Kim Stanley Robinson is a New York Times bestselling author and winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus awards. He is the author of more than twenty books, including the bestselling Mars trilogy and the critically acclaimed Forty Signs of Rain, The Years of Rice and Salt and 2312. In 2008, he was named a Hero of the Environment by Time magazine, and he works with the Sierra Nevada Research Institute. He lives in Davis, California.
...as convincingly textured and observant as we've come to expect
from one of the finest writers of his generation.--Locus magazine
on Red Moon
...fresh and exciting. Another stellar effort from one of the
masters of the genre.--Booklist (starred) on Red Moon
[A] gutsy, humane view of a near-future Earth...Robinson
masterfully integrates the practical details of environmental
crises and geoengineering projects into a sweeping, optimistic
portrait of humanity's ability to cooperate in the face of
disaster. This heartfelt work of hard science-fiction is a
must-read for anyone worried about the future of the
planet.--Publishers Weekly (starred) on The Ministry for the
Future
[A] near-perfect marriage of the technical and the
psychological.--NPR Books on Aurora
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 on The Ministry for the Future
Enjoyable and thought-provoking...[Robinson] is one of contemporary
science fiction's great scene-setters.--SF Chronicle on Red
Moon
Intellectually engaged and intensely humane in a way SF rarely is,
exuberantly speculative in a way only the best SF can be, this is
the work of a writer at or approaching the top of his game.--Iain
M. Banks on 2312
Massively enjoyable.--The Washington Post on New York 2140
New York may be underwater, but it's better than ever.--The New
Yorker on New York 2140
Science fiction is threaded everywhere through culture nowadays,
and it would take an act of critical myopia to miss the fact that
Robinson is one of the world's finest working novelists, in any
genre.--Guardian on New York 2140
Science-fiction visionary Kim Stanley Robinson makes the case for
quantitative easing our way out of planetary doom.--Bloomberg Green
on The Ministry for the Future
Score a point for the audacity of hope....Robinson digs deep into
how, with institutional support and some off-the-books black ops,
revolutionary ideas could still seize our world.--Shelf Awareness
on The Ministry for the Future
"[A] compelling work of speculative fiction about solving the
climate crisis around the world... This story is heavy but
important. Be prepared to lose sleep as you won't want to pause for
anything."--AudioFile on The Ministry for the Future
"In The Ministry for the Future, his twentieth novel,
science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson creates something truly
remarkable."--Yale Climate Connections on The Ministry for the
Future
"Tremendously engaging."--Chicago Review of Books on The Ministry
for the Future
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