Now if you don't read much science fiction, it would be easy to dismiss all of this as just "rocket-ship dramas." But if you hold that position, you'd miss how deeply Robinson understands how explorations of other times hold keys to understanding the present. Corey (with the Expanse series) to take the solar system, and our future in, it seriously. It was his work that woke a new generation of writers like James S.A. But settling the solar system is already a possibility - and it is our likely future over the next few centuries.įrom my perspective, Robinson was the first to really revisit this possibility via lessons learned from decades of planetary exploration. Unless a technological miracle occurs, we are not building an interstellar civilization anytime soon (the stars are just too far away).
Most importantly, the Red Mars series initiated a shift in science fiction away from the stars and back to our real future in the solar system. The books are equal parts high adventure, ecological philosophy and political intrigue as Mars grows to become an independent power in a solar system that is awakening with our presence.
Across three books ( Red Mars, Green Mars and Blue Mars), he mapped out the human settlement of the solar system. Robinson's most famous work is the Mars Trilogy from the 1990s. He's mapped out new territory in what it means to be human in the worlds of nature and technology. Reaching both backwards to our past and forwards to the future, Robinson has done more than just write good science-fiction stories - which is hard enough.
When it comes to thinking about human beings, their future, and their place on the planet (this one and others), I'd argue that Kim Stanley Robinson deserves a special place as a true visionary. Then there are those who do both, giving readers complex characters, richly imagined stories and, finally, ideas that reach beyond the narrative to change how you see the world. There are some authors you go to for good stories - and others you go to for good ideas. American science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson, photographed during a discussion with SFX Magazine on June 8, 2012.
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