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Outrage + Optimism: The Climate PodcastKim Stanley Robinson on Pre Traumatic Imagination and the stories that change usThis week on Outrage + Optimism, we’re taking a breath.After two intense weeks of daily updates from COP30 in Belém, we’re returning to weekly programming with something different - a slower, deeper, more reflective conversation that felt too valuable to cut.While in the Blue Zone, we sat down with Kim Stanley Robinson, the acclaimed author of The Ministry for the Future, 2312, The Mars trilogy, and the Science in the Capital series. His writing has been read by negotiators, ministers, campaigners, and many of you.In our conve...
2025-11-2736 min
Zero: The Climate RaceBest of: Kim Stanley Robinson imagines utopia in 2025Science fiction writer Kim Stanley Robinson imagines the future for a living. And the future is very much upon us. Robinson’s seminal 2020 novel Ministry for the Future opens in the year 2025. Robinson tells Akshat Rathi about how our real-life climate politics stack up against what he imagined for this era. They also discuss the dangers of science-fiction thinking in politics and why, for all his admiration of science and technology, Robinson remains so enamored with the unglamorous workings of a body like the United Nations. This episode was originally broadcast in January 2025. Explore further:...
2025-08-2830 min
Mongabay NewscastKim Stanley Robinson's 'Ministry for the Future' has lessons for the presentFive years since Kim Stanley Robinson's groundbreaking climate fiction novel, The Ministry for the Future, hit The New York Times bestseller list, the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning writer shares reflections on themes explored in the book and how they apply directly to the world today. The utopian novel set in a not-so-distant future depicts how humans address climate change and the biodiversity crisis, toppling oligarchic control of governments and addressing chronic inequality. Robinson explains how the novel works as "a kind of cognitive map of the way the world is going now, the way things work and the...
2025-06-0355 minMongabay NewscastKim Stanley Robinson's 'Ministry for the Future' has lessons for the presentFive years since Kim Stanley Robinson's groundbreaking climate fiction novel, The Ministry for the Future, hit The New York Times bestseller list, the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning writer shares reflections on themes explored in the book and how they apply directly to the world today. The utopian novel set in a not-so-distant future depicts how humans address climate change and the biodiversity crisis, toppling oligarchic control of governments and addressing chronic inequality. Robinson explains how the novel works as "a kind of cognitive map of the way the world is going now, the way things work and the...
2025-06-0355 min
Long NowKim Stanley Robinson & Stephen Heintz: A Logic For The FutureStephen Heintz and Kim Stanley Robinson say we live in an “Age of Turbulence.”
Looking around our geopolitical situation, it’s easy to see what they mean. Faced with the ever-growing threat of climate change, the looming potential breakdown of the post-01945 international order, and the ambiguous prospects of rapid technological changes in fields like AI, biotechnology, and geoengineering, it is clear that we need new answers to new challenges.
Stephen Heintz, a Public policy expert and president of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF), and Kim Stanley Robinson, one of the most acclaimed science fiction authors writing today, work in very d...
2025-05-0157 min
Sustainability Now! on KSQD.orgSustainability & Politics after Annus Horriblis 2020, with Kim Stanley RobinsonSustainability Now! August 23, 2020. Host Ronnie Lipschutz and his guest Kim Stanley Robinson engage in a wide-ranging conversation about sustainability, politics, 2020 and after, and how we might prepare for the future. Robinson is a science fiction author, California futurist and environmental optimist of the will. His recent work, such as New York 2140 (2017) has addressed environmental and climate issues. His forthcoming book, The Ministry for the Future, which imagines a new, global organization that advocates for the world’s future generations and protects all living creatures, present and future.(Photo by Stephan Martiniere, https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/arts/kim-stanley-robinson-coming-to-phoenix-art-museum-sept-20-9702004)
2025-04-0151 min
Mind Body Health & PoliticsKim Stanley Robinson: A Science Fiction Prophet Predicts What’s After CapitalismIn this eye-opening conversation with legendary science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson, we explore practical paths to meaningful change in an age of crisis. From local climate action groups to worker-owned cooperatives, Robinson reveals how working alternatives to capitalism are hiding in plain sight.00:00 Capitalism vs. Feudalism: A Comparison00:41 Introduction to Mind, Body, Health, and Politics01:35 Kim Stanley Robinson on Climate Change and Local Action04:29 Capitalism, Climate, and Utopia: Interconnected Themes11:27 Historical Perspectives: Genghis Khan and Social Systems14:56 Marxism and Its Challenges19:18 Examples of Alternative...
2025-01-1953 min
How My View GrewKim Stanley Robinson: How can humans reverse climate change?Kim Stanley ("Stan") Robinson is one of the world's most acclaimed and popular science fiction novelists, first famous for his Mars Trilogy. For the past two decades, Stan has been telling vivid stories in which climate change is catastrophic yet people invent ways of reversing it. What he imagines is so bold it takes your breath away, then fills you with hope and resolve that you didn't know existed within you.In his Science in the Capital trilogy, a Washington DC thriller, National Zoo animals roam the capital after a massive flood. The Gulf Stream shuts down...
2025-01-0843 minZero: The Climate RaceKim Stanley Robinson imagines utopia in 2025Science fiction writer Kim Stanley Robinson imagines the future for a living. And the future is very much upon us. Robinson’s seminal 2020 novel Ministry for the Future opens in the year 2025. Robinson tells Akshat Rathi about how our real-life climate politics stack up against what he imagined for this era. They also discuss the dangers of science-fiction thinking in politics and why, for all his admiration of science and technology, Robinson remains so enamored with the unglamorous workings of a body like the United Nations. Explore further: Past episode with Kim Stanley Robinson about cli...
2025-01-0231 min
Resources RadioFacing Fears and Imagining Innovation for Climate Change, with Kim Stanley Robinson (Rebroadcast)In this week’s episode rerun, host Daniel Raimi talks with Kim Stanley Robinson, acclaimed author of many books, most recently “The Ministry for the Future.” Robinson’s books vividly illustrate some of the most devastating potential consequences of climate change, but that’s not all they do—the books also offer innovation and optimism, imagining the ways in which we can prevent some of the worst impacts of climate change and adapt to the impacts that are unavoidable. Robinson discusses his recent visit to COP26 and his views on climate economics, modern monetary theory, space opera, and more.
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2024-12-0835 min
Dr. Andy's Poetry and Technology HourLaurie Glover, Kim Stanley Robinson, and Susan WolbarstOn the 3/20/24 edition of Dr. Andy’s Poetry and Technology Hour:Laurie Glover begins the episode by sharing details about her semester at sea, and the inspiration provided by the nautical environment. While sailing in the Atlantic, Glover finished revising her book, studied translations, and explored her fascination with things left behind. She then reads a poem. Kim Stanley Robinson is the next guest, and he imparts the usefulness of the ecological and philosophical perspective in writing and connecting with the community. Dr. Andy and Robinson discuss Muir, Emerson, and Th...
