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{{Short description|American science fiction writer (born 1952)}}
{{For|the late American actress|Kim Stanley}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2020}}
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|name = Kim Stanley Robinson
|image = Kim Stanley Robinson by Christopher Michel 3-19-25429980.jpg
|caption = Robinson in 2025
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|3|23}}
|birth_place = [[Waukegan, Illinois]], U.S.
|death_date = 
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|occupation = Writer
|education = [[University of California, San Diego]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]])<br>[[Boston University]] ([[Master of Arts|MA]])
|genre = Science fiction
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  | thesis_title       = The Novels of Philip K. Dick
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  | thesis_year        = 1982
  | doctoral_advisor   = Donald Wesling
  | academic_advisors  = [[Frederic Jameson]]
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  | discipline         = English and American literature
  | sub_discipline     = Science fiction
  | workplaces         = {{Plain list|
* [[University of California, Davis]]
* [[University of California, San Diego]]
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  | notable_works      = Mars trilogy
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'''Kim Stanley Robinson''' (born March 23, 1952) is an American [[science fiction]] writer best known for his [[Mars trilogy|''Mars'' trilogy]] of novels. Many of his novels and stories have ecological, cultural, and political themes, featuring 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]]'' magazine has called Robinson's work "the gold standard of realistic, and highly literary, science-fiction writing."<ref name=Beauchamp /> According to an article in ''[[The New Yorker]]'' magazine, Robinson is "generally acknowledged as one of the greatest living science-fiction writers."<ref name="Kreider-2013" />

==Early life and education==
Robinson was born in [[Waukegan, Illinois]]. He moved to [[Southern California]] as a child.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1 = Adams|first1 = John Joseph|title = Sci-Fi Scribes on Ray Bradbury: 'Storyteller, Showman and Alchemist'|url = https://www.wired.com/2012/06/ray-bradbury-writer-memories/|magazine = Wired|access-date = September 4, 2015|date = June 6, 2012}}</ref>

In 1974, he earned a BA in literature from the [[University of California, San Diego]] (UC San Diego).<ref name="uctv.tv">{{cite web|last1 = Potts|first1 = Stephen|title = UCSD Guestbook: Kim Stanley Robinson|url = http://www.uctv.tv/shows/UCSD-Guestbook-Kim-Stanley-Robinson-5001|website = UCTV|publisher = University of California Television|access-date = September 5, 2015|date = July 11, 2000}}</ref> In 1975, he earned an MA in English from [[Boston University]]. In 1978, Robinson moved to [[Davis, California]], to take a break from graduate studies at UC San Diego. During this period, he worked as a bookseller for Orpheus Books. He also taught freshman composition and other courses at the [[University of California, Davis]].<ref name="The Davis Enterprise">{{cite news|last1=Hudsen |first1=Jeff |title=Davis a perfect fit for a sci-fi novelist |url=http://www.davisenterprise.com/articles/2004/10/18/news/074new1.txt |archive-url=https://archive.today/20041122040616/http://www.davisenterprise.com/articles/2004/10/18/news/074new1.txt |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 22, 2004 |access-date=September 8, 2015 |publisher=The Davis Enterprise |date=October 18, 2004 }}</ref>

In 1982, Robinson earned a PhD in English from UC San Diego.<ref name="uctv.tv"/> His original PhD advisor was literary critic and [[Marxism|Marxist]] scholar [[Fredric Jameson]],<ref name="Bioneers" /> who had pointed Robinson toward works by science fiction author [[Philip K. Dick]]. Jameson described Dick to his student as "the greatest living American writer".<ref name="uctv.tv" /> Jameson moved to the [[University of California, Santa Cruz]] (UC Santa Cruz), so Robinson finished his doctoral thesis under the scholar Donald Wesling.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Heer |first=Jeet |date=2024-10-03 |title=Fredric Jameson Named the System We Are Still Fighting |url=https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/fredric-jameson-science-fiction-obituary-marxism/#:~:text=that%20first%20started%20under%20Jameson%E2%80%99s%20supervision%20(although%20it%20was%20completed%20under%20Donald%20Wesling%20after%20Jameson%20moved%20to%20another%20university) |access-date=2024-10-05 |language=en-US |issn=0027-8378}}</ref> Robinson's dissertation was titled ''The Novels of Philip K. Dick''.<ref>{{cite thesis |last=Robinson |first=Kim Stanley |title=The novels of Philip K. Dick |degree=PhD |institution=[[University of California, San Diego]] |year=1982 |id={{ProQuest|303068187}}}}</ref>

