Kim Stanley Robinson

Kim Stanley Robinson (born March 23, 1952) is an American writer of speculative science-fiction. He has published nineteen novels and numerous short stories but is best known for his award-winning Mars trilogy. Many of his novels and stories have ecological, cultural and political themes running through them and often feature scientists as heroes. Robinson has won numerous awards including the Hugo Award for Best Novel, the Nebula Award for Best Novel and the World Fantasy Award. Robinson's work has been labeled by the Atlantic as "the gold-standard of realistic, and highly literary, science-fiction writing". According to an article in the New Yorker, Robinson is "generally acknowledged as one of the greatest living science-fiction writers."

Early life

Robinson was born in Waukegan, Illinois, but moved to Southern California as a child.

In 1974, he earned a B.A. in literature from the University of California, San Diego. In 1975, he earned an M.A. in English from Boston University.

Kim Stanley

Kim Stanley (February 11, 1925 – August 20, 2001) was an American actress, primarily in television and theatre, but with occasional film performances.

She began her acting career in theatre, and subsequently attended the Actors Studio in New York City, New York. She received the 1952 Theatre World Award for her role in The Chase (1952), and starred in the Broadway productions of Picnic (1953) and Bus Stop (1955). Stanley was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her roles in A Touch of the Poet (1959) and A Far Country (1962).

In the 1950s, Stanley was a prolific performer in television, and later progressed to film, with a well-received performance in The Goddess (1959). She was the narrator of To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) and starred in Séance on a Wet Afternoon (1964), for which she won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She was less active during the remainder of her career; two of her later film successes were as the mother of Frances Farmer in Frances (1982), for which she received a second Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actress, and as Pancho Barnes in The Right Stuff (1983). She received an Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress – Miniseries or a Movie for her performance as Big Mama in a television adaptation of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof in 1985. That same year, Kim Stanley was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame.

Substantial (rapper)

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Stanley Robinson (born January 7, 1979) known as Substantial is a hip-hop artist from Prince George's County, Maryland. He now operates out of Virginia.

His videos have appeared on MTV, BET, and VH1, while his music has made it to the second round of Grammy voting in three categories. The renowned car company Bentley reached out to have Substantial’s supergroup, FANOMM (with Chew Fu & J-Cast) to create a song for them and perform in China at their car show.

Personal life

Stanley Robinson was born in Cheverly, Maryland on January 7, 1979. Growing up the first concert he attended was Run DMC featuring Naughty By Nature, and Lords of the Underground.

Substantial has stated that some of his main influences are Native Tongues, Outkast, and Redman.

In May 2011 Substantial underwent a preventative surgery to remove a potentially cancerous growth from his large and small intestines. Discussing the surgery Substantial said, “The purpose of the procedure I had on May 10th was to remove the section of my large and small intestines, where the growth was located. As I mentioned before, I don’t have cancer but I have decided to do the […] surgery as a preventive measure.”

Stanley Robinson

Stanley Robinson (born July 14, 1988) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for Leones de Quilpué of the Liga Nacional de Básquetbol de Chile (LNB). He primarily plays the small forward position but occasionally assumes the role of a power forward as well.

Collegiate career

Robinson played college basketball with the Connecticut Huskies.

Professional career

Robinson was selected with the 59th overall pick in the 2010 NBA draft by the Orlando Magic. On August 16, 2010, Robinson signed a non-guaranteed, one-year contract with the Magic. However, Robinson was waived following the conclusion of training camp in October 2010.

For the 2011–2012 season, Robinson played with the Iowa Energy of the NBA Development League.

On October 17, 2013, Robinson signed with the Moncton Miracles of the National Basketball League of Canada (NBL). However, on February 5, 2014, he was released due to an injury. Robinson resigned with the Miracles on September 25 of that year.

Stanley L. Robinson

Stanley Lewis "Robbie" Robinson (November 17, 1890 – July 2, 1967) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach the University of Vermont in 1915, Mississippi A&M (now known as Mississippi State University) from 1917 through the 1919, Mercer University from 1923 to 1927, and Mississippi College from 1920 to 1923 and again from 1928 to 1953, compiling a career college football record of 153–107–18. During his three-season tenure at Mississippi A&M, Robinson compiled an overall record of sixteen wins and five losses (16–5). He also spent one season (1919) as the Mississippi A&M baseball coach. Robinson-Hale Stadium at Mississippi College is named in Robinson's honor.

Head coaching record

Football

^Both Mississippi College and Mercer list Robinson as the head coach for the 1923 season
^^Mississippi College did not field teams from 1942–1945 due to WWII

Baseball

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