The Best of Kim Stanley Robinson
Kim Stanley Robinson
Language: English
Pages: 389
ISBN: 1597801852
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
From Kim Stanley Robinson, award-winning 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 twenty-two stories, including the Nebula Award-winning "The Blind Geometer," and World Fantasy Award winner "Black Air" represent The Best of Kim Stanley Robinson.
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