Green Mars
Kim Stanley Robinson
(Author)
Description
Nearly a generation has passed since the first pioneers landed, but the transformation of Mars to an Earth-like planet has just begun. In Green Mars the colonists will attempt to turn the red planet into a lush garden for humanity. They will bombard the atmosphere with ice meteorites to add moisture. They will seed the red deserts with genetically engineered plants. Then they will tap the boiling planetary core to warm the planet's frozen surface. But their heroic efforts don't go unchallenged. For their plan to transform Mars is opposed by those determined to preserve the hostile and barren beauty of Mars. Led by rebels like Peter Clayborne, these young people are the first generation of children born on Mars, and they will be joined in their violent struggle by original settlers Maya Toitovna, Simon Frasier, and Sax Russell. Against this cosmic backdrop, passions, rivalries, and friendships will explode in a story as big as the planet itself. A novel of breathtaking scope and imagination, of lyric intensity and social resonance, Kim Stanley Robinson employs years of research and state-of-the-art science to create a prophetic vision of where humanity is headed - and of what life will be like on another world.Product Details
Price
$8.99
$8.27
Publisher
Spectra Books
Publish Date
May 01, 1995
Pages
640
Dimensions
4.19 X 1.1 X 6.85 inches | 0.64 pounds
Language
English
Type
Mass Market Paperbound
EAN/UPC
9780553572391
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About the Author
Kim Stanley Robinson is a winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus awards. He is the author of more than twenty books, including the bestselling Mars trilogy and the critically acclaimed Forty Signs of Rain, Fifty Degrees Below, Sixty Days and Counting, The Years of Rice and Salt, and Galileo's Dream. In 2008 he was named one of Time magazine's "Heroes of the Environment." He serves on the board of the Sierra Nevada Research Institute. He lives in Davis, California.
Reviews
"One of the major sagas of the [latest] generation in science fiction."--Chicago Sun-Times "Dense as a diamond and as sharp; it makes even most good novels seem pale and insignificant by comparison."--The Washington Post Book World
"Grand in scope, meticulous in detail."--The New York Times Book Review
"Grand in scope, meticulous in detail."--The New York Times Book Review