Winner of the Nebula Award for Best Novel • Discover the novel that launched one of science fiction’s most beloved, acclaimed, and awarded trilogies: Kim Stanley Robinson’s masterly near-future chronicle of interplanetary colonization. “A staggering book . . . the best novel on the colonization of Mars that has ever been written.”—Arthur C. Clarke For centuries, the barren, desolate landscape of … the barren, desolate landscape of the red planet has beckoned to humankind. Now a group of one hundred colonists begins a mission whose ultimate goal is to transform Mars into a more Earthlike planet. They will place giant satellite mirrors in Martian orbit to reflect light onto its surface. Black dust sprinkled on the polar caps will capture warmth and melt the ice. And massive tunnels drilled into the mantle will create stupendous vents of hot gases. But despite these ambitious goals, there are some who would fight to the death to prevent Mars from ever being changed.
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Three books, Red, Green, Blue, stand alone as well as continue the saga. I read the first in paper and then bought the other two in paper also.
This was an amazing series.
Excellent s i first. Read entire trilogy
Great science fiction!
This is so realistic. it is an excellent job of creating what colonizing Mars could be.
Must pay attention from page 1. I found it a little difficult to keep up with in the beginning but it has turned out to be a very good book. It is for hard science fiction readers. I would not recommend it for a beginner.
Loved it! Great sci-fi mixed with a great human story.
Amazing detail about mars and the world created by the first 100 settlers. However, characters need to be further developed and deepened.
I love books with multiple, and believable character lines. The author moves between first-person accounts chapter to chapter so you can truly relate to how they view their situations. What is very interesting is when the person shifts, then you view the person who the author was writing from, but now can see them from another’s point of view. All …
This is the book Robinson is most famous for, and it a favorite.
Ground-breaking form of story-telling, extremely well researched science, yet Sci-Fi.
I read this book a couple years ago – the whole series, actually. I really liked it and will re-read at some point, which I rarely do, as there are so many amazing books available!
OK.
Teenagers on a BORING Mars. These colonists are emotional disasters.
I just reread this book from the first time in Middle School. It is a relatively easy read, but it can drag in parts; however, I find myself not able to put in down in others. It has some sciencey parts to it, but it is not like The Martian it has a bit more drama and politics than that. I will continue my foray back to my Middle School days and …
Some story at the beginning. Some story at the end. A very slow moving part in the middle followed by a sudden unexplained even “off camera.” Maybe things will be explained in the next two books of the trilogy but I don’t know if I will bother to find out.
Unique look and perspective at colonizing Mars.
Really enjoyed it!
One of the best SciFi books I’ve read.
Maybe one of the best Mars stories. The “color” series is classic. Good reads by good writer.