Editing Kim Stanley Robinson (section)

==Awards and honors==
Asteroid [[72432 Kimrobinson]], discovered by astronomer [[Donald P. Pray]] in 2001, was named in his honor.<ref name="MPC-object" /> The official {{MoMP|72432|naming citation}} was published by the [[Minor Planet Center]] on April 22, 2016 ({{small|[[Minor Planet Circulars|M.P.C.]] 99892}}).<ref name="MPC-Circulars-Archive" />

In 2008, [[Time (magazine)|''Time'' magazine]] named Robinson a "Hero of the Environment" for his optimistic focus on the future.<ref name=":1">{{cite magazine|last1 = Morton|first1 = Oliver|title = Heroes of the Environment 2008|url = https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1841778_1841779_1841803,00.html|access-date = September 6, 2015|magazine = Time Magazine|date = September 24, 2008}}</ref>

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! Year !! Award !! Work honored for
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| 1984 || [[World Fantasy Award for Best Novella]] || "Black Air"<ref name="sfadb">{{cite web|title = Science Fiction Awards Database|url = http://www.sfadb.com/|website = sfadb|access-date = September 7, 2015}}</ref>
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| 1984 || Science Fiction Chronicle Readers Poll-novella || "Black Air"<ref name=sfadb />
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| 1985 || [[Locus Award for Best First Novel]] || ''[[The Wild Shore]]''<ref name=sfadb />
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| 1988 || [[Nebula Award for Best Novella]] || "[[The Blind Geometer]]"<ref name=sfadb />
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| 1988 || Asimov's Reader Poll Novella || "Mother Goddess of the World"<ref name=sfadb />
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| 1991 || [[John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel]] || ''[[Pacific Edge]]''<ref name=sfadb />
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| 1991 || [[Locus Award for Best Novella]] || "A Short, Sharp Shock"<ref name=sfadb />
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| 1992 || Science Fiction Chronicle Readers Poll Short Fiction || "Vinland the Dream"<ref name=sfadb />
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| 1993 || BSFA Award for Best Novel || ''[[Red Mars]]''<ref name=sfadb />
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| 1994 || [[Hugo Award for Best Novel]] || ''[[Green Mars]]''<ref name=sfadb />
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| 1994 || [[Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel]] || ''[[Green Mars]]''<ref name=sfadb />
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| 1994 || [[Nebula Award for Best Novel]] || ''[[Red Mars]]''<ref name=sfadb />
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| 1997 || [[Hugo Award for Best Novel]] || ''[[Mars trilogy|Blue Mars]]''<ref name=sfadb />
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| 1997 || [[Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel]] || ''[[Mars trilogy|Blue Mars]]''<ref name=sfadb />
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| 1997 || [[Ignotus Award]]-foreign novel || ''[[Red Mars]]''<ref name=sfadb />
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| 1998|| [[Ignotus Award]]-foreign novel || ''[[Green Mars]]''<ref name=sfadb />
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| 1998 || Prix Ozone SF novel, foreign || ''[[Mars trilogy|Blue Mars]]''<ref name=sfadb />
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| 1999 || Seiun Awards foreign novel || ''[[Red Mars]]''<ref name=sfadb />
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| 2000 || [[Locus Awards]] Best Collection || ''[[Mars trilogy|The Martians]]''<ref name=sfadb />
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| 2003 || [[Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel]]|| ''[[The Years of Rice and Salt]]''<ref name=sfadb />
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| 2013 || [[Nebula Award for Best Novel]] || ''[[2312 (novel)|2312]]''<ref name=sfadb />
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|2016 || [[Robert A. Heinlein Award]] || Entire body of works<ref name="Locusmag" />
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| 2018 || [[Arthur C. Clarke Award]] for Imagination in Service to Society || Entire body of works<ref name="ClarkeFoundation" />
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