Kim Stanley Robinson

Kim Stanley Robinson (born March 23, 1952) is an American science fiction writer, probably best known for his award-winning Mars trilogy. He has been widely acclaimed by readers and critics since the beginning of his career, and is considered by many to be one of the finest living writers of science fiction or of any genre.

Biography

Kim Stanley Robinson was born in Waukegan, Illinois. He studied in California. In 1974 he received a B.A. in literature (University of California, San Diego). At Boston University he gained a M.A. in English in 1975. Robinson received a Ph.D. in English from the University of California, San Diego in 1982. His doctoral thesis The Novels of Philip K. Dick was published in 1984.

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Waukegan - Illinois - B.A. - University of California, San Diego - Boston University - M.A. - Ph.D. - 1982 - Philip K. Dick - 1984

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Robinson is an enthusiastic mountain climber, and this has clearly had a strong influence over several of his works, most notably Antarctica, Mars trilogy, Green Mars (a short story found in The Martians) and Forty Signs of Rain.

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Antarctica - Mars trilogy - Forty Signs of Rain

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In 1982 he married Lisa Howland Nowell, an environmental chemist. They have two sons. Robinson has lived in California, Washington, DC, and Switzerland (during the 1980s). He now lives in Davis, California.

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1982 - California - Washington, DC - Switzerland - Davis, California

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