Order of Kim Stanley Robinson Books
Kim Stanley Robinson is an American author of science fiction and alternate history novels. He is the author of the Three Californias, Mars and Capital Code (or Science in the Capital) trilogies. Robinson attended the University of California, San Diego and earned his B.A. in literature. The next year, he earned his M.A. in English from Boston University. Then, he returned to UC San Diego to get his PhD. Common themes in Robinson’s work include ecology and capitalism; his novels are known for their anti-capitalist stance. Kim is married to environmental chemist Lisa Howland Nowell, who he has two sons with. He lives in California.
Kim Stanley Robinson became a published author with the novel The Wild Shore, which was published in 1984. Below is a list of Kim Stanley Robinson’s books in order of when they were originally published:
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Publication Order of Three Californias Triptych Books
| The Wild Shore | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Gold Coast | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Pacific Edge | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Mars Trilogy Books
| Red Mars | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Green Mars | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Blue Mars | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Mars Collections
| The Martians | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Capital Code/Science In The Capital Books
| Forty Signs of Rain | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Fifty Degrees Below | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Sixty Days and Counting | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Green Earth | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Icehenge | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Memory of Whiteness | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Blind Geometer | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Short, Sharp Shock | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Antarctica | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Years of Rice and Salt | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Galileo's Dream | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| 2312 | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Shaman | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Aurora | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Oral Argument | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Drowned Worlds | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| New York 2140 | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Red Moon | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Ministry for the Future | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| The Planet on the Table | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Escape From Kathmandu | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Remaking History and Other Stories | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Down and Out in the Year 2000 | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Best of Kim Stanley Robinson | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Vinland the Dream and Other Stories | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Stan's Kitchen | (2020) | Info. |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| The Novels of Philip K. Dick | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Green Planets: Ecology and Science Fiction | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The High Sierra | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| Black Air | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Green Mars (novella; in Asimov's) | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Mother Goddess of the World (in Asimov's) | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Universe Books
| Universe 1 | (1971) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Universe 2 | (1972) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Universe 3 | (1973) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Universe 4 | (1974) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Universe 5 | (1974) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Universe 6 | (1976) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Universe 7 | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Universe 8 | (1978) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Universe 9 | (1979) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Universe 10 | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Universe 11 | (1981) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Universe 12 | (1982) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Universe 13 | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Universe 14 | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Universe 15 | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Universe 16 | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Universe 17 | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
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Publication Order of Outspoken Authors Books
Publication Order of Anthologies
Notes: Green Planets was co-authored by Gerry Canavan. I’m with the Bears: Short Stories from a Damaged Planet also has stories by Margaret Atwood, Paolo Bacigalupi, T.C. Boyle, Toby Litt, Lydia Millet, Wu Mingi, David Mitchell, Nathaniel Rich and Helen Simpson.
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Kim Stanley Robinson Synopsis: In Icehenge by Kim Stanley Robinson, Pluto’s North Pole is home to standing blocks of ice in the pattern of Stonehenge – only ten times the size. How did it get there? Who built it?
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