2024-03-2157 min
Everyday Anarchism114. Revolution and Anarchism in The Mars Trilogy -- Kim Stanley RobinsonKim Stanley Robinson to talk about his Mars trilogy, the theory of revolution that animates it, and where anarchism and anarchists fit in. This conversation is a direct sequel to our conversations on the Three Californias triptych, which you can listen to here:https://www.everydayanarchism.com/093-the-wild-shore-three-californias-kim-stanley-robinson/https://www.everydayanarchism.com/096-the-gold-coast-three-californias-kim-stanley-robinson/https://www.everydayanarchism.com/100-the-pacific-edge-three-californias-kim-stanley-robinson/
2024-03-2055 min
The Science in The FictionHeidi Sevestre on Geoengineering in Kim Stanley Robinson's 'The Ministry For The Future'Marty and Holly sit down with Dr. Heidi Sevestre for a conversation about climate change and geoengineering, as portrayed in The Ministry For The Future by Kim Stanley Robinson. Dr. Sevestre is a glaciologist who is leading the call to action on climate change through her research and education initiatives. We talk about her recent expedition to Svalbard with Climate Sentinels, a zero-emission research expedition on skis to understand the impact of black soot on the melting of glaciers. We also discuss her recent expedition to film a National Geographic documentary (Arctic Ascent) about the surging glaciers in Greenland, ga...
2024-02-1556 min
The Science in The FictionKim Stanley Robinson on Geoengineering in 'The Ministry For The Future'In this episode we are super excited to present our conversation with Kim Stanley Robinson, one of the greatest science fiction writers of all time, whose legacy will surely last deep into our sci-fi future. We discuss his latest book The Ministry for the Future, and some of the many extraordinary ideas in that book for getting humanity through to the other side of the climate crisis. We focus our conversation on various geoengineering projects as well as innovations in economics and monetary policy that will help us get there. We discuss green investment, the merits of non-ideological rhetoric, str...
2024-02-011h 09
Carnegie Council PodcastsC2GTalk: Why does the world now need to consider solar radiation modification? with Kim Stanley RobinsonMany objections to solar radiation modification (SRM)--such as the fear it could undermine other forms of climate action--have been overtaken by events, says The Ministry of the Future author Kim Stanley Robinson in this C2GTalk. The world is in a growing crisis, and cutting and removing emissions is taking too long. It's time to learn whether SRM can help, and how to govern it. Kim Stanley Robinson is an American science fiction writer. His books include the best-selling Mars trilogy, Red Moon, New York 2140, and The Ministry for the Future. He was part of the U.S. Nat...
2024-01-0845 min
Visión ProspectivaMarte rojo, de Kim Stanley Robinson: utopía y sociología políticaEn el trigésimo sexto episodio de «Visión Prospectiva Podcast» analizamos un referente de la utopía contemporánea: «Marte rojo», de Kim Stanley Robinson. Una utopía dinámica que, aunque haya sido publicada hace más de tres décadas, sigue estando tan vigente y siendo tan necesaria como entonces.
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«Marte rojo, de Kim Stanley Robinson: utopía y sociología política (primera parte)». Puedes leerlo completo en: https://ebentancour.com/marte-rojo-kim-stanley-robinson-primera-parte/
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2024-01-0433 min
Energy vs Climate: How climate is changing our energy systemsStranger than (Climate) Fiction with Kim Stanley RobinsonWhat is the role of literature in the climate policy and technology discussion? How does the genre allow us to explore uncomfortable climate scenarios, including those to do with heat death and direct action? While ultimately successful, the path laid out in the book is very bumpy, volatile, and rife with violence – strikingly different from the smooth and orderly transition often offered up by politicians and techno-optimists.On S5E7 of Energy vs Climate, David, Sara, Ed, and New York Times bestselling author Kim Stanley Robinson (of The Ministry for the Future) discuss how science fiction can he...
2023-12-1258 min
PossibleKim Stanley Robinson on narrative and civilizationWhat is the connection between the future of humanity and the future of technology? Science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson (The Mars trilogy, Ministry for the Future) joins the podcast to speculate about how we might evolve as a civilization. Science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson joins the podcast to speculate about how we might evolve as a civilization. His books, such as The Mars trilogy or Ministry for the Future to name a few—address issues like economic inequality, governance, and the ethical dilemmas posed by technological advancements. Reid, Aria, and Stan discuss Stan’s books and characters, how...
2023-12-0649 min
Climate Action ShowKIM STANLEY ROBINSON - THE MINISTRY FOR THE FUTURECLIMATE ACTION SHOWNOVEMBER 6TH 2023Produced by Vivien LangfordKIM STANLEY ROBINSON - THE MINISTRY FOR THE FUTUREInterview with Kim Hill Courtesy of Radio NZ Guests:Kim Hill from Radio New Zealand in a recent interview with author Kim Stanley Robinson.Their subject is THE MINISTRY FOR THE FUTURE and The High Sierra: A Love Story Climate Action ahead:School Strike4 climate Friday November 17th.Nov 17 | SS4C Australia (schoolstrike4climate.com)Gadigal Land/ Sydney Belmore Park at 12 noonNaam/Melbourne - Flagstaff Gardens 1 pm The Peoples Blockade of the World's largest coal port Newcastle November 24th-27th Register to help - Rising Tide Extinctio...
2023-11-0600 min
Create Tomorrow, The WGSN Podcast92. Scenarios of the Future with Climate Fiction Writer Kim Stanley RobinsonIn this episode, WGSN Creative Director Lisa White and acclaimed climate fiction writer Kim Stanley Robinson discuss biodiversity, sustainability incentives and regulations, and whether AI is impacting human creativity.
Kim Stanley Robinson has been writing for over 40 years and has published more than 20 books, focusing on near and far futures. He talked with Lisa as part of WGSN’s recent Trends Days – a biannual brainstorming event exploring future forecasts – where they discussed the future of the biosphere, nature and human nature, plus how speculative fiction can and should play a role in the worlds of business and indust...
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Tactics&Practice [podcast]S2 [(re)programming] E1: Trigger [w/ Kim Stanley Robinson]
What Does it Take to Change the Future?
Kim Stanley Robinson stands as one of today’s most beloved science fiction writers and is a prominent exponent of climate fiction. In his novel The Ministry for the Future (2020), he envisions a scenario where India is struck by a devastating heatwave, resulting in the loss of millions of lives within days: soon after this tremendous tragedy, a climate response begins to take shape. Do we need such a shock for governments, or maybe some billionaire, to take radical actions against the climate crisis? Solutions to buy time before we...
