Mars Trilogy & more by Kim Stanley Robinson ~ 23 AUDIOBOOK COLLECTION

Kim Stanley Robinson (born March 23, 1952) is an American science fiction writer, best known for his award-winning Mars trilogy. Robinson's work has been labeled by reviewers as literary science fiction. In 1974, he earned a B.A. in literature from the University of California, San Diego. In 1975, he earned an M.A. in English from Boston University and in 1982, he earned a PhD in English from the University of California, San Diego. His doctoral thesis, The Novels of Philip K. Dick, was published in 1984. A hardcover version was published by UMI Research Press. Robinson describes himself as a backpacker but not a mountain climber, though mountain climbing appears in several of his fiction works, notably Antarctica, the Mars trilogy, "Green Mars" (a short story found in The Martians), the Science in the Capital series beginning with Forty Signs of Rain, and Escape from Kathmandu. Robinson was an instructor at the Clarion Workshop in 2009. In 2010, Robinson was guest of honor at the 68th World Science Fiction Convention, held in Melbourne, Australia. In April 2011, Robinson presented at the second annual Rethinking Capitalism conference, held at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Among other points made, his talk addressed the cyclical nature of capitalism. Virtually all of Robinson's novels have an ecological component; sustainability would have to be counted among his primary themes. (A strong contender for the primary theme would be the nature of a plausible utopia.) The Orange County trilogy is about the way in which the technological intersects with the natural, highlighting the importance of keeping the two in balance. In the Mars trilogy, one of the principal divisions among the population of Mars is based on dissenting views on terraforming; It is heavily debated whether or not the seemingly barren Martian landscape has a similar ecological or spiritual value to a living ecosphere like Earth's. Forty Signs of Rain has an entirely ecological thrust, taking global warming for its principal subject. Robinson's work often explores alternatives to modern capitalism. In the Mars trilogy, it is argued that capitalism is an outgrowth of feudalism, which could be replaced in the future by a more democratic economic system. Worker ownership and cooperatives figure prominently in Green Mars and Blue Mars as a replacement for traditional corporations. The Orange County trilogy explores similar arrangements; Pacific Edge includes the idea of attacking the legal framework behind corporate domination to promote social egalitarianism.

CONTENT:

Mars Trilogy
1. Red Mars (read by Richard Ferrone)
2. Green Mars (read by Richard Ferrone)
3. Blue Mars (read by Richard Ferrone)

Science in the Capitol Series
4. Forty Signs Of Rain (read by Peter Ganim)
5. Fifty Degrees Below (read by Peter Ganim)
6. Sixty Days And Counting (read by Peter Ganim)

Three Californias Triptych Series
7. The Wild Shore (read by Stefan Rudnicki)
8. The Gold Coast (read by Stefan Rudnicki)
9. Pacific Edge (read by Stefan Rudnicki)

Non-Series
10. The High Sierra (read by Kim Stanley Robinson)
11. The Ministry For The Future (read by Ramon de Ocampo and others)
12. The Best Of Kim Stanley Robinson (read by David Marantz)
13. Icehenge (read by Kevin T. Collins, Danny Campbell, Carla Mercer-Meyer)
14. Red Moon (read by Joy Osmanski, Feodor Chin, Maxwell Hamilton)
15. New York 2140 (read by Robin Miles and others)
16. 2312 (read by Sarah Zimmerman)
17. The Years Of Rice And Salt (read by Bronson Pinchot)
18. Aurora (read by Ali Ahn)
19. Antarctica (read by Dan Bloom)
20. Shaman (read by Graeme Malcolm)
21. Galileo's Dream (read by George Guidall)
22. A Short, Sharp Shock (read by Paul Michael Garcia)
23. A Martian Romance (read by Brian Corrigan)

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- Audiobooks are read by professional narrators.

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