Kim Stanley Robinson Books

2020 dramatically altered our lives, prompting questions about our future. Will the challenges of the pandemic, protests, economic instability, and social distancing exacerbate inequalities, nationalism, and the decline of democracies? Or could they spark a global awakening to community, mutual support, and environmental stewardship? The future has never felt so uncertain. This collection presents twenty-eight distinct visions for a better world, advocating a shift from returning to "normal" toward a more promising future. Contributions from global leaders across six continents offer not just speculation but inspiration and actionable roadmaps. The essays feature insights from notable figures like Kim Stanley Robinson, Michael Pollan, Vandana Shiva, and many others, each providing a unique perspective on navigating the difficult decades ahead. Bill McKibben praises the collection for uniting some of the brightest minds to envision a viable path forward, while Van Jones highlights it as a timely guide filled with concrete ideas and inspiration for creating a more equitable and sustainable world. Together, these voices urge us to imagine and work toward a transformative future.

This exploration of the Sierra Nevadas offers a unique perspective on one of the world's premier hiking and camping destinations. Renowned novelist Kim Stanley Robinson delves into the natural beauty and ecological significance of these mountains, blending personal narrative with environmental insights. The work is praised for its originality and depth, making it a compelling read for outdoor enthusiasts and nature lovers alike.

Featuring a diverse array of 23 short stories, this collection offers a blend of inspiration, humor, and drama, all while exploring themes of sustainability and societal transformation. Each narrative, crafted by various authors, invites readers to envision a hopeful future and consider the pathways to achieving a more sustainable world. The stories range from fantastical to tragic, providing a rich tapestry of perspectives that aim to uplift and motivate.

Green Mars (Voyager Classics) [Paperback] Robinson, Kim Stanley

In his most ambitious project to date, award-winning author Kim Stanley Robinson employs extensive research and cutting-edge science in the first installment of a trilogy about Mars colonization. For eons, sandstorms have ravaged the desolate landscape, and now, in 2026, a group of 100 colonists is ready to fulfill humanity's dream of conquering its hostile climate. Leading the terraforming mission are John Boone, Maya Toitavna, Frank Chalmers, and Arkady Bogdanov. For some, Mars ignites a passion that drives them to acts of courage and madness, while others see it as an opportunity to exploit its riches. Genetic alchemists aim to achieve biomedical breakthroughs that could redefine life and death. The colonists utilize giant satellite mirrors to reflect light, sprinkle black dust on polar caps to capture warmth, and drill massive tunnels into the mantle to release hot gases. Amidst this epic upheaval, rivalries, loves, and friendships will emerge and crumble, as some will fight fiercely to prevent any alteration of Mars. This brilliantly imagined saga chronicles the next step in evolution, depicting a future filled with both glory and tarnish, inspiring awe with its complexity and vision.

An early novel from Science Fiction legend Kim Stanley Robinson, The Memory of Whiteness is now available for the first time in decades.In 3229 A.D., human civilization is scattered among the planets, moons, and asteroids of the solar system. Billions of lives depend on the technology derived from the breakthroughs of the greatest physicist of the age, Arthur Holywelkin. But in the last years of his life, Holywelkin devoted himself to building a strange, beautiful, and complex musical instrument that he called The Orchestra.Johannes Wright has earned the honor of becoming the Ninth Master of Holywelkin's Orchestra. Follow him on his Grand Tour of the Solar System, as he journeys down the gravity well toward the sun, impelled by a destiny he can scarcely understand, and is pursued by mysterious foes who will tell him anything except the reason for their enmity.

They sailed out of Lisbon harbor with flags snapping and brass culverins gleaming under a high sun, priests proclaiming the Pope's blessing, soldiers in armor on the castles, and sailors in the rigging waving at townsfolk who had come to watch the departure of the Armada, destined to subjugate the heretic English. Among them was Manuel Tetuan, a young Moroccan orphan taken from a Franciscan monastery. “Black Air” is a multiple award-nominated novelette that explores Manuel’s innocence, his compassion amid war, and the miracles that help him survive the tragedy of the doomed Armada. Robinson’s extraordinary range is showcased through haunting tales, including tourists looting the sunken ruins of Venice; an amoral future sleuth and her bumbling companion tracking a forger of Monets on a planet of wealthy esthetes; three friends confronting eternity and subtle magic in the snowbound Sierras; a company of hypnotically trained actors facing an unknown psychopath whose murders echo Elizabethan drama; the historic impact of a WWII traitor who fails to A-bomb Hiroshima; impoverished Uranian miners reviving Dixieland Jazz for fame; and a dilapidated Arizona grill-souvenir shop that becomes a drifter’s nexus with Time and destiny.

Winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel • One of the most enthralling science fiction sagas ever written, Kim Stanley Robinson’s epic trilogy concludes with Blue Mars—a triumph of prodigious research and visionary storytelling. “A breakthrough even from [Kim Stanley Robinson’s] own consistently high levels of achievement.”—The New York Times Book Review The red planet is no more. Now green and verdant, Mars has been dramatically altered from a desolate world into one where humans can flourish. The First Hundred settlers are being pulled into a fierce new struggle between the Reds, a group devoted to preserving Mars in its desert state, and the Green “terraformers.” Meanwhile, Earth is in peril. A great flood threatens an already overcrowded and polluted planet. With Mars the last hope for the human race, the inhabitants of the red planet are heading toward a population explosion—or interplanetary war.

Cast out from her native village, 11-year-old Lale finds a surrogate mother in the charismatic Despotana of Tamurin who maintains a school for orphaned girls. There Lale finds a home and a profession that may cost her everything

John Brunner's classic novel of ecological catastrophe, now more relevant than ever.

From the internationally bestselling author of the Mars Trilogy and New York 2140Before Kim Stanley Robinson terraformed Mars, he wrote three science fiction novels set in Orange County, California, where he grew up. These alternate futures―one a post-apocalypse, one an if-this-goes-on future reminiscent of Philip K. Dick, and one an ecological utopia―form a whole that illuminates, enchants, and inspires--collected here as Three Californias .What if... there was a limited nuclear war that left the United States blockaded, fragmented, the few survivors living in the ruins of a once-great nation?What if... this goes on, and technology continues to accelerate, and power continues to be consolidated into corporate culture, a developer’s dream world gone an endless sprawl of condos, freeways, and malls, and designer drugs?What if... a revolution happens, and the US addresses climate change in a responsible way. Is a future green Utopia all that great when you’re young and in love?This Tor Essentials edition of Three Californias includes an introduction by Francis Spufford, bestselling author of Golden Hill and Red Plenty .“[Robinson] invites us to share his characters’ intensely personal, intensely local attachment to what they have. The result may shame you into entertaining new hope for the future.”― The New York Times on Pacific Edge

ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVOURITE READS OF THE YEAR 'If I could get policymakers and citizens everywhere to read just one book this year, it would be Kim Stanley Robinson's The Ministry for the Future' Ezra Klein, Vox The Ministry for the Future is a masterpiece of the imagination, using fictional eyewitness accounts to tell the story of how climate change will affect us all. Its setting is not a desolate, postapocalyptic world, but a future that is almost upon us. Chosen by Barack Obama as one of his favorite books of the year, this extraordinary novel from visionary writer Kim Stanley Robinson will change the way you think about the climate crisis. 'A novel that presents a rousing vision of how we might unite to overcome the greatest challenge of our time' TED.com 'A breathtaking look at the challenges that face our planet in all their sprawling magnitude and also in their intimate, individual moments of humanity' Booklist (starred review) 'Gutsy, humane . . . a must-read for anyone worried about the future of the planet' Publishers Weekly (starred review) 'A sweeping epic about climate change and humanity's efforts to try and turn the tide before it's too late' Polygon (Best of the Year) 'Steely, visionary optimism' Guardian

The first novel in Kim Stanley Robinson's massively successful and lavishly praised Mars trilogy. 'The ultimate in future history' Daily Mail.

An award-winning and bestselling SF writer, Kim Stanley Robinson is widely acknowledged as one of the most exciting and visionary writers in the field. His latest novel, 2312, imagined how we would be living 300 years from now. Now, with his new novel, he turns from our future to our past - to the Palaeolithic era, and an extraordinary moment in humanity's development. An emotionally powerful and richly detailed portrayal of life 30,000 years ago, it is a novel that will appeal both to his existing fans and a whole new mainstream readership.

GREEN EARTH takes the stories first told in FORTY SIGNS OF RAIN, FIFTY DEGREES BELOW and SIXTY DAYS AND COUNTING and combines them in a fully updated, compressed and compelling single volume.