2023-10-031h 27
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2023-09-1000 min
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2023-09-0100 min
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2023-09-0100 min
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2023-08-2600 min
Futureverse PodcastEp. 4. Kim Stanley Robinson (Part 1): Unveiling Climate Denial and the Power of CommunityIn the latest episode of Futureverse, Molly Wood and Ramanan Raghavendran interview Kim Stanley Robinson, known for his visionary works that explore themes of ecology, politics, and human interaction with the environment. In this episode, Robinson discusses the persistence of climate denial and skepticism, even after 30 years of scientific research and evidence, and emphasizes the importance of community in addressing climate change and finding solutions.Time stamps and the full transcript are on the episode page.[00:00:57] Kim Stanley Robinson’s Origins and Inspirations[00:10:52] The Decline of Climate Change Denial[00:14:10] Exploring the In...
2023-08-1721 min
How to Train a Happy MindKim Stanley Robinson on Solving the Climate Crisis, Buddhism, and the Power of Science Fiction #102 [rebroadcast]Kim Stanley Robinson is one of the greatest living science fiction writers, and one of the few people ever to have developed a credible solution to the climate crisis, which he describes in his latest novel, The Ministry for the Future. In this interview, we talk about climate change solutions, Buddhism in his life and work, sci-fi and cli-fi (climate fiction), colonizing Mars, the outdoors as meditation, and how to stay optimistic.Episode 102. Kim Stanley Robinson on Solving the Climate Crisis, Buddhism, and the Power of Science FictionSupport the show
2023-07-0450 min
Into the Impossible With Brian KeatingKim Stanley Robinson: The High Sierra: A Love StoryWatch the video of this episode here.In this live in-studio episode of The INTO THE IMPOSSIBLE, host Brian Keating sat down with renowned science fiction author, Kim Stanley Robinson, to discuss his fist major non-fiction work, The High Sierra: A Love Story. Equal parts memoir, guidebook, geology tutorial, and historiography, in High Sierra, Robinson describes the geological forces that shaped the Sierras and the history of its exploration, going back to the indigenous peoples who made it home and whose traces can still be found today in the knapping fields of obsidian chips. He celebrates the...
2023-06-251h 06
Kroc Pod13. The Ministry for the Future: An Evening with Kim Stanley RobinsonKim Stanley Robinson—author of "The Ministry for the Future"—reflects on the complexity of the challenges we face with climate change.
Hosted by the Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice, the science fiction writer gives a lecture recorded in front of a live audience at the University of San Diego’s Peace & Justice Theatre. After the lecture, the author takes questions from Kroc School students Franco Castro Escobar and Théa Klement.
His novel, The Ministry for the Future, was selected as one of Barack Obama’s Favorite Books of 2020 and one of Bill Gates’ “5...
2023-04-3055 min
The Great Simplification with Nate HagensKim Stanley Robinson: "Climate, Fiction, and The Future"On this episode, Nate is joined by climate science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson to discuss how he contributes to the discussion of climate and pro-social changemaking through writing. There have been many calls to improve the communication of scientists to the general public in hopes it will help people understand the severity of the various global threats we face. A key component to such communication comes from art and literature. Even further, the humanities help us think about the type of future and culture we want to have given the information that science brings us. How can we...
2023-04-121h 24The Great Simplification with Nate HagensKim Stanley Robinson: "Climate, Fiction, and The Future"On this episode, Nate is joined by climate science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson to discuss how he contributes to the discussion of climate and pro-social changemaking through writing. There have been many calls to improve the communication of scientists to the general public in hopes it will help people understand the severity of the various global threats we face. A key component to such communication comes from art and literature. Even further, the humanities help us think about the type of future and culture we want to have given the information that science brings us. How can we...
2023-04-121h 24How to Train a Happy MindKim Stanley Robinson and Robert Thurman: Climate, Politics, and the Dalai Lama #128This is a very special episode in which I had the chance to introduce two of my heroes: Buddhist scholar Robert Thurman and science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson. They shared a lively conversation together that you now have the chance to eavesdrop on (with their permission).In their dialogue, they talk about when violence is legitimate in situations like the Tibetan or Ukrainian invasions, their personal relationships to the Dalai Lama, and how we might make Kim Stanley Robinson's fictional climate solutions from his latest novel The Ministry for the Future start working in real life.
2023-02-2833 min
Brothers and TeachersE14 / Wayfinding with Kim Stanley RobinsonThis conversation is part of a series of interviews with various brothers and teachers, including many fellow writers, all of which are part of the body of work surrounding my book-length memoir An Ordinary Disaster—one man's proof that we can all learn to listen to ourselves, and to act upon the inner voice of our self, our sanity and our soul.Today I'm speaking with Kim Stanley Robinson, a true legend of a writer, and also as an advocate for better stewardship of planet Earth and for sustainable cohabitation with all the species that inhabit this un...
2023-01-231h 04
Pitchfork Economics with Nick HanauerSci-Fi Economics (with Kim Stanley Robinson)We can’t tear down the existing economic framework and replace it with a better one without first telling a persuasive story about how the economy actually works. And few people in the world are more compelling storytellers than science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson. In his speculative near-future novel The Ministry for the Future, Stan explains complicated economic theories better than most economists. He joins Nick and Goldy for a fascinating conversation about the role of economics in both climate change fiction and climate change reality.Kim Stanley Rob...
2023-01-1752 min
City Arts & LecturesKim Stanley RobinsonKim Stanley Robinson is widely recognized as one of the foremost living writers of science fiction. In The Ministry for the Future, Robinson imagines a near-future where climate change has wreaked havoc, from severe heat waves, to flooding, limited resources, and a global refugee crisis. It’s a terrifying set of circumstances, but it’s not without hope —Robinson brings to life a possible path for survival. Robinson has also published a memoir, The High Sierra: A Love Story, a “sublime” and “radically original” exploration of the Sierra Nevadas. On Wednesday, December 7, Kim Stanley Robinson came to the Sydney Goldstein Theater in...
2022-12-181h 15
BloomLearning from Le Guin – Kim Stanley Robinson & Kristian LethFor mange er Ursula K. Le Guin en af de største science fiction-forfattere overhovedet, og i disse år opdager flere og flere de fantastiske verdener, der gemmer sig i hendes vilde og grænsesøgende forfatterskab. I år tog Bloom udgangspunkt i hendes fortælling 'Større end riger og langsommere', og i den anledning fortalte Kim Stanley Robinson om sin mentor og gode ven, der gik bort i 2018. Ursula K. Le Guins utopiske science fiction-fortællinger er på mange måder banebrydende i deres syn på alt fra køn til menneskets forhold til naturen, og hun har været pioner...
