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:
Publication Order of Three Californias Triptych Books
| The Wild Shore | (1984) |    |
| The Gold Coast | (1988) | |
| Pacific Edge | (1990) | |
Publication Order of Mars Trilogy Books
| Red Mars | (1993) | |
| Green Mars | (1994) | |
| Blue Mars | (1996) | |
Publication Order of Mars Collections
| The Martians | (1999) | |
Publication Order of Capital Code/Science In The Capital Books
| Forty Signs of Rain | (2004) | |
| Fifty Degrees Below | (2005) | |
| Sixty Days and Counting | (2007) | |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Icehenge | (1984) | |
| The Memory of Whiteness | (1985) | |
| The Blind Geometer | (1986) | |
| A Short, Sharp Shock | (1990) | |
| Antarctica | (1997) | |
| The Years of Rice and Salt | (2002) | |
| Galileo's Dream | (2009) | |
| 2312 | (2012) | |
| Shaman | (2013) | |
| Aurora | (2015) | |
| Oral Argument | (2015) | |
| Drowned Worlds | (2016) | |
| New York 2140 | (2017) | |
| Red Moon | (2018) | |
| The Ministry for the Future | (2020) | |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| The Planet on the Table | (1986) | |
| Escape From Kathmandu | (1989) | |
| Remaking History and Other Stories | (1991) | |
| Down and Out in the Year 2000 | (1992) | |
| The Best of Kim Stanley Robinson | (2001) | |
| Vinland the Dream and Other Stories | (2002) | |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| The Novels of Philip K. Dick | (1984) | |
| Green Planets: Ecology and Science Fiction | (2014) | |
| The High Sierra | (2022) | |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| Black Air | (1983) | |
| Green Mars (novella; in Asimov's) | (1985) | |
| Mother Goddess of the World (in Asimov's) | (1987) | |
Publication Order of Nebula Awards Books
| Nebula Awards 1 | (1966) | |
| Nebula Awards 3 | (1968) | |
| Nebula Awards 4 | (1968) | |
| Nebula Awards 5 | (1969) | |
| Nebula Awards 21 | (1985) | |
| Nebula Awards 22 | (1988) | |
| Nebula Awards 23 | (1989) | |
| Nebula Awards 24 | (1990) | |
| Nebula Awards 26 | (1992) | |
| Nebula Awards 27 | (1993) | |
| Nebula Awards 28 | (1994) | |
| Nebula Awards 29 | (1995) | |
| Nebula Awards 30 | (1996) | |
| Nebula Awards31 | (1997) | |
| Nebula Awards 34 (2000) | (2000) | |
| Nebula Awards 36 (2002) | (2002) | |
| Nebula Awards 37 (2003) | (2003) | |
| Nebula Awards 39 (2005) | (2005) | |
| Nebula Awards 43 (2009) | (2009) | |
| Nebula Awards 45 (2011) | (2011) | |
| Nebula Awards 46 (2012) | (2012) | |
| Nebula Awards 50 (2016) | (2016) | |
| Nebula Awards 51 (2017) | (2017) | |
| Nebula Awards 52 (2018) | (2018) | |
| Nebula Awards 53 (2019) | (2019) | |
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Publication Order of Some of the Best from Tor.com Books
| Some of the Best from Tor.com 2019 Edition | (2020) | |
| Anthology series. | ||
Publication Order of Outspoken Authors Books
| The Human Front | (2001) | |
| The Left Left Behind | (2009) | |
| Lucky Strike | (2009) | |
| The Underbelly | (2010) | |
| Mammoths of the Great Plains | (2010) | |
| The Wild Girls | (2011) | |
| Modem Times 2.0 | (2011) | |
| The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow | (2011) | |
| Surfing the Gnarl | (2012) | |
| Report from Planet Midnight | (2012) | |
| The Science of Herself | (2013) | |
| Patty Hearst & The Twinkie Murders: A Tale of Two Trials | (2013) | |
| New Taboos | (2013) | |
| Raising Hell | (2014) | |
| My Life, My Body | (2015) | |
| Gypsy | (2015) | |
| Miracles Ain't What They Used to Be | (2016) | |
| Fire. | (2017) | |
| Totalitopia | (2017) | |
| The Atheist in the Attic | (2018) | |
| Thoreau's Microscope | (2018) | |
| The Beatrix Gates | (2019) | |
| A City Made of Words | (2019) | |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| Nebula Awards 16 | (1982) | |
| Universe 13 | (1983) | |
| Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, September 1985 | (1985) | |
| Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, April 1986 | (1986) | |
| Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, August 1987 | (1987) | |
| The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixth Annual Collection | (1989) | |
| Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, April 1990 | (1990) | |
| Isaac Asimov's Mars | (1991) | |
| Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, April 1991 | (1991) | |
| Isaac Asimov's Earth | (1992) | |
| Under African Skies | (1993) | |
| Future Primitive | (1994) | |
| Isaac Asimov's Moons | (1997) | |
| Asimov\'s Science Fiction, June 1999 | (1999) | |
| The Mammoth Book Of Science Fiction | (2002) | |
| New Skies: An Anthology of Today's Science Fiction | (2003) | |
| Future Crimes | (2003) | |
| I'm With the Bears | (2011) | |
| Lightspeed Magazine, April 2012 | (2012) | |
| Field of Fantasies | (2014) | |
| Loosed Upon the World | (2015) | |
| Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2015 edition | (2016) | |
| Science Fiction: Voyage to the Edge of Imagination | (2022) | |
| Democracy in a Hotter Time: Climate Change and Democratic Transformation | (2023) | |
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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