Kim Stanley Robinson

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Kim Stanley Robinson is an American science fiction author whose novels about climate change, space colonisation, and the future of human civilisation have made him one of the most important and intellectually ambitious science fiction writers in the world. His work combines rigorous scientific extrapolation with political engagement and... a deep commitment to imagining how humanity might build a better future. Born in Waukegan, Illinois in 1952, Robinson grew up in Southern California and studied English at the University of California, San Diego, where he wrote his PhD on the novels of Philip K. Dick. He lives in Davis, California. The Mars trilogy — Red Mars (1992), Green Mars (1993), and Blue Mars (1996) — is his most celebrated work, a sweeping, scientifically detailed account of the colonisation and terraforming of Mars over two centuries. The trilogy won multiple Hugo and Nebula Awards and is regarded as one of the greatest achievements of hard science fiction. 2312 imagines human civilisation spread across the solar system. The Years of Rice and Salt (2002) is an alternate history in which Europe was depopulated by the Black Death and the modern world was shaped by Chinese and Islamic civilisations. New York 2140 (2017) and The Ministry for the Future (2020) address climate change directly — the latter, about the near-future struggle to limit global warming, was praised by climate scientists and policymakers and became one of the most discussed novels of the decade. Robinson writes science fiction as a form of political and philosophical thinking — his novels are novels of ideas in the truest sense, exploring how societies change, how technology shapes politics, and how humanity might survive its own worst impulses. The audiobook editions of Robinson's novels reward patient, engaged listening. His books and audiobooks are essential for anyone who believes science fiction is the literature of the future — and that the future is worth fighting for. Read more Show less