2022-11-2346 min
Laura Flanders and Friends: Solutions-Focused Progressive Perspectives on Politics, News, and CultureKim Stanley Robinson: Writing the Future Story People WantCan a novel become a catalyst to help us address impending climate disaster? That’s one question posed by the legendary Kim Stanley Robinson, in his best-selling novel The Ministry for the Future, which begins with millions of Indians dying from temperatures that send people cramming into lakes to cool off — where they literally poach to death. The book has been praised by everyone from Barack Obama to the Dalai Lama and seems to be turning even bureaucrats and bankers' heads. In his work, Robinson creates space for the possibility of change, possible worlds of equity, not only for surv...
2022-09-1831 min
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2022-07-1900 minCity Arts & LecturesKim Stanley Robinson with Bill McKibbenIn The Ministry for the Future, science fiction novelist Kim Stanley Robinson imagines a near-future where climate change has wreaked havoc, from severe heat waves, to flooding, limited resources, and a global refugee crisis. It’s a terrifying set of circumstances. But it’s not without hope - and Robinson brings to life a possible path for survival. Robinson has also published a memoir, The High Sierra: A Love Story. On June 7, 2022, Kim Stanley Robinson talked with his friend, author and environmental activist, Bill McKibben, about his work, the challenges facing environmentalists, and how older people can play an import...
2022-07-031h 01
Between The Covers : Conversations with Writers in Fiction, Nonfiction & PoetryCrafting with Ursula : Kim Stanley Robinson on Ambiguous UtopiasToday’s guest, Kim Stanley Robinson, is perhaps the living writer most associated with utopian literature today. And as a student of the philosopher, political theorist, and literary critic Fredric Jameson, Robinson has thought deeply about the history of utopias, the history of the novel, and the strange hybrid form that became the utopian novel. In his mind it was Ursula K. Le Guin who wrote the first truly great utopian novel. We discuss Le Guin’s utopian work alongside his, and contextualize her importance historically. Robinson also shares some incredible anecdotes from his time in the 70s as her...
2022-06-101h 59
Hugos There PodcastHT#65: Green Mars and Blue Mars, by Kim Stanley Robinson (feat. Androids & Assets)Marshall and Steve from Androids & Assets join Seth for a discussion of the second and third books in Kim Stanley Robinson’s MarsTrilogy Green Mars and Blue Mars, which won the 1994 and 1997 Hugo Awards for Best Novel. Start – 7:56 Intro through “Why this book?” 7:57 – 19:55 Non-Spoiler discussion 19:56 – end … Continue reading "HT#65: Green Mars and Blue Mars, by Kim Stanley Robinson (feat. Androids & Assets)"
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2022-06-011h 30
Power-Up With An Ground-Breaking Full Audiobook And Elevate Your Mindset.The High Sierra: A Love Story by Kim Stanley RobinsonPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/511872to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The High Sierra: A Love Story
Author: Kim Stanley Robinson
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Length: 16 hours 30 minutes
Release date: May 10, 2022
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.25 of Total 4
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Genres: History & Culture
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A “sublime” and “radically original” exploration of the Sierra Nevadas, the best mountains on Earth for hiking and camping, from New York Times bestselling novelist Kim Stanley Robinson (—Bill McKibben, Gary Snyder). Kim Stanley Robinson first ventured into the Sierra Nevada mountains during the summer of 1973. He returned from that encounter a...
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Title: The High Sierra: A Love Story
Author: Kim Stanley Robinson
Narrator: Kim Stanley Robinson
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 16 hours 30 minutes
Release date: May 10, 2022
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.25 of Total 4
Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2
Genres: Animals & Nature
Publisher's Summary:
A “sublime” and “radically original” exploration of the Sierra Nevadas, the best mountains on Earth for hiking and camping, from New York Times bestselling novelist Kim Stanley Robinson (—Bill McKibben, Gary Snyder). Kim Stanley Robinson first ventured into the Sierra Nevada mountains during the summer of 1973. He returned from that encounter a...
2022-05-104h 30
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Title: The High Sierra: A Love Story
Author: Kim Stanley Robinson
Narrator: Kim Stanley Robinson
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 16 hours 30 minutes
Release date: May 10, 2022
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.25 of Total 4
Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2
Genres: Animals & Nature
Publisher's Summary:
A “sublime” and “radically original” exploration of the Sierra Nevadas, the best mountains on Earth for hiking and camping, from New York Times bestselling novelist Kim Stanley Robinson (—Bill McKibben, Gary Snyder). Kim Stanley Robinson first ventured into the Sierra Nevada mountains during the summer of 1973. He returned from that encounter a...
2022-05-104h 30
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Format: mp3
Length: 16 hrs and 30 mins
Release date: 05-10-22
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 228 ratings
Genres: Environmentalists & Naturalists
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Kim Stanley Robinson first ventured into the Sierra Nevada mountains during the summer of 1973. He returned from that encounter a changed man, awed by a landscape that made him feel as if he were simultaneously strolling through an art museum and scrambling on a jungle gym like an energized child. He has returned to the mountains throughout his...
2022-05-104h 30
Storytelling AnimalsKim Stanley Robinson on Wildlife, the Martian Constitution, and Loving the High SierraKim Stanley Robinson is the author of the new autobiographical nonfiction book The High Sierra: A Love Story. He's also written 20 novels, including Red Mars and The Ministry for the Future, and now he's appeared on this podcast! We talk about his love of rocky landscapes, how he started backpacking, and the need to make space for wildlife. We also talk about how his Sierra life has impacted his fiction, and how he came to love science fiction in the first place. And so much more!Sign up for the Storytelling Animals newsletter here to keep...
2022-05-101h 34Long NowKim Stanley Robinson: Climate Futures: Beyond 02022Long Now continued our dialogue with the acclaimed writer Kim Stanley Robinson around [COP26](https://unfccc.int/conference/glasgow-climate-change-conference-october-november-2021) and his award-winning book [_The Ministry for the Future_](https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780316300131). Clean energy advocate & author [Ramez Naam](https://rameznaam.com/) joined Robinson on stage after the talk for a further discussion.
Tackling topics from carbon quantitative easing, to political action, to planetary-level engineering, Robinson describes our current situation as "all-hands-on-deck" where every possible mitigation strategy should be tried. You can find our [other talks with Kim Stanley Robinson](https://www.youtube.com/c/longnow/search?query=Robinson) on...
2022-04-271h 07
Science & Wisdom LIVEHow to Survive the Climate Crisis: an interview with Kim Stanley RobinsonOur guest today is Kim Stanley Robinson, one of the greatest living science fiction writers and one of the few people to have developed a credible solution to the climate crisis. In this interview, he discusses with Scott Snibbe about transcendental experiences, Buddhism in his life and fiction, the outdoors as meditation, and the potentials for space exploration; but the main focus of this episode is the pressing issue of climate change. How can we survive the climate crisis, and what can every one of us do to help?This episode is the fruit of a collaboration...
