The politics of the network: the science in the capital trilogy

Book synopsis: While Kim Stanley Robinson is perhaps best known for his hard science fiction works Red Mars, Green Mars and Blue Mars, the epic trilogy exploring ecological and sociological themes involved in human settlement of the Red Planet, his contributions to utopian science fiction are diverse and numerous. Along with aspects of sociology and ecology in the Mars trilogy and other topics, these essays examine Robinson’s use of alternate history and politics, both in his many novels and in his short stories. While Robinson has long been a subject of literary criticism, this collection, which includes five new essays and is drawn from writers on four continents, broadens the interpretive debate surrounding Robinson’s science fiction and argues for consideration of the author as an intellectual figure of the first rank.

书籍简介：金·斯坦利·罗宾逊或许因其硬科幻作品《红火星》《绿火星》和《蓝火星》而最为人所知，这部史诗三部曲探讨了人类在红色星球定居所涉及的生态和社会学主题，而他对乌托邦科幻小说的贡献是多样且众多的。除了《火星三部曲》中的社会学和生态学方面以及其他主题外，这些文章还探讨了罗宾逊在其众多小说和短篇小说中对架空历史和政治的运用。虽然罗宾逊长期以来一直是文学批评的对象，但这本选集收录了来自四大洲作者的五篇新文章，拓宽了围绕罗宾逊科幻小说的阐释性辩论，并主张将这位作者视为一流的知识分子。