{"product_id":"the-best-of-kim-stanley-robinson","title":"The Best of Kim Stanley Robinson","description":"\u003cp\u003eAdventurers, scientists, artists, workers, and visionaries  these are the men and women you will encounter in the short fiction of Kim Stanley Robinson. In settings ranging from the sunken ruins of Venice to the upper reaches of the Himalayas to the terraformed surface of Mars itself, and through themes of environmental sustainability, social justice, personal responsibility, sports, adventure, and fun, Robinsons protagonists explore a world which stands in sharp contrast to many of the traditional locales and mores of science fiction, presenting instead a world in which Utopia rests within our grasp.Kim Stanley Robinson has been an ongoing force in the Science Fiction genre for over twenty years, with his novels (Years of Rice and Salt, Forty Signs of Rain) crossing over to the mainstream, and routinely appearing on the New York Times best sellers list. During the 80s and early nineties, his short fiction continued to push the boundaries of science fiction, defining the sciencefocused side of the science fiction genre.Awardwinning editor Jonathan Strahan worked with Kim Stanley Robinson to select the stories that make up this landmark volume. In addition to these reprints, The Best of Kim Stanley Robinson features a brandnew short story, The Timpanist of the Berlin Philharmonic, 1942.From Kim Stanley Robinson, awardwinning author of the Mars Trilogy, the Three Californias Trilogy, the Science in the Capital series, The Martians, and The Years of Rice and Salt, comes The Best of Kim Stanley Robinson. These twentytwo stories, including the Nebula Awardwinning The Blind Geometer, and World Fantasy Award winner Black Air represent The Best of Kim Stanley Robinson.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Night Shade","offers":[{"title":"Robinson, Kim Stanley \/ paperback","offer_id":47842117452021,"sku":"DADAX1597801852","price":14.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/5804\/8501\/files\/71Sm5ZsKnTL.jpg?v=1773771944","url":"https:\/\/ergodebooks.com\/products\/the-best-of-kim-stanley-robinson","provider":"Ergodebooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}