2022-03-2347 minHow to Train a Happy MindKim Stanley Robinson on Solving the Climate Crisis, Buddhism, and the Power of Science Fiction #102Kim Stanley Robinson is one of the greatest living science fiction writers, and one of the few people ever to have developed a credible solution to the climate crisis, which he describes in his latest novel, The Ministry for the Future. In this interview, we talk about climate change solutions, Buddhism in his life and work, sci-fi and cli-fi (climate fiction), colonizing Mars, the outdoors as meditation, and how to stay optimistic.102. Kim Stanley Robinson on Solving the Climate Crisis, Buddhism, and the Power of Science FictionSupport the show
2022-03-1550 min
The Long Now FoundationKim Stanley Robinson - Climate Futures: Beyond 02022Long Now continues our dialogue with the acclaimed writer Kim Stanley Robinson around COP26 and his most recent book The Ministry for the Future. Clean energy advocate & author Ramez Naam will join Robinson on stage after the talk for a further discussion.
Tackling topics from carbon quantitative easing, to political action, to planetary-level engineering, Robinson describes our current situation as "all-hands-on-deck" where every possible mitigation strategy should be tried. You can find our other talks with Kim Stanley Robinson on our YouTube channel.
Kim Stanley Robinson is an American novelist, widely recognized as one of the foremost living writers of...
2022-03-021h 07Storytelling AnimalsCivilization and Its Discontents: On Station Eleven, Planet of the Apes, and Kim Stanley RobinsonHow do stories set in a post-apocalyptic future look back at our present world: are characters nostalgic for the affluence and convenience? Or do they look back in disgust, understanding that many of these luxuries were built on exploitation and environmental destruction? Or a little of both? I look at Emily St. John Mandel's Station Eleven (the 2014 novel and the 2021/2022 TV show), Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (the 2014 movie) and Kim Stanley Robinson's The Wild Shore (a 1984 novel) as three differing approaches to this question, and argue that while we can appreciate civilization's comforts, we shouldn't lose t...
2022-02-1528 min
Stories for Earth: Climate Change in Pop CultureS3 E3.0 "New York 2140" by Kim Stanley RobinsonIn part one of our discussion of New York 2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson, we'll cover a plot summary and list of major characters. Stay tuned for part two, where we'll dive into analyzing this classic work of solarpunk.
Transcript: https://storiesforearth.com/2022/01/03/new-york-2140-kim-stanley-robinson/
2021-12-2216 min
Accidental GodsMinistry for the Future: exploring the ways through that work with Kim Stanley RobinsonHow can we get from the current edge-of-catastrophe to a world where we have addressed the huge issues of the climate and ecological emergency? Only in fiction can we bring the answers together in a vision of a better world. Author Kim Stanley Robinson talks about his 'The Ministry for the Future' - One of Barack Obama's favourite books of last year. 'If I could get policymakers and citizens everywhere to read just one book this year, it would be Kim Stanley Robinson's The Ministry for the Future' Ezra Klein, Vox'A novel that presents a...
2021-12-081h 01
Resources RadioFacing Fears and Imagining Innovation for Climate Change, with Kim Stanley RobinsonIn this week’s episode, host Daniel Raimi talks with Kim Stanley Robinson, acclaimed author of many books, most recently “The Ministry for the Future.” Robinson’s books vividly illustrate some of the most devastating potential consequences of climate change, but that’s not all they do—the books also offer innovation and optimism, imagining the ways in which we can prevent some of the worst impacts of climate change and adapt to the impacts that are unavoidable. Robinson discusses his recent visit to COP 26 and his views on climate economics, modern monetary theory, space opera, and more.
References and recommendati...
2021-11-2834 min
SCIFI SNAKEp. 89: Kim Stanley Robinson, The Ministry for the FutureKim Stanley Robinson var alles Hard Scifi darling i halvfemserne, med hans serie af Mars-bøger, der startede i 1992 med Red Mars. Og de Hard Scifi skills har han bragt med sig ind i Cli-Fi genren; Science Fiction om klimaudfordringerne. Seneste læste vi i SCIFI SNAK New York 2140.
Det spændende ved The Ministry for the Future er, at den er et meget ambitiøst projekt. Kim Stanley Robinson giver her, en fortælling om, hvordan menneskeheden tackler klima-krisen, i en global historie der forløber fra 2025 til cirka omkring 2050.
Vi følger Mary, der er...
2021-11-2054 min
The Boldly Now ShowGFI02: Transcending the Climate Crisis with Kim Stanley RobinsonGFI02: TRANSCENDING THE CLIMATE CRISIS with Kim Stanley RobinsonShow SummaryTune into the Bold.ly Now Show featuring Kim Stanley Robinson, the Hugo and Nebula winning author of the Mars Trilogy. He is known as a realistic, science-based highly-literary science fiction author with over 20 books published. Stan's work often focuses on themes like sustainability, economic & social justice, climate change, and speculative futures. Today, we discuss these themes covered in Stan’s atypical sci-fi novel, The Ministry for the Future. Stan uses the book to demonstrate a vision of a new future for humanity and in...
2021-11-121h 12
Azeem Azhar's Exponential ViewImagining Climate Futures with Kim Stanley RobinsonKim Stanley Robinson, the legendary science-fiction novelist, has a private utopian hope: “to dodge a mass extinction event.” He joins Azeem Azhar to explore his recent novel, The Ministry For the Future, and what it would take for institutions, individuals, and emerging technologies to save millions of lives.
They also discuss:
When civil disobedience and direct climate action may become a moral necessity.
Why central banks and a radical shift of economic incentives are vital to drive decarbonization.
What climate restoration is and why it offers better prospects than climate engineering.
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2021-07-071h 01
Planetary Regeneration Podcast042: Kim Stanley Robinson | The Ministry for the FutureOn this episode of the Planetary Regeneration Podcast, host Gregory Landua takes a deep dive with SciFi author Kim Stanley Robinson into Stan's writing process, different theories of change, the financial and economic theories behind Stan's most recent book, and the ethical imperatives of our times.
Gregory mentions Regen Network's Discord server; here's where to find it: https://discord.com/channels/684494798358315010/882326958946517103
Kim Stanley Robinson is the author of twenty-two novels including the Mars trilogy and The Ministry for the Future, which Barack Obama named as one of his favorite books of 2020. You can find out more about Robinson's work on...
2021-05-062h 04
Night White SkiesEp. 083 _ Robert Markley_ 'Kim Stanley Robinson; There is probably no bigger name in science fiction in the last 50 years than Kim Stanley Robinson. Robert Markley (who I'm speaking with today) wrote a book with that very title, 'Kim Stanley Robinson' that looks at his work. The book looks at the works including the alternate histories of The Days of Rice and Salt, the future through the Mars Trilogy, as well as books like Shaman that take place 30,000 year in the past before written language. Ultimately, the work looks at how we as a species and civilization might move forward as we come to grasp the...