==Career==
In 2009, Robinson was an instructor at the [[Clarion Workshop]] for science fiction and fantasy writing.<ref>{{cite web|last1 = Doctorow|first1 = Cory|title = Clarion science fiction/fantasy workshop instructors announced|url = http://boingboing.net/2008/12/08/clarion-science-fict.html|website = Boingboing|publisher = Boinboing|access-date = September 6, 2015|date = December 8, 2008}}</ref> In 2010, he was the guest of honor at the 68th [[Worldcon|World Science Fiction Convention]], held in [[Melbourne]].<ref>{{cite web|last1 = Howell|first1 = John|title = 68th World Science Fiction Convention Australia 2010: Kim Stanley Robinson Guest|url = http://sciencefictionworld.com/books/science-fiction-books/363-68th-world-science-fiction-convention-australia-2010-kim-stanley-robinson-guest.html|website = SFW|access-date = September 6, 2015|date = May 18, 2009|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151009233205/http://sciencefictionworld.com/books/science-fiction-books/363-68th-world-science-fiction-convention-australia-2010-kim-stanley-robinson-guest.html|archive-date = October 9, 2015|df = mdy-all}}</ref> In April 2011, Robinson presented at the second annual Rethinking Capitalism conference, held at UC Santa Cruz.<ref>{{cite news|last1 = Pittman|first1 = Jennifer|title = Rethinking Capitalism conference at UCSC to examine the cost of sustaining a fragile system|url = http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/general-news/20110402/rethinking-capitalism-conference-at-ucsc-to-examine-the-cost-of-sustaining-a-fragile-system|access-date = September 6, 2015|publisher = Santa Cruz Sentinel News|date = April 2, 2011}}</ref> Among other topics, his talk addressed the cyclical nature of [[capitalism]].<ref>{{cite web |url = http://rethinkingcapitalism.ucsc.edu/conferences/2011-conference|title = Bruce Initiative on Rethinking Capitalism &#124; 2011 Conference|access-date = April 26, 2011|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110826024426/http://rethinkingcapitalism.ucsc.edu/conferences/2011-conference|archive-date = August 26, 2011}}</ref>

Robinson was appointed as a Muir Environmental Fellow in 2011 by [[John Muir College]] at UC San Diego.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Iannuzzi|first1=Giulia|title=Science, Engagement, Estrangement:Remarks on Kim Stanley Robinson's Californian Ecotopia|url=http://www.openstarts.units.it/dspace/bitstream/10077/11636/1/AISNA_Iannuzzi.pdf|website=EUT|publisher=EUT – Edizioni Università di Trieste}}</ref>

==Major themes==
===Nature and culture===
The artist [[Sheldon Brown (artist)|Sheldon Brown]] described Robinson's novels as ways to explore how nature and culture continuously reformulate one another:

* The ''[[Three Californias Trilogy]]'' as California in the future
* Washington, D.C., undergoing the impact of climate change in the ''Science in the Capital'' series
* Mars as a stand-in for Earth in the ''Mars'' ''Trilogy'', to think about re-engineering on a global scale, considering both social and natural conditions<ref>{{cite web|last1 = Brown|first1 = Sheldon|title = The Literary Imagination with Jonathan Lethem and Kim Stanley Robinson|url = http://www.uctv.tv/shows/The-Literary-Imagination-with-Jonathan-Lethem-and-Kim-Stanley-Robinson-24943|website = UCTV|publisher = University of California Television|access-date = September 5, 2015|time = 5:00|date = July 1, 2013}}</ref>

