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Mars trilogy
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1) Red Mars
Author
Series
Mars trilogy volume 1
Pub. Date
1993
Language
English
Description
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 critics for its vivid characters and dramatic conflicts. For centuries, the red planet has enticed the people of Earth. Now an international group of scientists has colonized Mars. Leaving Earth forever, these 100 people...
2) Green mars
Author
Series
Mars trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1994.
Language
English
Description
In Red Mars, Kim Stanley Robinson imagined a near future where humankind established the first colonies on Mars and began to make the planet inhabitable for humans. In this stunning sequel to that Nebula Award-winning novel, Robinson takes the colonization of Mars to a new generation, with a new set of problems and concerns. The initial Martian pioneers had fierce disagreements about how the planet should be used by humans. This led to a war that...
3) Blue Mars
Author
Series
Mars trilogy volume 3
Language
English
Description
After declaring independence from Earth, Mars still faces problems: an impending ice age, a search for religious meaning, and immigration. New medical discoveries enable people to live 200 years, causing overpopulation on Earth and the Martians object to being swamped by Earthmen. A replay of New World problems in space. By the author of a trilogy, of which this is the last volume.
4) The Martians
Author
Series
Mars trilogy volume 4
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
A collection of stories tells the tale of the colonists of the red planet and their experiences during its terraformation.