2021-04-1241 min
The Trans-AtlanticistNovel RomAntics #3: Kim Stanley Robinson's The Ministry for the Futurewith Douglas Cowie and Adam Roberts
In Episode 3, host Douglas Cowie and his guest, science fiction writer Adam Roberts, discuss The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson, an ambitious novel set in the near future that tells the story of a global effort to slow impending environmental collapse.
Please also see Adam Robert's post about the novel here https://sibilantfricative.blogspot.com/2020/10/kim-stanley-robinson-ministry-for.html
2021-04-0847 min
The Climate Pod"The Ministry For The Future" Author Kim Stanley Robinson On The Systemic Breakdown At the Core of the Climate CrisisThis week, Kim Stanley Robinson, renowned science fiction writer and author of "The Ministry For The Future," joins the show for a wide-ranging discussion on the systemic collapse that's led to the climate crisis, the power and importance of language and fiction in dissecting complicated policies and decisions, his problem with most economists, and what keeps him optimistic about what could happen in the future. He also tells us how the American leftist tradition helped shape his politics in the 1970s as a student and what it has been like writing fiction amid the parallel rise of neoliberalism over...
2021-03-241h 05
What Could Possibly Go Right?#32 Kim Stanley Robinson: The Paris Agreement, Neoliberal Capitalism, and Carbon Quantitative EasingNew York Times best-selling author Kim Stanley Robinson joins Vicki Robin this week. Widely recognized as one of the foremost living writers of science fiction, Robinson is the author of more than twenty books, includingThe Ministry For The Future, the best-selling 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.From his perspective as a utopian science fiction writer, he answers the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?” with thoughts including:That science fiction, literature, and arts...
2021-03-2338 min
Warm RegardsBuilding our Climate Futures Through Storytelling (Part 1), w/Eric Holthaus + Kim Stanley RobinsonIn the first episode of our two-part finale of our season on climate data, we’re going to focus on fiction, not facts: specifically, on the world-building, future-crafting writers who tell stories to warn us, teach us, inspire us, and motivate us to work for the future of our choosing. In speaking with authors Eric Holthaus and Kim Stanley Robinson, they discuss how hope, empathy, and, of course, climate science and climate data, informed their most recent work, Eric’s The Future Earth and Kim Stanley Robinson’s The Ministry for the Future.
You can find a link to a full t...
2021-03-0853 min
Outrage + Optimism: The Climate Podcast89. The Ministry for the Future with Kim Stanley RobinsonOn Friday, The United States will officially be back in the Paris Climate Agreement! *cue appropriate volume of fanfare* And while in a week where Dallas, Texas is colder than Anchorage, Alaska - our co-host Paul Dickinson takes us on a short list of topics discussing the social cost of carbon recently updated by Joseph Stiglitz and Lord Nicholas Stern to match the severity of the climate crisis, as well as a listener question regarding the unregulated growth and steadily growing emissions of bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. But all of this in context, with t...
2021-02-181h 10
Reversing Climate ChangeS2E51: Kim Stanley Robinson chats The Ministry for the Future, blockchain, & macroeconomics12 years ago, Nori cofounder and CEO Paul Gambill was a College Republican. And while he wasn’t a climate denier, he didn’t think that humanity’s 1% contribution to global CO2 emissions was a big deal. And then he read Kim Stanley Robinson’s Mars Trilogy and began to understand the outsized impact of our actions. Not only did the science fiction novels change Paul’s perspective on climate change, they inspired him to dedicate his life’s work to making it better.
American novelist Kim Stanley Robinson is one of the foremost living writers of science fiction. Man...
2021-02-161h 37
Singularity.FMKim Stanley Robinson on Climate Change and the Ministry for the FutureKim Stanley Robinson has an asteroid named after him. The reason for that is simple: Stan, as he’s often known among people who know him, is one of the best known contemporary authors of classic [hard] science fiction. He has written 20 books that have been translated into 25 languages and has won pretty much all literary awards in his genre that you can think of. His latest novel is The Ministry for the Future and it deals with global warming – arguably the main challenge that humanity is facing today. I can keep going but I hope you agreed with me the...
2021-01-112h 20
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Length: 20 hours 43 minutes
Release date: October 6, 2020
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.22 of Total 73
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Genres: Animals & Nature
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From legendary science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson comes a remarkable vision of climate change over the coming decades. The Ministry for the Future is a ma...
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Author: Kim Stanley Robinson
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Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 20 hours 43 minutes
Release date: October 6, 2020
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.22 of Total 73
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Genres: Apocalyptic & Dystopian
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From legendary science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson comes a remarkable vision of climate change over the coming decades. The Ministry for the Future is a ma...
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Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 20 hours 43 minutes
Release date: October 6, 2020
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.22 of Total 73
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Author: Kim Stanley Robinson
Narrator: Gary Bennett, Joniece Abbott Pratt, Nikki Massoud, Inés Del Castillo, Jennifer Fitzgerald, Ramon De Ocampo, Natasha Soudek, Fajer Al-Kaisi, Raphael Corkhill, Vikas Adam, Barrie Kreinik
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 20 hours 43 minutes
Release date: October 6, 2020
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.22 of Total 73
Ratings of Narrator: 4.37 of Total 19
Genres: Animals & Nature
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2020-10-068h 43Get Your Favorite Full Audiobooks in Science Fiction & Fantasy, Apocalyptic & DystopianThe Ministry for the Future: A Novel by Kim Stanley RobinsonPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/419242to listen full audiobooks.
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Author: Kim Stanley Robinson
Narrator: Gary Bennett, Joniece Abbott Pratt, Nikki Massoud, Inés Del Castillo, Jennifer Fitzgerald, Ramon De Ocampo, Natasha Soudek, Fajer Al-Kaisi, Raphael Corkhill, Vikas Adam, Barrie Kreinik
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 20 hours 43 minutes
Release date: October 6, 2020
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.22 of Total 73
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Genres: Apocalyptic & Dystopian
Publisher's Summary:
From legendary science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson comes a remarkable vision of climate change over the coming decades. The Ministry for the Future is a ma...
2020-10-068h 43
Future PositiveScience Fiction Becomes Science Fact with Kim Stanley RobinsonIn this episode, XPRIZE founder Peter H. Diamandis discusses AI and how it is often portrayed in science fiction with world renowned sci-fi author Kim Stanley Robinson, at XPRIZE Visioneering recorded at Paramount Studios. Robinson questions our relationship with AI and the important future of synthetic medicine. Although he is inspired by space exploration, he argues that the race to Mars is not an urgent problem, but rather a reward for fixing the problems on planet Earth. Recently named by Fortune as one of the “World’s 50 Greatest Leaders,” Peter H. Diamandis is the founder and ex...