===Ecological sustainability===
Virtually all of Robinson's novels have an ecological component; sustainability is one of his primary themes. (A strong contender for the primary theme would be the nature of a plausible utopia.) The ''Orange County'' trilogy is about how the technological realm intersects with the natural realm, highlighting the importance of keeping the two in balance. In the ''Mars'' trilogy, one of the principal divisions among the Mars population arises from dissenting views on [[terraforming]]. Colonists debate whether the barren Martian landscape has a similar ecological or spiritual value when compared with a living [[Ecosphere (planetary)|ecosphere]] such as Earth's. The novel ''[[Forty Signs of Rain]]'' has an entirely ecological thrust, taking [[global warming]] as its principal subject.{{Citation needed|date=April 2025}}

===Economic and social justice===
[[File:Kim stanley robinson-bookfair.jpg|thumb|right|250px|alt=Author speaking at the Bay Area Anarchist Bookfair.|Kim Stanley Robinson speaking at the [[Bay Area Anarchist Bookfair]] on the social themes of his work]]

Robinson's work often explores alternatives to modern [[capitalism]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=O'Keefe |first1=Derrick |title=Imagining the End of Capitalism With Kim Stanley Robinson |url=https://jacobinmag.com/2020/10/kim-stanley-robinson-ministry-future-science-fiction |access-date=23 October 2020 |work=Jacobin |date=2020-10-22}}</ref> In the ''Mars'' trilogy, it is argued that capitalism is an outgrowth of [[feudalism]], which could be replaced in the future by a more [[Economic democracy|democratic economic system]]. [[Worker cooperative|Worker ownership]] and [[cooperative]]s figure prominently in the novels ''Green Mars'' and ''Blue Mars'' as replacements for traditional corporations. The ''Orange County'' trilogy explores similar arrangements; ''Pacific Edge'' includes the idea of attacking the legal framework behind corporate domination to promote social [[egalitarianism]]. Tim Kreider writes in the ''New Yorker'' magazine that Robinson may be the greatest American political novelist, and he describes how Robinson uses the ''Mars'' trilogy as a template for a credible utopia.<ref name="Kreider-2013" /> His works have referred to real-world examples of economic organization that have been mentioned as alternatives to conventional capitalist structures; these examples include the [[Mondragon Corporation]] and the [[Kerala model]].<ref name=markley />

Robinson's writing also reflects an interest in economic models of [[degrowth]] (which rejects the growth-oriented basis of capitalism). [[Robert Markley]] has identified the work of the social theorist [[Murray Bookchin]] as an influence on Robinson's thinking, in addition to [[Steady-state economy|steady-state economics]].<ref name=markley />

Robinson's work often portrays characters struggling to preserve and enhance the world around them, in an environment characterized by [[individualism]] and [[entrepreneurialism]], often facing the political and economic authoritarianism of corporate power acting in this environment. Robinson has been described as anti-capitalist, and his work often portrays a form of [[frontier]] capitalism that promotes egalitarian ideals closely resembling [[Socialism|socialist]] systems, but faced with a capitalism that is maintained by entrenched hegemonic corporations. In particular, his fictional Martian Constitution draws upon [[social democracy|social democratic]] ideals explicitly emphasizing a community-participation element in political and economic life.<ref>''Some Worknotes and Commentary on the Constitution by Charlotte Dorsa-Brevia,'' in ''The Martians'' pp. 233–239</ref>

Robinson's works often portray the worlds of tomorrow similarly to the mythologized [[American frontier]] (or Old West), showing a sentimental affection for the freedom and wildness of the frontier. This aesthetic includes a preoccupation with competing models of political and economic organization.{{Citation needed|date=April 2025}}

The environmental, economic, and social themes in Robinson's [[wikt:oeuvre|oeuvre]] stand in marked contrast to the [[libertarian science fiction|right-libertarian science fiction]] prevalent in much of the genre. ([[Robert A. Heinlein]], [[Poul Anderson]], [[Larry Niven]], and [[Jerry Pournelle]] offer prominent examples.) Robinson has been described as "one of America's best-selling […] left-wing novelists", and his work has been called "probably the most successful attempt to reach a mass audience with an anti-capitalist utopian vision since [[Ursula K. Le Guin]]'s 1974 novel, ''[[The Dispossessed]]''".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.raintaxi.com/utopic-fiction-and-the-mars-novels-of-kim-stanley-robinson/ |title=Utopic Fiction and the Mars Novels of Kim Stanley Robinson |website=Raintaxi|last=Smith |first= Jeremy |year=2001 |access-date=June 19, 2015}}</ref>

