Green Mars

#2 Mars

Kim Stanley Robinson

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Harper Collins
01 October 2009

Science fiction; Future Society; Space Habitats; Terraforming; Hugo Award; Hard Science Fiction

Series: Mars

The second novel in Kim Stanley Robinson’s massively successful and lavishly praised Mars trilogy. ‘The ultimate in future history’ Daily Mail

Mars can be plundered – for the benefit of a ravaged Earth. It can be terraformed to suit Man’s needs – frozen lakes form, lichen grows, the atmosphere slowly becomes breathable. But most importantly, Mars can be owned. On Earth, countries are bought and sold by the transnationals. Why not Mars too?

Man’s dream is underway, but so is his greatest test. The survivors of the First Hundred – Hiroko, Nadia, Maya and Simon among them – know that technology alone is not enough. Trust and co-operation are need to create a new world – but these qualities are as thin on the ground as the air they breathe.

By: Kim Stanley Robinson
Imprint: Harper Collins
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 43mm
Weight: 540g
ISBN: 9780007310173
ISBN 10: 000731017X
Series: Mars
Pages: 784
Publication Date: 01 October 2009
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Kim Stanley Robinson was born in 1952 and, after travelling and working around the world, has now settled in his beloved California. He is widely regarded as the finest science fiction writer working today, noted as much for the verisimilitude of his characters as the meticulously researched hard science basis of his work. He has won just about every major sf award there is to win.

Reviews for Green Mars (#2 Mars)

'One of the finest working novelists in any genre' GUARDIAN 'If I had to choose one writer whose work will set the standard for science fiction in the future, it would be Kim Stanley Robinson' NEW YORK TIMES Praise for The Mars Trilogy: 'One of the finest works of American SF' TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT 'The ultimate in future history' DAILY MAIL 'Absorbing, impressive, fascinating... Utterly plausible' FINANCIAL TIMES 'A staggering book. The best novel on the colonization of Mars that has ever been written' Arthur C. Clarke 'Red Mars may simply be the best novel ever written about Mars' INTERZONE