2020-07-1800 min
Long Now: Conversations at The IntervalAdapting to Sea Level Rise: The Science of New York 2140: Kim Stanley RobinsonLegendary science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson returns to The Interval to discuss his just released novel New York 2140. Robinson will discuss how starting from the most up to date climate science available to him, he derived a portrait of New York City as "super-Venice" and the resilient civilization that inhabits it in his novel. In 02016 Robinson spoke at The Interval about the economic ideas that inform New York 2140. He will be joined by futurist Peter Schwartz in conversation after his talk.
Kim Stanley Robinson is an American novelist, widely recognized as one of the foremost living writers of science...
2020-07-181h 04Long NowKim Stanley Robinson: Adapting to Sea Level Rise: The Science of New York 2140Legendary science fiction author [Kim Stanley Robinson](http://www.kimstanleyrobinson.info/) returns to The Interval to discuss his just released novel New York 2140. Robinson discussed how starting from the most up to date climate science available to him, he derived a portrait of New York City as "super-Venice" and the resilient civilization that inhabits it in his novel. In 02016 Robinson spoke at The Interval about [the economic ideas that inform _New York 2140_](http://theinterval.org/salon-talks/02017/may/10/adapting-sea-level-rise-science-new-york-2140). He was joined by futurist [Peter Schwartz](https://longnow.org/people/board/schwartz11/) in conversation after his talk.
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2020-07-181h 04
The Skiffy and Fanty Show383. The Wild Shore by Kim Stanley Robinson (Reading Rangers)Scavengers, teenagers, and truth-stretching old dudes, oh my! Jen and Shaun are at it again with another Reading Rangers format. This time, they explore The Wild Shore, the first book in Kim Stanley Robinson’s Three Californias trilogy, recently reprinted by Tor. Together, they explore the novel’s themes of teen life, literary history, and the post-apocalypse, the political underpinnings of Robinson’s treatment of post-apocalypse California, the importance of story to survival, and so much more! Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy the episode! Show Notes: The Three Californias Trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson (Tor Reprint) If you have a q...
2020-06-151h 02
The Skiffy and Fanty Show383. The Wild Shore by Kim Stanley Robinson (Reading Rangers)Scavengers, teenagers, and truth-stretching old dudes, oh my! Jen and Shaun are at it again with another Reading Rangers format. This time, they explore The Wild Shore, the first book in Kim Stanley Robinson’s Three Californias trilogy, recently reprinted by Tor. Together, they explore the novel’s themes of teen life, literary history, and the post-apocalypse, the political underpinnings of Robinson’s treatment of post-apocalypse California, the importance of story to survival, and so much more! Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy the episode! Show Notes: The Three Californias Trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson (Tor Reprint) If you have a q...
2020-06-151h 02
The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 403: Ten Minutes with Kim Stanley RobinsonTen minutes with... is a special series presented by Coode Street that sees readers and booklovers from around the world talk about what they're reading right now and what's getting them through these difficult times.
Today one of our most important novelists, Kim Stanley Robinson, joins Gary for a chat that touches upon the challenges of maintaining a consistent narrative voice in longer works, Daniel Defoe and the origins of the historical novel, Stan’s own new monthly column for Bloomberg Green, and his forthcoming novel, The Ministry for the Future.
Books mentioned include:
Three...
2020-05-0117 min
Recall This Book29 RTB Books in Dark Times 6: Kim Stanley Robinson (JP)Kim Stanley Robinson, SF novelist of renown, has three marvelous trilogies: The Three Californias, Science in the Capital and, most celebrated of all, Red Mars, Green Mars and Blue Mars. His honors include many Locus, Hugo and Nebulae awards. Small fact connecting him to RTB-land: he completed a literature PhD directed by Frederic Jameson with … Continue reading "29 RTB Books in Dark Times 6: Kim Stanley Robinson (JP)" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2020-04-3023 min
Stories for Earth: Climate Change in Pop CultureS1 E6: Pacific Edge by Kim Stanley Robinson: A Future MythologyOur discussion of Pacific Edge by Kim Stanley Robinson covers a plot summary and explores what our future can look like through this utopian eco fiction novel.
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2020-02-2517 minLong Now: Conversations at The IntervalLearning From Le Guin: Kim Stanley RobinsonThe legacy of Ursula K Le Guin lives beyond the page
in generations of writers who have learned from her. She used fantastic fiction to imagine ideals for the real world. Kim Stanley Robinson, her student 40 years ago and now a celebrated science fiction writer himself, reflects on Le Guin the teacher,
her impact on his work, and how she changed the world.
Kim Stanley Robinson is an American novelist, widely recognized as one of the foremost living writers of science fiction. His work has been described as "humanist science fiction" and "literary science fiction." He has published more than 20 nove...
2019-07-121h 34Long NowKim Stanley Robinson: Learning From Le GuinThe legacy of [Ursula K Le Guin](http://www.ursulakleguin.com/) lives beyond the page in generations of writers who have learned from her. She used fantastic fiction to imagine ideals for the real world. Kim Stanley Robinson, her student 40 years ago and now a celebrated science fiction writer himself, reflects on Le Guin the teacher, her impact on his work, and how she changed the world.
[Kim Stanley Robinson](http://www.kimstanleyrobinson.info/) is an American novelist, widely recognized as one of the foremost living writers of science fiction. His work has been described as "humanist science fiction" and "...
2019-07-121h 34
Marooned! on Mars with Matt and HilaryA Nebula Award for a Double -- the Kim Stanley Robinson InterviewHello! We are so happy and proud to present this episode, our wide-ranging interview with the man himself!
Kim Stanley Robinson, avid listener of our Kim Stanley Robinson podcast, graciously gave us some of his time during a layover at O'Hare in Chicago--hence the no doubt at times bad sound, so please forgive us. Hilary and Matt met Stan at the O'Hare Hilton bar, where we chatted over numerous topics, related and unrelated to the Mars novels. We talked about the origin of the novels, the historical moment of their creation (the so-called "end of history"), and the process of...
2019-06-301h 26
The Imaginaries PodcastEpisode 87 : Kim Stanley Robinson ("There is no pocket utopia.")Kim Stanley Robinson is widely known for "Red Mars" (and its sequels), "2312," "Antarctica," "Galileo's Dream," "The Years of Rice and Salt," "Aurora," "New York 2140," and most recently, "Red Moon." His name has also become tied to Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal thanks to an article by Naomi Klein about AOC's "Message from the Future" video. (You can read and watch that here: https://theintercept.com/2019/04/17/green-new-deal-short-film-alexandria-ocasio-cortez/) He also contributed an article to Sierra Magazine's Jan/Feb 2019 issue: "There is No Planet B." Amazing. (Read that one here: https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2019-1-january-february/feature/there-no-planet-b-kim-stanley-robinson)
We talk with...