===Scientists as heroes===
Robinson's work often features scientists as heroes. They are portrayed in a mundane way compared to most work featuring scientists: rather than being adventurers or action heroes, Robinson's scientists become essential because of research discoveries; networking and collaboration with other scientists; political lobbying; or becoming public figures. Robinson captures the joy of scientists as they work on projects that they care about.<ref name=":1" /> Robert Markley has argued that Robinson "views science as the model for a utopian politics... Even in Robinson's novels that don't seem to be sci-fi, like ''Shaman'', the inductive method, the collective search for greater knowledge about the world that can be put to use for the good for all, is front and center".<ref name=markley>{{cite web |url=https://jacobinmag.com/2020/11/kim-stanley-robinson-socialist-novelist |title=Kim Stanley Robinson Is One of Our Greatest Ever Socialist Novelists |last=Dilawar |first=Arvind |date=14 November 2020 |website=[[Jacobin (magazine)|Jacobin]] |access-date=16 November 2020}}</ref> The ''Mars'' trilogy and the novel ''[[The Years of Rice and Salt]]'' rely heavily on the idea that scientists must take responsibility for ensuring public understanding and responsible use of their discoveries. Robinson's scientists often emerge as the best people to direct public policy on important environmental and technological questions, about which politicians are often ignorant.{{Citation needed|date=April 2025}}

===Climate change and global warming===
{{See|Climate fiction}}
Other themes in Robinson's work reflect his focus on the environment: the imminent catastrophe of [[global warming]] and the need to limit [[greenhouse gas emissions]] in the present day. His 2012 novel ''[[2312 (novel)|2312]]'' explores the detrimental, [[long-term effects of climate change]], which include food shortages, global instability, [[Sixth Extinction|mass extinction]], and a {{convert|7|m|ft|abbr=off|sp=us|adj=on}} [[sea level rise]] that has drowned many major coastal cities.<ref name=Beauchamp/> The novel condemns the people of the period it calls "the Dithering", from 2005 to 2060, for failing to [[Climate change mitigation|address climate change]], thereby causing mass suffering and death in the future.<ref name=Beauchamp/> Robinson and his work accuse global capitalism of a failure to address climate change.<ref name=Beauchamp /> In his 2017 novel ''[[New York 2140]]'', Robinson explores the themes of climate change and global warming; the novel is set in the year 2140, when the New York City that he imagines is overwhelmed by a {{convert|50|ft|m|adj=on}} sea level rise that submerges half of the city.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/utopia-in-the-time-of-trump//|work=Los Angeles Review of Books (LARB)|title=Utopia in the Time of Trump|last=Canavan|first= Gerry|year=2017 |access-date=March 11, 2017}}</ref> Climate change is also the focus of his ''Science in the Capital'' series<ref name=Beauchamp/> and his 2020 novel ''[[The Ministry for the Future]]''.

==Awards and honors==
The asteroid [[72432 Kimrobinson]], discovered by astronomer [[Donald P. Pray]] in 2001, was named in Robinson's honor.<ref name="MPC-object" /> The official {{MoMP|72432|naming citation}} was published by the [[Minor Planet Center]] on April 22, 2016 ({{small|[[Minor Planet Circulars|M.P.C.]] 99892}}).<ref name="MPC-Circulars-Archive" />

