Character guide · 9 books · 1992 to 2020 · Often set in Washington, D.C.

Kim Stanley Robinson

Thriller and suspense Science fictionPolitical thriller Hard science fiction

Kim Stanley Robinson writes detailed, political science fiction about how we might live better. His Mars trilogy follows the First Hundred colonists over two centuries of terraforming and revolution; The Ministry for the Future imagines a world tackling climate change.

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Mars

3 books · Set in MarsHard science fictionPolitical thriller

1Red Mars1992With John Boone and Frank ChalmersBuy on Amazon
2Green Mars1993With Maya Toitovna and Nadia CherneshevskyBuy on Amazon
3Blue Mars1996With Maya Toitovna and Nadia CherneshevskyBuy on Amazon

Science in the Capital

3 books · Set in Washington, D.C.Hard science fictionPolitical thriller

1Forty Signs of Rain2004With Frank Vanderwal and Charlie QuiblerBuy on Amazon
2Fifty Degrees Below2005With Frank Vanderwal and Charlie QuiblerBuy on Amazon
3Sixty Days and Counting2007With Frank Vanderwal and Charlie QuiblerBuy on Amazon