2019-06-1400 min
The Long Now FoundationLearning From Le Guin - Kim Stanley RobinsonThe legacy of Ursula K Le Guin: http://www.ursulakleguin.com/ lives beyond the page
in generations of writers who have learned from her. She used fantastic fiction to imagine ideals for the real world. Kim Stanley Robinson, her student 40 years ago and now a celebrated science fiction writer himself, reflects on Le Guin the teacher,
her impact on his work, and how she changed the world.
Kim Stanley Robinson: http://www.kimstanleyrobinson.info/ is an American novelist, widely recognized as one of the foremost living writers of science fiction. His work has been described as "humanist science fiction" and "lite...
2018-11-121h 34Long NowKim Stanley Robinson: How Climate Will Evolve Government and SocietyHumanity’s adaptation to climate change will require novel, global cooperation and societal evolution. The award-winning science fiction author of _2312_ , the _Mars_ Trilogy, and _Aurora_ shares his vision for how the world must change in advance of his 02017 novel _New York 2140_. Hosted by Stewart Brand. From May 02016.
[Kim Stanley Robinson](http://www.kimstanleyrobinson.info/) is an American novelist, widely recognized as one of the foremost living writers of science fiction. His work has been described as "humanist science fiction" and "literary science fiction." He has published more than 20 novels including his much honored "[Mars trilogy](http://www.kimstanleyrobinson.info/content/ma...
2017-08-011h 02
The Long Now FoundationAdapting to Sea Level Rise: The Science of New York 2140 - Kim Stanley RobinsonLegendary science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson: http://www.kimstanleyrobinson.info/ returns to The Interval to discuss his just released novel New York 2140. Robinson will discuss how starting from the most up to date climate science available to him, he derived a portrait of New York City as "super-Venice" and the resilient civilization that inhabits it in his novel. In 02016 Robinson spoke at The Interval about the economic ideas that inform "New York 2140": http://theinterval.org/salon-talks/02017/may/10/adapting-sea-level-rise-science-new-york-2140. He will be joined by futurist Peter Schwartz: http://longnow.org/people/board/schwartz11/ in conversation after his talk.
Kim Stanley...
2017-05-091h 04
The SF in SF PodcastJanuary 2017: Kim Stanley Robinson and Cecelia HollandAn evening with authors Kim Stanley Robinson and Cecelia Holland, reading and in conversation with Terry Bisson.
Kim Stanley Robinson has published nineteen novels and numerous short stories but is best known for his Mars trilogy. His work has been translated into 24 languages. Many of his novels and stories have ecological, cultural and political themes running through them and feature scientists as heroes. Robinson has won numerous awards, including the Hugo Award for Best Novel, the Nebula Award for Best Novel and the World Fantasy Award. Robinson's work has been labeled by The Atlantic as "the gold-standard of realistic, and...
2017-02-151h 21
The Long Now FoundationHow Climate Will Evolve Government and Society — Kim Stanley RobinsonHumanity’s adaptation to climate change will require novel, global cooperation and societal evolution. The award-winning science fiction author of "2312", the "Mars" Trilogy, and "Aurora" shares his vision for how the world must change in advance of his 02017 novel "New York 2140". Hosted by Stewart Brand.
Kim Stanley Robinson: http://www.kimstanleyrobinson.info/ is an American novelist, widely recognized as one of the foremost living writers of science fiction. His work has been described as "humanist science fiction" and "literary science fiction." He has published more than 20 novels including his much honored "Mars trilogy: http://www.kimstanleyrobinson.info/content/mars-trilogy", "New Yo...
2016-05-041h 02
Planetary RadioInterstellar Dreams: Kim Stanley Robinson's "Aurora"Famed science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson is back with Aurora, a cautionary tale about just how difficult interstellar travel may be. Emily Lakdawalla reveals the used space shuttle part that has gone to Mars. Bill Nye hopes Congress will boost space exploration, but not by calling it a “renaissance.” Bruce and Mat get all starry-eyed on this week’s What’s Up. Related links are here: http://www.planetary.org/multimedia/planetary-radio/show/2016/0229-kim-stanley-robinson-aurora.html
2016-03-011h 082015 – Notes from Coode StreetEpisode 238: Kim Stanley Robinson and AuroraThis week we are joined by Hugo and Nebula Award winning writer Kim Stanley Robinson to discuss generation starships, how we might live in space, how space opera is becoming a subset of fantasy and his exciting new novel Aurora (due July 7). We are delighted to be able to present what is one of the first … Continue reading Episode 238: Kim Stanley Robinson and Aurora →
2015-06-2700 min
SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #314 - READALONG: Pacific Edge by Kim Stanley Robinson
The SFFaudio Podcast #314 – Jesse, Jenny, and Paul talk about Pacific Edge by Kim Stanley Robinson.
Talked about on today’s show:
1990, what was it about this book…, nothing much happens, utopia, utopian novels generally don’t exist, Brave New World, conflict, the only death in the book, if it was a literary novel, Ramona’s thighs, almost a perfect novel, “constructed”, softball, batting a thousand, light symbolism, Tom in Switzerland, so much to think about during the lazy days, a magical transformation, fascinatingly insightful, what human beings are trying to do all the time, “that’s the novel...
2015-04-271h 12
StarShipSofaStarShipSofa No 382 Kim Stanley RobinsonComing Up…Subscribe to my new YouTube ChannelOctagon TechnologyMain Fiction: “Discovering Life” by Kim Stanley RobinsonRobinson began publishing novels in 1984. His work has been described as “humanist science fiction” and “literary science fiction”. Robinson himself has been a proud defender and advocate of science fiction as a genre, which he regards as one of the most powerful of all literary forms.Narrator: Krista SirotaShort Fiction: “Purple Mars” by Kim Stanley RobinsonNarrator:
2015-04-1555 min
AboutSF AUDIOEpisode 020: John Tibbets' Interview with Kim Stanley Robinson, part 1Episode 020 of the AboutSF podcast is a recording of an interview John C. Tibbetts conducted with science fiction writer Kim Stanley Robinson. If you have not been following the podcasts, John Tibbetts, associate professor in the department of Film and Media Studies at the University of Kansas, provided donations of audio interviews with luminaries in the fields of Science Fiction and Fantasy, including Ray Bradbury, Frederick Pohl and Stephen King, among others, to the J. Wayne and Elsie M. Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction in Lawrence, KS. The interviews, gathered during the course of a lifetime...
2012-08-1050 min
Rudy Rucker PodcastsPodcast #59. Interview: In Conversation with Kim Stanley Robinson, Capitola.June 4, 2011. Rick Kleffel leads Rudy and Kim Stanley Robinson in conversation at the Capitola Book Cafe. Rudy is mainly discussing his novel JIM AND THE FLIMS, and Stan is talking about his fantasy-historical novel GALILEO’S DREAM. Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts.The post Podcast #59. Interview: In Conversation with Kim Stanley Robinson, Capitola. first appeared on Rudy's Blog.
2011-06-0457 min