In 2008, [[Time (magazine)|''Time'' magazine]] named Robinson a "Hero of the Environment" for his optimistic focus on the future.<ref name=":1">{{cite magazine|last1 = Morton|first1 = Oliver|title = Heroes of the Environment 2008|url = https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1841778_1841779_1841803,00.html|access-date = September 6, 2015|magazine = Time Magazine|date = September 24, 2008}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Award !! Work honored for
|-
| 1984 || [[World Fantasy Award for Best Novella]] || "Black Air"<ref name="sfadb">{{cite web|title = Science Fiction Awards Database|url = http://www.sfadb.com/|website = sfadb|access-date = September 7, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| 1984 || Science Fiction Chronicle Readers Poll-novella || "Black Air"<ref name=sfadb />
|-
| 1985 || [[Locus Award for Best First Novel]] || ''[[The Wild Shore]]''<ref name=sfadb />
|-
| 1988 || [[Nebula Award for Best Novella]] || "[[The Blind Geometer]]"<ref name=sfadb />
|-
| 1988 || Asimov's Reader Poll Novella || "Mother Goddess of the World"<ref name=sfadb />
|-
| 1991 || [[John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel]] || ''[[Pacific Edge]]''<ref name=sfadb />
|-
| 1991 || [[Locus Award for Best Novella]] || "A Short, Sharp Shock"<ref name=sfadb />
|-
| 1992 || Science Fiction Chronicle Readers Poll Short Fiction || "Vinland the Dream"<ref name=sfadb />
|-
| 1993 || BSFA Award for Best Novel || ''[[Red Mars]]''<ref name=sfadb />
|-
| 1994 || [[Hugo Award for Best Novel]] || ''[[Green Mars]]''<ref name=sfadb />
|-
| 1994 || [[Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel]] || ''[[Green Mars]]''<ref name=sfadb />
|-
| 1994 || [[Nebula Award for Best Novel]] || ''[[Red Mars]]''<ref name=sfadb />
|-
| 1997 || [[Hugo Award for Best Novel]] || ''[[Mars trilogy|Blue Mars]]''<ref name=sfadb />
|-
| 1997 || [[Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel]] || ''[[Mars trilogy|Blue Mars]]''<ref name=sfadb />
|-
| 1997 || [[Ignotus Award]]-foreign novel || ''[[Red Mars]]''<ref name=sfadb />
|-
| 1998|| [[Ignotus Award]]-foreign novel || ''[[Green Mars]]''<ref name=sfadb />
|-
| 1998 || Prix Ozone SF novel, foreign || ''[[Mars trilogy|Blue Mars]]''<ref name=sfadb />
|-
| 1999 || Seiun Awards foreign novel || ''[[Red Mars]]''<ref name=sfadb />
|-
| 2000 || [[Locus Awards]] Best Collection || ''[[Mars trilogy|The Martians]]''<ref name=sfadb />
|-
| 2003 || [[Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel]]|| ''[[The Years of Rice and Salt]]''<ref name=sfadb />
|-
| 2013 || [[Nebula Award for Best Novel]] || ''[[2312 (novel)|2312]]''<ref name=sfadb />
|-
|2016 || [[Robert A. Heinlein Award]] || Entire body of work<ref name="Locusmag" />
|-
| 2018 || [[Arthur C. Clarke Award]] for Imagination in Service to Society || Entire body of work<ref name="ClarkeFoundation" />
|}

==Personal life==
Robinson and his wife have two sons. Robinson has lived in Washington, D.C.; California; and Switzerland (during some of the 1980s). At times, Robinson was a [[stay-at-home dad]].<ref name="Bioneers">{{Citation|last=Bioneers|title=Kim Stanley Robinson – Rethinking Our Relationship to the Biosphere {{!}} Bioneers|date=November 12, 2015|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=489I0gZlepM|access-date=August 27, 2016}}</ref> He later moved to [[Davis, California]], in a [[cohousing]] community.<ref name="Bioneers" />

Robinson has described himself as an avid backpacker, with the [[Sierra Nevada (U.S.)|Sierra Nevada]] mountains serving as his home range and a significant influence on his worldview.<ref name="The Davis Enterprise" />

Politically, Robinson identifies as a [[Democratic socialism|democratic socialist]]; in a February 2019 interview, he mentioned that he is a dues-paying member of the [[Democratic Socialists of America]] (an American political organization).<ref>{{cite podcast |url=https://theantifada.fans.fm/listen/57f |title=Fully Automated Luxury Gay Space Communism w/ Kim Stanley Robinson |website=The Antifada |publisher=Fans.fm |host=Jamie Peck, Sean KB, Will Menaker |date=February 28, 2018 |time=54:31 |access-date=February 28, 2019 }}</ref> He has also commented that [[libertarianism]] never "[made] any sense to me, nor sounds attractive as a principle."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://truthout.org/articles/toward-an-ecologically-based-post-capitalism-interview-with-novelist-kim-stanley-robinson/|title=Toward an Ecologically Based Post-Capitalism: Interview With Novelist Kim Stanley Robinson|date=March 17, 2018|first=Javier|last=Sethness|work=[[Truthout]]|access-date=September 16, 2018}}</ref>

