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| Author: |
Kim Stanley Robinson |
| Publisher: |
HarperCollins UK, 1993 Bantam Spectra, 1993 |
| Series: | Mars Trilogy: Book 1 |
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1. Red Mars |
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| Awards: |
1992 BSFA Winner 1993 Nebula Winner 1993 Clarke Nominated 1993 Hugo Nominated 1993 Locus SF Nominated |
| Lists: |
The ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List) WWEnd Top Nominated Books of All-Time |
| Sub-Genre Tags: | Colonization Terraforming Hard SF |
| Member Rating: |
   (58 reads / 42 ratings)
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Synopsis
For eons, sandstorms have swept the barren desolate landscape of the red planet. For centuries, Mars has beckoned to mankind to come and conquer its hostile climate. Now, in the year 2026, a group of one hundred colonists is about to fulfill that destiny.
John Boone, Maya Toitavna, Frank Chalmers, and Arkady Bogdanov lead a mission whose ultimate goal is the terraforming of Mars. For some, Mars will become a passion driving them to daring acts of courage and madness; for others it offers and opportunity to strip the planet of its riches. And for the genetic "alchemists, " Mars presents a chance to create a biomedical miracle, a breakthrough that could change all we know about life... and death.
The colonists place giant satellite mirrors in Martian orbit to reflect light to the planets surface. Black dust sprinkled on the polar caps will capture warmth and melt the ice. And massive tunnels, kilometers in depth, will be drilled into the Martian mantle to create stupendous vents of hot gases. Against this backdrop of epic upheaval, rivalries, loves, and friendships will form and fall to pieces--for there are those who will fight to the death to prevent Mars from ever being changed.
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- BOOK REVIEW: Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson - Isak
I'm sure I wouldn't have picked up Kim Stanley Robinson's Red Mars if it hadn't been so passionately advocated by two different people. For one, the 1993 trade paperback cover looks goofy. I'm certainly not one to sneer at science ... - The Wertzone: Wertzone Classics: Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
Wertzone Classics: Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson. 2027. A hundred of Earth's most skilled engineers and scientists are dispatched to Mars, braving radiation exposure to land on the Red Planet and establish a permanent scientific ... - QuantumG's Blog: Book Of The Week: Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars Trilogy
The Book Of The Week this week is Kim Stanley Robinson's "Red Mars", "Green Mars", "Blue Mars". This is often referred to as the Mars Trilogy, but none of these books are about Mars. There's plenty of awesome scientifically accurate ... - Summer Reading; in case you feel like an epic « Lazy Smurf's Guide ...
Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson. This is the first of the Mars Trilogy. The US and Russia decide that they should use all of their space technology for something and send a hundred scientists to live on Mars. ... - The Tyee – Five Essential Eco-thrillers
Kim Stanley Robinson tackles ecological issues by transplanting them. Set in 2026, Red Mars chronicles the efforts of a small group of colonists to subsist on Mars while determining how and if it should be terraformed to make it more ... - BOOK REVIEW: Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson – Isak
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From Kim Stanley Robinson, award-winning author of the Mars Trilogy (Red Mars, Green Mars, Blue Mars), the Three Californias Trilogy (The Wild Shore, The Gold Coast, Pacific Edge), the Science in the Capital series (Forty Signs of Rain, ... - The Mars Trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson - A Song of Ice and Fire
Red Mars Quote2027. A hundred of Earth's most skilled engineers and scientists are dispatched to Mars, braving radiation exposure to land on the... - (2925) Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
Winner of the Nebula Award for Best Novel, Red Mars is the first book in Kim Stanley Robinson's best-selling trilogy. Red Mars is praised by scientists for its detailed visions of future technology. It is also hailed by authors and ... - 25 Years of Spectra: RED MARS (1993) by Kim Stanley Robinson
One of Spectra's Nebula Award winners for Best Novel, Red Mars was the beginning of the award-winning and critically acclaimed Mars Series by Kim Stanley Robinson, establishing Stan as one of the great new science fiction writers of the ...
