Published by HarperCollins of London in 1992. Soft cover, so no Dust Jacket. 1st edition, 1st impression. See inside number sequence "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2. An Uncorrected Proof Copy. Book condition: Fair. Both cover and inside pages show signs of heavy use and is reflected in its rating. There are also some staining on the first few inside pages. But book is intact and very readable. See photograph. Dims: 230mm x 150mm x 30mm. 501 pages.

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Title

Red Mars (An Uncorrected Proof Copy)

Publisher

Harper Collins, London, England

Publication Date

1992

Language

English

ISBN 10

0246138815

ISBN 13

9780246138811

Binding

Soft cover

Edition

1st Edition

Condition

Fair

Dust Jacket Condition

No Jacket

Seller catalogs

Proof

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Synopsis

science fiction

Review

Red Mars opens with a tragic murder, an event that becomes the focal point for the surviving characters and the turning point in a long intrigue that pits idealistic Mars colonists against a desperately overpopulated Earth, radical political groups of all stripes against each other, and the interests of transnational corporations against the dreams of the pioneers.

This is a vast book: a chronicle of the exploration of Mars with some of the most engaging, vivid, and human characters in recent science fiction. Robinson fantasizes brilliantly about the science of terraforming a hostile world, analyzes the socio-economic forces that propel and attempt to control real interplanetary colonization, and imagines the diverse reactions that humanity would have to the dead, red planet.

Red Mars is so magnificent a story, you will want to move on to Blue Mars and Green Mars. But this first, most beautiful book is definitely the best of the three. Readers new to Robinson may want to follow up with some other books that take place in the colonized solar system of the future: either his earlier (less polished but more carefree) The Memory of Whiteness and Icehenge, or 1998's Antarctica. --L. Blunt Jackson

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