==Works==
{{main|Kim Stanley Robinson bibliography}}

==References==
<references>
<ref name=Beauchamp>{{Cite web
  |title      = In 300 Years, Kim Stanley Robinson's Science Fiction May Not Be Fiction
  |first1     = Scott
  |last1      = Beauchamp
  |date       = April 1, 2013
  |work       = The Atlantic
  |url        = https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/04/in-300-years-kim-stanley-robinsons-science-fiction-may-not-be-fiction/274392/
  |access-date = September 8, 2015}}</ref>

<ref name="Kreider-2013">{{cite magazine
  |last1      = Kreider
  |first1     = Tim
  |title      = Our Greatest Political Novelist?
  |magazine       = The New Yorker
  |date       = December 13, 2013
  |url        = http://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/our-greatest-political-novelist
  |access-date = September 6, 2015}}</ref>

<ref name="MPC-object">{{cite web
  |title      = (72432) Kimrobinson
  |work       = Minor Planet Center
  |url        = https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=72432
  |access-date = February 5, 2020}}</ref>

<ref name="MPC-Circulars-Archive">{{cite web
  |title      = MPC/MPO/MPS Archive
  |work       = Minor Planet Center
  |url        = https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/ECS/MPCArchive/MPCArchive_TBL.html
  |access-date = February 6, 2020}}</ref>

<ref name="Locusmag">{{cite magazine
  |title      = Robinson Wins 2016 Heinlein Award
  |url        = http://www.locusmag.com/News/2016/01/robinson-wins-2016-heinlein-award/
  |date       = January 7, 2016
  |magazine   = [[Locus (magazine)|Locus Online]]
  |access-date = January 7, 2016}}</ref>

<ref name="ClarkeFoundation">{{Cite web
  |title      = 2017 Clarke Foundation Awards
  |url        = http://www.clarkefoundation.org/awards/
  |date       = January 16, 2019
  |publisher  = The Arthur C. Clarke Foundation
  |access-date = January 16, 2019}}</ref>
</references> <!-- end of reflist -->

==External links==
{{Wikiquote}}
{{commons|Kim Stanley Robinson}}
* {{isfdb name|49}}
* [http://www.kimstanleyrobinson.info KimStanleyRobinson.info] – unofficial site
* [http://www.sfsite.com/lists/ksr.htm Short descriptions of K.S. Robinson's novels]
* [http://www.thefutureandyou.libsyn.com/index.php?search=Kim+Stanley+Robinson&Submit=Search All of Kim Stanley Robinson's audio interviews on the podcast ''The Future And You''] (in which he describes his expectations of the future)
* {{IBList |type=author|id=508|name=Robinson}} 
* [https://www.theguardian.com/books/2005/sep/14/sciencefictionfantasyandhorror.sarahcrown Guardian interview with K.S. Robinson] (Wednesday September 14, 2005)
* [https://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2007/12/comparative-planetology-interview-with.html "Comparative Planetology: an Interview with Kim Stanley Robinson" at BLDGBLOG]
* [http://www.worldswithoutend.com/author.asp?ID=42#books Complete list of sci-fi award wins and nominations by novel]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110612125152/http://www.scifidimensions.com/main/2008/04/15/the-scifidimensions-podcast-5/ Interview on the SciFiDimensions Podcast] (original webpage down; link to archive.org version of page.)
* [http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/onearth/2012/12/geoengineering_science_fiction_and_fact_kim_stanley_robinson_on_how_we_are.single.html#pagebreak_anchor_2 "Terraforming Earth"], essay by KSR at [[Slate (magazine)|Slate]], December 4, 2012
* {{LCAuth|n84002790|Kim Stanley Robinson|33|}}
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVH4khNfVt8 Worldwatch Institute State of the World – Kim Stanley Robinson, 04/16/2013 Washington, DC]
* [https://www.thedigradio.com/podcast/near-futures-with-kim-stanley-robinson/ Kim Stanley Robinson discusses Marxism, scientism and bureaucrats with The Dig podcast.]

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