- The Huntington has acquired the papers and personal library of Kim Stanley Robinson, acclaimed science fiction author of the Mars trilogy and The Ministry for the Future.
- The archive includes manuscripts, correspondence, notebooks, photographs, and Robinson’s personal reference library.
- Highlights include drafts of nearly all of Robinson’s major novels and annotated works by authors who have shaped his thinking.
- The collection will be processed with the goal of making it available to researchers by 2027.
The Huntington announced today that it has acquired the papers and personal library of Kim Stanley Robinson, a New York Times bestselling author and winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus awards.
Robinson is the author of more than 20 books, including his bestselling Mars trilogy—Red Mars (1992), Green Mars (1993), Blue Mars (1996)—and the widely praised 2312 (2012), Shaman (2013), New York 2140 (2017), and The Ministry for the Future (2020).
“It’s a deep pleasure to have my archive go to The Huntington,” said Robinson. “I remember visiting from Orange County when I was in school; as a lifelong library lover, I was amazed there could be such a big and beautiful one. Since then, I’ve known The Huntington as the home of the Octavia E. Butler papers, and I’m proud to have mine join hers there. Science fiction is the genre best suited to expressing Southern California—as our work will show. I’m also honored to have my papers join the library that holds those of other authors I admire, such as Hilary Mantel and Thomas Pynchon.”
More details: https://www.huntington.org/news/huntington-acquires-archive-and-library-award-winning-science-fiction-writer-kim-stanley
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