Kim Stanley Robinson
Kim Stanley Robinson (born March 23, 1952) is an American writer of science fiction. He has published 22 novels and numerous short stories and is best known for his Mars trilogy. His work has been translated into 24 languages. 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." According to an article in The New Yorker, Robinson is "generally acknowledged as one of the greatest living science-fiction writers."
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Robinson in 2017 | |
| Born | March 23, 1952 Waukegan, Illinois, U.S. |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Education | University of California, San Diego (BA, PhD) Boston University (MA) |
| Genre | Science fiction |
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| Thesis | The Novels of Philip K. Dick (1982) |
| Doctoral advisor | Donald Wesling |
| Other advisors | Frederic Jameson |
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| Discipline | English and American literature |
| Sub-discipline | Science fiction |
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| Notable works | Mars trilogy |
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