Kim Stanley Robinson

Kim Stanley Robinson at Worldcon in Glasgow in August 2005

Kim Stanley Robinson (* 23. March 1952 in Waukegan , Illinois ) is an American science fiction - author .

Life

In 1974 Robinson completed a degree in literature and in 1975 he began studying English. In the same year he was a participant in the renowned Clarion workshop for budding science fiction and fantasy authors, where he subsequently also worked as a lecturer. His first science fiction story Coming Back To Dixieland was published by Damon Knight in his Orbit Anthology series in 1976 . In 1982 the doctorate in literature followed with a thesis on the novels by Philip K. Dick , which was revised in book form in 1984 as The Novels Of Philip K. Dick . His first two SF novels came out that same year, Icehenge and the award-winning The Wild Shore .

He taught as a lecturer at various universities and since 1988 has devoted himself entirely to the work of a writer.

His works often deal with ecological and sociological topics. Many of his novels arise from his fascination for scientific topics, such as B. His 15 years of research and lifelong passion for Mars that led to his most famous work, the Martian trilogy . In his trilogy Forty Signs of Rain , Fifty Degrees Below and Sixty Days and Counting , as well as in novels 2312 and New York 2140 , he addresses the consequences of global warming .

He has been married since 1982, lived for some time in Switzerland and now with his wife and two sons in Davis , California .

bibliography

California trilogy

• The Wild Shore , 1986, ISBN 3-404-24083-9 , The Wild Shore , 1983
• Gold Coast , 1989, ISBN 3-404-24116-9 , The Gold Coast , 1988
• Pacific Border , 1992, ISBN 3-404-24151-7 , Pacific Edge , 1990

Mars trilogy

→ Main article : Martian trilogy

German by Winfried Petri and Eva Torhorst, new edition reviewed and revised by Elisabeth Bösl

• Red Mars , 1997, ISBN 3-453-09428-X ; 2015, ISBN 978-3-453-31696-6 ; Red Mars , 1992
• Green Mars , 1997, ISBN 3-453-09429-8 ; 2015, ISBN 978-3-453-31697-3 ; Green Mars , 1993
• Blauer Mars , 1999, ISBN 3-453-09437-9 ; 2015, ISBN 978-3-453-31698-0 ; Blue Mars , 1995

Capital Code

• Forty Signs of Rain , 2004
• Fifty Degrees Below , 2005
• Sixty Days and Counting , 2007

Single novels

• The icy pillars of Pluto , 1987, ISBN 3-404-24092-8 , Icehenge , 1984
• Spherical Sounds , 1987, ISBN 3-404-24098-7 , The Memory of Whiteness , 1985
• A Short, Sharp Shock , 1990
• Antarctica , 2001, ISBN 3-453-18779-2 , Antarctica , 1997
• The Years of Rice and Salt , 2002
• Galileo's Dream , 2010
• 2312 , 2013, ISBN 978-3-453-31435-1 , 2312 , 2012
• Shaman , 2014, ISBN 978-3-453-26948-4 , Shaman , 2013
• Aurora , 2016, ISBN 978-3-453-31724-6 , Aurora , 2015
• New York 2140 , Orbit, 2017, ISBN 978-0-316-26234-7
  • New York 2140 , Heyne, Munich 2018, ISBN 978-3-453-31900-4 , translator Jakob Schmidt
• Red Moon , Little, Brown Book, 2018, ISBN 978-0-356-50880-1
  • Roter Mond , Heyne, Munich 2019, ISBN 978-3-453-32010-9 , translator Jakob Schmidt

Short story collections

• Creatures of the Sun , 1988, ISBN 3-404-24104-5 , The Planet on the Table , 1986
• Escape from Kathmandu , 1990, ISBN 3-404-24137-1 , Escape from Kathmandu , 1989
• Remaking History: And Other Stories , 1991
• The Martians , 2002, ISBN 3-453-21355-6 , Martians , 1999

As editor

• Future Primitive: The New Ecotopias , 1994

Non-fiction

• The Novels of Philip K. Dick: A Monograph , 2005, ISBN 3-926126-51-5 , The Novels of Philip K. Dick , 1984

Prizes and awards

• 1984 World Fantasy Award for the best short novel Black Air
• 1984 SF Chronicle Award for Best Narrative Black Air
• 1985 Locus Award for The Wild Shore for best first novel
• 1987 Nebula Award for the best short novel The Blind Geometer
• 1988 Asimov's Reader Poll Award for the best short novel Mother Goddess of the World
• 1991 John W. Campbell Memorial Award for the novel Pacific Edge
• 1991 Locus Award for the best short novel A Short, Sharp Shock
• 1992 SF Chronicle Award for the best short story Vinland the Dream
• 1992 BSFA Award for the novel Red Mars
• 1993 Nebula Award for the novel Red Mars
• 1994 Hugo Award for the novel Green Mars
• 1994 Locus Award for the SF novel Green Mars
• 1997 Hugo Award for the novel Blauer Mars
• 1997 Locus Award for the SF novel Blauer Mars
• 1999 Seiun Award for Best Foreign Novel for Red Mars
• 2000 Locus Award for the short story collection The Martians
• 2003 Locus Award for the SF novel The Years of Rice and Salt
• 2013 Nebula Award for the novel 2312
• 2016 Robert A. Heinlein Award
• 2016 naming of an asteroid after him: (72432) Kimrobinson

literature

• Usch Kiausch and Sascha Mamczak : Future scenarios are like thought experiments in physics. A conversation with Kim Stanley Robinson, in: Wolfgang Jeschke (Hrsg.): Das Science Fiction Jahr 2000 , Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, Munich, ISBN 3-453-16183-1 , pp. 741-751.

Web links

Commons : Kim Stanley Robinson  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Kim Stanley Robinson in the catalog of the German National Library
• Kim Stanley Robinson in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
• Kim Stanley Robinson in the Science Fiction Awards + Database (English)
• Works by and about Kim Stanley Robinson at Open Library
• KimStanleyRobinson.info - unofficial site (English) with the approval of Kim Stanley Robinson, with extensive wiki about the complete works
• Kim Stanley Robinson in Fantastic Fiction (English)
• Kim Stanley Robinson in Fancyclopedia 3 (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Sarah Crown: Future tense . In: The Guardian , September 14, 2005. Retrieved April 13, 2014.
2. ↑ Jerry Cope: The Climate Changed World of 2312. With Kim Stanley Robinson . In: The Huffington Post , June 13, 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2014.