Editing Kim Stanley Robinson (section)

===Scientists as heroes===
Robinson's work often features scientists as heroes. They are portrayed in a mundane way compared to most work featuring scientists: rather than being adventurers or action heroes, Robinson's scientists become critically important because of research discoveries, networking and collaboration with other scientists, political lobbying, or becoming public figures. Robinson captures the joy of scientists as they work at something they care about.<ref name=":1" /> Robert Markley has argued that Robinson "views science as the model for a utopian politics... Even in Robinson's novels that don't seem to be sci-fi, like ''Shaman'', the inductive method, the collective search for greater knowledge about the world that can be put to use for the good for all, is front and center".<ref name=markley>{{cite web |url=https://jacobinmag.com/2020/11/kim-stanley-robinson-socialist-novelist |title=Kim Stanley Robinson Is One of Our Greatest Ever Socialist Novelists |last=Dilawar |first=Arvind |date=14 November 2020 |website=[[Jacobin (magazine)|Jacobin]] |access-date=16 November 2020}}</ref> The [[Mars Trilogy|''Mars'' trilogy]] and ''[[The Years of Rice and Salt]]'' rely heavily on the idea that scientists must take responsibility for ensuring public understanding and responsible use of their discoveries. Robinson's scientists often emerge as the best people to direct public policy on important environmental and technological questions, of which politicians are often ignorant.{{Citation needed|date=April 2025}}