The concluding book in Kim Stanley Robinson's critically-acclaimed Three Californias Trilogy, Pacific Edge .2065: In a world that has rediscovered harmony with nature, the village of El Modena, California, is an ecotopia in the making. Kevin Claiborne, a young builder who has grown up in this "green" world, now finds himself caught up in the struggle to preserve his community's idyllic way of life from the resurgent forces of greed and exploitation.

2047: for 60 years America has been quarantined after a devastating nuclear attack. For the small community of San Onofre on the West Coast, life is a matter of survival: living simply on what the sea and land can provide, preserving what knowledge and skills they can in a society without mass communications. Until the men from San Diego arrive, riding the rails on flatbed trucks and bringing news of the new American Resistance. And Hank Fletcher and his friends are drawn into an adventure that marks the end of childhood...

It is the fourteenth century and one of the most apocalyptic events in human history is set to occur - the coming of the Black Death. History teaches us that a third of Europe's population was destroyed. But what if? What if the plague killed 99 percent of the population instead? How would the world have changed? This is a look at the history that could have been: a history that stretches across centuries, a history that sees dynasties and nations rise and crumble, a history that spans horrible famine and magnificent innovation. These are the years of rice and salt.

Set in our nation’s capital, here is a chillingly realistic tale of people caught in the collision of science, technology, and the consequences of global warming. When the storm got bad, Frank Vanderwal was in his office at the National Science Foundation. When it was over, large chunks of San Diego had eroded into the sea, and D.C. was underwater. Everything Frank and his colleagues feared had culminated in this disaster. And now the world was looking to them to fix it. But even as D.C. bails itself out, a more extreme climate change looms. The melting polar ice caps are shutting down the warm Gulf Stream waters—meaning Ice Age conditions could return. And the last time that happened, eleven thousand years ago, it took just three years to start.…

'A masterpiece' Times 'Any new novel by the great Kim Stanley Robinson is always an event and Red Moon doesn't disappoint' Independent 'Sci-fi fans will love the detail and the optimism about humanity's future in space' Wall Street Journal IT IS THIRTY YEARS FROM NOW, AND WE HAVE COLONISED THE MOON. American Fred Fredericks is making his first trip, his purpose to install a communications system for China's Lunar Science Foundation. But hours after his arrival he witnesses a murder and is forced into hiding. It is also the first visit for celebrity travel reporter Ta Shu. He has contacts and influence, but he too will find that the moon can be a perilous place for any traveller. Finally, there is Chan Qi. She is the daughter of the Minister of Finance, and without doubt a person of interest to those in power. She is on the moon for reasons of her own, but when she attempts to return to China in secret, the events that unfold will change everything - on the moon, and on Earth. Red Moon is a magnificent novel of space exploration and political revolution from New York Times bestselling author Kim Stanley Robinson. Recent titles by Kim Stanley Robinson: 2312 Shaman Aurora New York 2140

"Generations after leaving earth, a starship draws near to the planet that may serve as a new home world for those on board. But the journey has brought unexpected changes and their best laid plans may not be enough to survive"-

Young Jim McPherson becomes enmeshed in a fast-track world of land development, defence contractors, and drug dealers in Orange County, California, in the year 2067.

Selected by the members of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, this showcase of award-winning fiction presents the finest examples of contemporary science fiction, alongside insightful commentary about the current state of science fiction. With fiction by Eleanor Arnason, Terry Bisson, Gardner Dozois, Linda Negata and Walter Jon Williams, commentary by Andy Duncan, Kathleen Ann Goonan and Gene Wolf, plus much more. Invaluable' - Kirkus Reviews 'An essential index of one year in SF and fantasy' - Booklist'

As the sea level rose, every street became a canal. every skyscraper an island. For the residents of one apartment building in madison square, however, new york in the year 2140 is far from a drowned city.

A glorious companion volume to Robinson's world-wide bestselling trilogy.

