Kim Stanley Robinson: “Well, I'm a science fiction writer, and so what I mean by that is I like to set my stories in the future because it makes for interesting stories.

Robinson's previous novels have won Hugo, Nebula, Locus and World Fantasy awards and have been translated into 25 languages. His next, The Ministry for Information will be released by Orbit in ...

Kim Stanley Robinson is pissed about what humans have done to the world, and he’s not mincing words. But he also believes deeply in our capacity for change and rebirth. He thinks we can do better.

"Shaman" is also similar to Robinson's earlier science fiction work. His book " 2312 " (Orbit, 2012) explores what the solar system might be like 300 years in the future.

Kim Stanley Robinson writes science fiction in Davis, California. His next novel will be called The Ministry for the Future, out in October from Orbit Books.

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KIM STANLEY ROBINSON: Well, I’m into it for sure, but I would say that actually science fiction is an urban literature, and a literature of ideas, and hasn’t been good on what I would call ...

a character discovers in Kim Stanley Robinson's 2015 book " Aurora." The science fiction master's interstellar journey begins and ends at sea, and is suffused throughout with awe at its beauty and ...

And then there’s Kim Stanley Robinson: family man, High Sierras pilgrim, ex- Orange County homeboy and prolific author of several of the most influential science fiction works of the last 25 years.

Orbit: 576 pp., $25.99 As the author of the “Mars” trilogy, among other novels, Kim Stanley Robinson has established a superlative reputation for science fictional extrapolation.

And then there’s Kim Stanley Robinson: family man, High Sierras pilgrim, ex- Orange County homeboy and prolific author of several of the most influential science fiction works of the last 25 years.

Orbit: 576 pp., $25.99 As the author of the “Mars” trilogy, among other novels, Kim Stanley Robinson has established a superlative reputation for science fictional extrapolation.