Interview http://www.locusmag.com/1997/Issues/09/KSRobinson.html in Locus, (September 1997) <br class="br">Context: Science fiction rarely is about scientists doing real science, in its slowness, its vagueness, the sort of tedious quality of getting out there and digging amongst rocks and then trying to convince people that what you're seeing justifies the conclusions you're making. The whole process of science is wildly under-represented in science fiction because it's not easy to write about. There are many facets of science that are almost exactly opposite of dramatic narrative. It's slow, tedious, inconclusive, it's hard to tell good guys from bad guys — it's everything that a normal hour of Star Trek is not.
Kim Stanley Robinson: Quotes about people
Kim Stanley Robinson is American science fiction writer. Explore interesting quotes on people.“People then form their judgment on what they think of X and Y.”
John Boone
Red Mars (1992)
Context: The only part of an argument that really matters is what we think of the people arguing. X claims a, Y claims b. They make arguments to support their claims with any number of points. But when their listeners remember the discussion, what matters is simply that X believes a and Y believes b. People then form their judgment on what they think of X and Y.
“The only part of an argument that really matters is what we think of the people arguing.”
John Boone
Red Mars (1992)
Context: The only part of an argument that really matters is what we think of the people arguing. X claims a, Y claims b. They make arguments to support their claims with any number of points. But when their listeners remember the discussion, what matters is simply that X believes a and Y believes b. People then form their judgment on what they think of X and Y.
“Historical analogy is the last refuge of people who can't grasp the current situation.”
Frank Chalmers
Red Mars (1992)
As quoted in "Future tense" in The Guardian (14 September 2005) http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2005/sep/14/sciencefictionfantasyandhorror.sarahcrown
Kim Stanley Robinson book The Years of Rice and Salt
Book 4: "The Alchemist", § 11
The Years of Rice and Salt (2002)
Kim Stanley Robinson book Galileo's Dream
Source: Galileo's Dream (2009), Ch. 20, p. 513–514
“It was not power that corrupted people, but fools who corrupted power.”
Kim Stanley Robinson book Green Mars
Nadia Chernyshevski
Green Mars (1993)
Source: Blue Mars (1996), Chapter 14, “Phoenix Lake” (p. 748)
Source: Blue Mars (1996), Chapter 14, “Phoenix Lake” (pp. 746-747)
Source: Blue Mars (1996), Chapter 8, “The Green and the White” (p. 393)
Source: Blue Mars (1996), Chapter 3, “A New Constitution” (pp. 128-129)
Kim Stanley Robinson book Green Mars
Source: Green Mars (1993), Chapter 10, “Phase Change” (p. 579)
Kim Stanley Robinson book Green Mars
Source: Green Mars (1993), Chapter 9, “The Spur of the Moment” (p. 450)
Kim Stanley Robinson book Green Mars
Source: Green Mars (1993), Chapter 6, “Tariqat” (p. 315)
Source: Red Mars (1992), Chapter 7, “Senzeni Na” (p. 526)
Source: Red Mars (1992), Chapter 5, “Falling into History” (p. 375)
“You can’t make love to your fame. Even though some people try.”
Source: Red Mars (1992), Chapter 4, “Homesick” (p. 221)