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Kim Stanley Robinson

Kim Stanley Robinson is an American writer known for his science fiction and alternate history novels. He is the creator of the Three Californias, Mars, and Capital Code (or Science in the Capital) trilogies. Robinson studied at the University of California, San Diego, where he received his B.A. in literature. The following year, he obtained his M.A. in English from Boston University, then returned to UC San Diego to pursue his PhD. His works often explore themes of ecology and capitalism, and they are recognized for their anti-capitalist perspective. Kim is married to environmental chemist Lisa Howland Nowell, with whom he has two sons, and he resides in California. Robinson's debut novel, The Wild Shore, was published in 1984. Below is a list of his books in the order of their original publication.

Kim Stanley Robinson became a published novelist in 1981 with the novel Universe 11 (With: William Gibson,Michael Swanwick,Carter Scholz,Michael Bishop,Ian Watson,Nancy Kress,Carol Emshwiller,Josephine Saxton,Terry Carr). Below is a list of Kim Stanley Robinson's books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of Three Californias Triptych Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
The Wild Shore (1984) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Gold Coast (1988) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Pacific Edge (1990) Buy on Amazon.com Not available

Publication Order of Mars Trilogy Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Red Mars (1993) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Green Mars (1994) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Blue Mars (1996) Buy on Amazon.com Not available

Publication Order of Mars Collections Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
The Martians (1999) Buy on Amazon.com Not available

Publication Order of Capital Code/Science In The Capital Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Forty Signs of Rain (2004) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Fifty Degrees Below (2005) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Sixty Days and Counting (2007) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Green Earth (2015) Buy on Amazon.com Not available

Publication Order of Standalone Novels Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Icehenge (1984) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Memory of Whiteness (1985) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Blind Geometer (1986) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
A Short, Sharp Shock (1990) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Antarctica (1997) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Years of Rice and Salt (2002) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Galileo's Dream (2009) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
2312 (2012) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Shaman (2013) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Aurora (2015) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Oral Argument (2015) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Drowned Worlds (2016) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
New York 2140 (2017) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Red Moon (2018) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Ministry for the Future (2020) Buy on Amazon.com Not available

Publication Order of Short Story Collections Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
The Planet on the Table (1986) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Escape From Kathmandu (1989) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Remaking History and Other Stories (1991) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Down and Out in the Year 2000 (1992) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Best of Kim Stanley Robinson (2001) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Vinland the Dream and Other Stories (2002) Buy on Amazon.com Not available

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
The Novels of Philip K. Dick (1984) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Green Planets: Ecology and Science Fiction (2014) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The High Sierra (2022) Buy on Amazon.com Not available

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Black Air (1983) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Green Mars (novella; in Asimov's) (1985) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Mother Goddess of the World (in Asimov's) (1987) Buy on Amazon.com Not available

Publication Order of Universe Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Universe 11 (With: William Gibson,Michael Swanwick,Carter Scholz,Michael Bishop,Ian Watson,Nancy Kress,Carol Emshwiller,Josephine Saxton,Terry Carr) (1981) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Universe 13 (With: Lucius Shepard,Michael Bishop,Ian Watson,Terry Carr,Bruce Sterling,Leanne Frahm,Bill Bickel) (1983) Buy on Amazon.com Not available

Publication Order of Outspoken Authors Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Lucky Strike (2009) Buy on Amazon.com Not available

Publication Order of Anthologies Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Nebula Awards 16 (1982) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Universe 13 (1983) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Great Tales of Fantasy and Science Fiction (1985) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, April 1986 (1986) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, August 1987 (1987) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixth Annual Collection (1989) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, April 1990 (1990) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Isaac Asimov's Mars (1991) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, April 1991 (1991) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Isaac Asimov's Earth (1992) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Under African Skies (1993) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Future Primitive (1994) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Isaac Asimov's Moons (1997) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Asimov's Science Fiction, June 1999 (1999) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Explorers (2000) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Infinity Plus One (2001) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Nebula Awards 36 (2002) (2002) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Mammoth Book Of Science Fiction (2002) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
New Skies: An Anthology of Today's Science Fiction (2003) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Hard SF Renaissance (2003) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Future Crimes (2003) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Future Washington (2005) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: 30th Anniversary Anthology (2007) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
I'm With the Bears (2011) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Lightspeed Magazine, April 2012 (2012) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Field of Fantasies (2014) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Loosed Upon the World (2015) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Nebula Awards 53 (2019) (2019) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Science Fiction: Voyage to the Edge of Imagination (2022) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
No More Fairy Tales (2022) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Democracy in a Hotter Time (2023) Buy on Amazon.com Not available

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