Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Universe 11 | 1981 | Kim Stanley Robinson | Buy |
| 2 | Nebula Awards 16 | 1982 | Kim Stanley Robinson | Buy |
| 3 | Universe 13 | 1983 | Kim Stanley Robinson | Buy |
| 4 | Great Tales of Fantasy and Science Fiction | 1985 | Kim Stanley Robinson | Buy |
| 5 | Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, April 1986 | 1986 | Kim Stanley Robinson | Buy |
| 6 | Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, August 1987 | 1987 | Kim Stanley Robinson | Buy |
| 7 | The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Sixth Annual Collection | 1989 | Kim Stanley Robinson | Buy |
| 8 | Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, April 1990 | 1990 | Kim Stanley Robinson | Buy |
| 9 | Isaac Asimov’s Mars | 1991 | Kim Stanley Robinson | Buy |
| 10 | Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, April 1991 | 1991 | Kim Stanley Robinson | Buy |
| 11 | Isaac Asimov’s Earth | 1992 | Kim Stanley Robinson | Buy |
| 12 | Under African Skies | 1993 | Kim Stanley Robinson | Buy |
| 13 | Future Primitive | 1994 | Kim Stanley Robinson | Buy |
| 14 | Isaac Asimov’s Moons | 1997 | Kim Stanley Robinson | Buy |
| 15 | Asimov’s Science Fiction, June 1999 | 1999 | Kim Stanley Robinson | Buy |
| 16 | Explorers | 2000 | Kim Stanley Robinson | Buy |
| 17 | Infinity Plus One | 2001 | Kim Stanley Robinson | Buy |
| 18 | Nebula Awards 36 (2002) | 2002 | Kim Stanley Robinson | Buy |
| 19 | The Mammoth Book Of Science Fiction | 2002 | Kim Stanley Robinson | Buy |
| 20 | New Skies: An Anthology of Today’s Science Fiction | 2003 | Kim Stanley Robinson | Buy |
| 21 | The Hard SF Renaissance | 2003 | Kim Stanley Robinson | Buy |
| 22 | Future Crimes | 2003 | Kim Stanley Robinson | Buy |
| 23 | Future Washington | 2005 | Kim Stanley Robinson | Buy |
| 24 | Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine: 30th Anniversary Anthology | 2007 | Kim Stanley Robinson | Buy |
| 25 | I’m With the Bears | 2011 | Kim Stanley Robinson | Buy |
| 26 | Lightspeed Magazine, April 2012 | 2012 | Kim Stanley Robinson | Buy |
| 27 | Field of Fantasies | 2014 | Kim Stanley Robinson | Buy |
| 28 | Loosed Upon the World | 2015 | Kim Stanley Robinson | Buy |
Robinson’s anthology appearances span more than three decades, from his early short fiction in the 1980s through to climate fiction collections in the 2010s. The early appearances, particularly in issues of Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, document his work during the period when he was building his career through short fiction while also writing the Three Californias novels and preparing the Mars trilogy.
The anthologies from the 1990s and 2000s reflect his growing reputation: being selected for The Year’s Best Science Fiction or The Hard SF Renaissance signals critical recognition of his short work alongside the novels. The Asimov’s-edited thematic anthologies, including Isaac Asimov’s Mars (1991), placed Robinson’s Mars-related fiction in collections dedicated to that subject, and his inclusion in these volumes helped position him as a key voice in science fiction treatments of planetary exploration.
The later climate fiction anthologies, particularly I’m With the Bears (2011) and Loosed Upon the World (2015), show Robinson’s short work being read and anthologized in an explicitly environmental context, reflecting the shift in how his fiction was being categorized and discussed as climate change became a more central public concern.