see Kim Stanley.

Kim Stanley Robinson
Robinson in 2017
Robinson in 2017
Born (1952-03-23) March 23, 1952 (age 72)
Waukegan, Illinois, U.S.
OccupationWriter
EducationUniversity of California, San Diego (BA, PhD)
Boston University (MA)
GenreScience fiction
Academic background
ThesisThe Novels of Philip K. Dick (1982)
Doctoral advisorDonald Wesling
Other advisorsFrederic Jameson
Academic work
DisciplineEnglish and American literature
Sub-disciplineScience fiction
Institutions
Notable worksMars trilogy

Kim Stanley Robinson (born March 23, 1952) is an American science fiction writer best known for his Mars trilogy. Many of his novels and stories have ecological, cultural, and political themes and feature 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. The Atlantic has called Robinson's work "the gold standard of realistic, and highly literary, science-fiction writing."[1] According to an article in The New Yorker, Robinson is "generally acknowledged as one of the greatest living science-fiction writers."[2]

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