Interview
Interview #5
14 May, 2021
Kim Stanley Robinson talks about “The Ministry for the Future”
Dr Claire Nelson discusses with Kim Stanley Robinson the thinking behind his novel on climate change, and his thoughts and reasons for proposing a new currency, that he calls “carbon coin”.
Podcast Host
Dr. Claire Nelson
Chief Futurist & Ideation Leader
The Futures Forum
Forbes 50 Female Futurist
Sustainability Engineer & Storyteller
Interviewee
Kim Stanley Robinson
Sci-fi Writer
American science fiction writer, and author of over twenty novels and short stories. He is best known for his Mars trilogy and his most recent novel: The Ministry for the Future. Many of his novels and stories have ecological, cultural, and political themes and feature scientists as heroes.