Editing Kim Stanley Robinson (section)

==Early life and education==
Robinson was born in [[Waukegan, Illinois]]. He moved to [[Southern California]] as a child.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1 = Adams|first1 = John Joseph|title = Sci-Fi Scribes on Ray Bradbury: 'Storyteller, Showman and Alchemist'|url = https://www.wired.com/2012/06/ray-bradbury-writer-memories/|magazine = Wired|access-date = September 4, 2015|date = June 6, 2012}}</ref>

In 1974, he earned a B.A. in literature from the [[University of California, San Diego]].<ref name="uctv.tv">{{cite web|last1 = Potts|first1 = Stephen|title = UCSD Guestbook: Kim Stanley Robinson|url = http://www.uctv.tv/shows/UCSD-Guestbook-Kim-Stanley-Robinson-5001|website = UCTV|publisher = University of California Television|access-date = September 5, 2015|date = July 11, 2000}}</ref> In 1975, he earned an M.A. in English from [[Boston University]]. In 1978 Robinson moved to [[Davis, California]], to take a break from his graduate studies at the University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego). During this time, he worked as a bookseller for Orpheus Books. He also taught freshman composition and other courses at [[University of California, Davis]].<ref name="The Davis Enterprise">{{cite news|last1=Hudsen |first1=Jeff |title=Davis a perfect fit for a sci-fi novelist |url=http://www.davisenterprise.com/articles/2004/10/18/news/074new1.txt |archive-url=https://archive.today/20041122040616/http://www.davisenterprise.com/articles/2004/10/18/news/074new1.txt |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 22, 2004 |access-date=September 8, 2015 |publisher=The Davis Enterprise |date=October 18, 2004 }}</ref>

In 1982, Robinson earned a PhD in English from UC San Diego.<ref name="uctv.tv"/> His original PhD advisor was literary critic and [[Marxism|Marxist]] scholar [[Fredric Jameson]],<ref name="Bioneers" /> who had pointed Robinson toward works by [[Philip K. Dick]]. Jameson described Dick to his student as "the greatest living American writer".<ref name="uctv.tv" /> Jameson moved to [[University of California, Santa Cruz|UC Santa Cruz]] and Robinson finished his doctoral thesis under Donald Wesling.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Heer |first=Jeet |date=2024-10-03 |title=Fredric Jameson Named the System We Are Still Fighting |url=https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/fredric-jameson-science-fiction-obituary-marxism/#:~:text=that%20first%20started%20under%20Jameson%E2%80%99s%20supervision%20(although%20it%20was%20completed%20under%20Donald%20Wesling%20after%20Jameson%20moved%20to%20another%20university) |access-date=2024-10-05 |language=en-US |issn=0027-8378}}</ref> The dissertation was entitled ''The Novels of Philip K. Dick''.<ref>{{cite thesis |last=Robinson |first=Kim Stanley |title=The novels of Philip K. Dick |degree=PhD |institution=[[University of California, San Diego]] |year=1982 |id={{ProQuest|303068187}}}}</ref>