Inventing Plausible Utopias: An Interview With Kim Stanley Robinson

A Q&A with the acclaimed science fiction author and inventor of better futures

Eliot Peper
OneZero
Published in
14 min readJan 14, 2021

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Insurrection. Global pandemic. Cascading climate crises. Never-ending Zooms. We seem to be living through the dystopia Hollywood has always dreamed of, sans a satisfying narrative arc.

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Eliot Peper
OneZero

Eliot Peper is the bestselling author of eleven novels, including most recently, Foundry. He also consults on special projects. www.eliotpeper.com