Red Mars - Hardcover

Robinson, Kim Stanley

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0553092049 ISBN 13: 9780553092042

Publisher: Spectra - Bantam Books, 1993

John Boone, Maya Toitovna, Frank Chalmers, and Arkady Bogdanov lead a mission whose ultimate goal is the terraforming of Mars in order to release moisture onto their desolate landscape.

Review:

The first novel in the astounding trilogy, Red Mars chronicles the lives of the first arrivals to Mars. The planet that the settlers find is empty of life and many of the pioneers want to begin changing the ecosystem right away to be suitable for human life. But the purity of the stark landscape convinces some scientists that it should be preserved. The stakes are high and the players on both sides range from politically naive idealists to ambitious manipulators without discernible scruples. No one can be sure that "terraforming" the planet will succeed, but it is certain to change the face of Mars beyond recognition. Red Mars won the 1994 Nebula Award.

From the Publisher:

"The best tale of space colonization--a lyrical, beautiful, accurate legend of the future by one of the best writers of our time."--David Brin

• Publisher: Spectra - Bantam Books
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0553092049
• ISBN 13: 9780553092042
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 519