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Green Mars
Green Mars
Green Mars
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Green Mars

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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 threatened the lives of billions of people on both Mars and Earth. Now, the second generation of settlers continues the struggle to survive the hostile yet strangely beautiful environment of the red planet. Their decisions and actions will ultimately determine whether Mars will simply be a sanctuary for scientists, a source of raw materials for Earth, or something much more. Richard Ferrone's robust narration of this thrilling, timeless tale captures the fascinating diversity of Robinson's compelling characters, taking listeners to the farthest frontier of humanity's struggle to survive.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateApr 18, 2008
ISBN9781436121187
Green Mars
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Kim Stanley Robinson

Kim Stanley Robinson was born in 1952. After travelling and working around the world, he 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 scientific basis of his work. He has won just about every major sf award there is to win and is the author of the massively successful and highly praised ‘Mars’ series.

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  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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    This level of plausible speculative science fiction combined with a visceral human experience of the social and environmental challenges of a new human settlement kept my mind stimulated and has left me curious for more.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
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    I found this second in the series very frustrating. Three quarters of the book are dedicated to world building in painful detail. It's examined from nearly all of the sciences perspectives. I found my mind wandering during long chapters on lichens or massively detailed descriptions of vistas which were already described in the previous book or even this one. I was dying for something to further the plot. My other beef is that I was convinced by earlier writing that I hated Maya. Then I find she's a narrator for a large portion of the book. Unfortunately to know what's happening in the third book I had to slog through this one. By the time we got to the awesome events of the attempt at revolution, I was mentally exhausted by descriptions of glaciers and fell fields.