At the heart of a provocative narrative that stretches from Renaissance Italy to the moons of Jupiter is the father of modern science: Galileo Galilei.To the inhabitants of the Jovian moons, Galileo is a revered figure whose actions will influence the subsequent history of the human race. From the summit of their distant future, a charismatic renegade named Ganymede travels to the past to bring Galileo forward in an attempt to alter history and ensure the ascendancy of science over religion. And if that means Galileo must be burned at the stake, so be it.From Galileo's heresy trial to the politics of far-future Jupiter, Kim Stanley Robinson illuminates the parallels between a distant past and an even more remote future—in the process celebrating the human spirit and calling into question the convenient truths of our own moment in time.

The bestselling author of the classic Mars trilogy and The Years of Rice and Salt presents a riveting new trilogy of cutting-edge science, international politics, and the real-life ramifications of global warming as they are played out in our nation’s capital—and in the daily lives of those at the center of the action. Hauntingly yet humorously realistic, here is a novel of the near future that is inspired by scientific facts already making headlines. When the Arctic ice pack was first measured in the 1950s, it averaged thirty feet thick in midwinter. By the end of the century it was down to fifteen. One August the ice broke. The next year the breakup started in July. The third year it began in May. That was last year. It’s a muggy summer in Washington, D.C., as Senate environmental staffer Charlie Quibler and his scientist wife, Anna, work to call attention to the growing crisis of global warming. But as these everyday heroes fight to align the awesome forces of nature with the extraordinary march of technology, fate puts an unusual twist on their efforts—one that will place them at the heart of an unavoidable storm.

By the time Phil Chase is elected President of the United States, the world's climate is well on the way to irrevocable change. Even the Pentagon agrees that climate change is a bigger threat than terrorism. Chase has the trillion-dollar military budget to call on for the technological sublime task of saving the world.

The year is 2312. Scientific and technological advances have opened gateways to an extraordinary future. Earth is no longer humanity's only home; new habitats have been created throughout the solar system on moons, planets and in between. But in this year, 2312, a sequence of events will force humanity to confront its past, its present and its future.

Błękitny Mars kończy jedną z najwspanialszych sag science fiction, jakie kiedykolwiek napisano; stanowi trzecią część trylogii, wydaną po oklaskiwanym przez krytyków Czerwonym Marsie, który otrzymał Nebulę dla najlepszej powieści oraz Zielonym Marsie, zwycięzcy Nagrody Hugo w tej samej kategorii. Mars zatracił już charakterystyczną czerwoną barwę, teraz dominuje roślinna zieleń i błękit mórz. Ludziom żyłoby się wspaniale, gdyby nie gwałtowny napływ Ziemian. Przerażeni falą imigracji tubylcy mają do wyboru pustoszącą eksplozję populacyjną albo międzyplanetarną wojnę.

In seiner Monographie über Philip K. Dicks Romane erklärt Kim Stanley Robinson literaturwissenschaftlich fundiert und allgemeinverständlich Dicks anhaltende Bedeutung für die Geschichte der Science Fiction. Robinson beschäftigt sich mit Dicks gesamtem Romanwerk und widmet sich ausführlich zentralen Büchern wie Das Orakel vom Berge, Ubik, Blade Runner und der VALIS-Trilogie. Für Dick-Einsteiger ist Die Romane des Philip K. Dick ein ausgezeichneter Wegweiser durch das verzweigte Werk dieses Autors, für Kenner bietet das Buch einen klar strukturierten kritischen Überblick.

Enthält die Texte: - Venedig unter Wasser - Der Museums-Planet (MERCURIAL) - Gratwanderung - Das Rollenspiel (THE DISGUISE) - Der Flug der Lucky Strike (THE LUCKY STRIKE) - Die Rückkehr nach Dixieland (COMING BACK TO DIXIELAND) - Steineier - Schwarze Luft

Das Genie/Das wilde Ufer - 2 SF-Romane - bk118; Verlag "Das Beste"; Rainer Erler/Kim Stanley Robinson; Paperback; 1992

Na severním pólu Pluta stojí záhada: obrovský kruh vztyčených ledových bloků, vystavěných na způsob pozemského Stonehenge – jenže desetkrát větších, osaměle zářících na samotné výspě Sluneční soustavy. Co je to? Kdo je tam postavil? Tajemství se patrně skrývá v chaotických desetiletích marsovské revoluce, ve ztracených vzpomínkách těch, kdo žijí celá staletí. Mohla tudy letět jistá kosmická loď, už desítky let zapomenutá – pokud na ní přežila posádka. A pokud tato loď vůbec kdy existovala...