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KIM STANLEY ROBINSON is an American science fiction writer. He is the author of more than 20 books, including the international bestselling Mars trilogy: Red Mars, Green Mars, Blue Mars, and more recently Red Moon, New York 2140, and 2312, which was a New York Times bestseller nominated for all seven of the major science fiction awards—a first for any book. 2008 he was named a “Hero of the Environment” by Time magazine, and he works with the Sierra Nevada Research Institute, the Clarion Writers’ Workshop, and UC San Diego’s Arthur C. Clarke Center for Human Imagination. He has won the Hugo, Nebula, Locus, and World Fantasy awards. In 2016 he was given the Heinlein Award for lifetime achievement in science fiction, and asteroid 72432 was named “Kimrobinson.” In 2017 he was given the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Imagination in Service to Society.

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Where are you from?

I grew up all over, but after five years writing Talk of the Town for The New Yorker, I have lived most of my adult life in the mountains on either side of Lake Champlain, in the Adirondacks and in Vermont.

Which teacher had the biggest impact on your life?

Ray Karras, my debate coach at Lexington High School, in Massachusetts, who taught me how to organize an argument.

Where do you write?

Anywhere.I've been writing all my life, and don't need a special place or timeWhat inspired you to write your first book? A feeling of great despair and urgency about understanding the emotional, theological, and philosophical import of global warming, way back in the late 1980s.

What can I do to help solve these problems?

Organize politically. That's what I do now-for instance, check out www.350.org, which we set up to foment a global grassroots campaign for action on climate change

Who are your favorite writers?

Wendell Berry, George Orwell, C.S. Lewis, Ian Frazier, on and on...One of my favorite quotes, from Ed Abbey:One final paragraph of advice: Do not burn yourself out. Be as I am-a reluctant enthusiast... a part time crusader, a half-hearted fanatic. Save the other half of yourselves and your lives for pleasure and adventure. It is not enough to fight for the land; it is even more important to enjoy it. While you can. While it is still there. So get out there and mess around with your friends, ramble out yonder and explore the forests, encounter the grizz, climb the mountains. Run the rivers, breathe deep of that yet sweet and lucid air, sit quietly for a while and contemplate the precious stillness, that lovely, mysterious and awesome space. Enjoy yourselves, keep your brain in your head and your head firmly attached to your body, the body active and alive, and I promise you this much: I promise you this one sweet victory over our enemies, over those deskbound people with their hearts in a safe deposit box and their eyes hypnotized by desk calculators. I promise you this: you will outlive the bastards.

What are your hobbies and outside interests?

Cross country skiing, hiking, being in the woods.

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The Memory of Whiteness

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Future Primitive

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Oral Argument

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Shades of Magic

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Red Dragon Rising

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Shadow Grail

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Red Dragon Rising

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The Good News About Estrogen

The latest information about estrogen, the body's enlivening powerhouse...

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More Myself

This program is read by Alicia Keys, with special guest appearances by family and friends, including Oprah…

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15:33

A Bond Undone

A Bond Undone is the second audiobook in Jin Yong's epic Chinese classic and phenomenon Legends…

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The Good News About Estrogen

The latest information about estrogen, the body's enlivening powerhouse...

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Three Californias

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Three Californias

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Three Californias

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Three Californias

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Three Californias

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2024

Three Californias

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