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Red Mars

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1993
2015
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See 16
Part 1 - Festival Night
Chapter 1
Part 2 - The Voyage Out
Chapters 2-4
Part 3 - The Cubicle
Chapters 5-10
Part 4 - Homesick
Chapter 11
Part 5 - Falling into History
Chapters 12-20
Part 6 - Guns Under the Table
Chapters 21-24
Part 7 - Senzeni Na
Chapters 25-27
Part 8 - Shikata Ga Nai
Chapters 28-29
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1669
 Mars Trilogy*
#1 of 4
Mars Trilogy*   See series as if on a bookshelf
A sience fiction series written by Kim Stanley Robinson.

1) Red Mars
2) Green Mars
3) Blue Mars
4) The Martians
Copyright © 1993 by Kim Stanley Robinson
for Lisa
Mars was empty before we came.
May contain spoilers
"This is where we start again."
No comments on file
Synopsis not on file
Extract (may contain spoilers)
It turned out that Frank Chalmers was traveling with this Arab caravan. But he had not seen or heard of any visitation by Hiroko’s people, and none of the Arabs would admit to being the one who had told the story at Bradbury Point. A false lead, then. Or else one that Frank was helping the Arabs to eliminate; and if so, how would John find that out? Though the Arabs had only recently arrived on Mars, they were already Frank’s allies, no doubt about it; he lived with them, he spoke their language, and now, naturally, he was the constant mediator between them and John. Not a chance of an independent investigation, except what Pauline could do in the records, which she could do as well away from the caravan as in it.

Nevertheless, John traveled with them for a while as they roamed the great dune sea, doing areology and a bit of prospecting. Frank was only there briefly himself, to talk to an Egyptian friend; he was too busy to stay anywhere for long. His job as U.S. Secretary made him as much of a globe-trotter as John, and they crossed paths pretty frequently. Frank had managed to keep his position as the American department head now through three administrations, even though it was a cabinet post—a remarkable feat, even without considering his distance from Washington. And so he was now overseeing the introduction of investment by the American-based transnationals, a responsibility that made him manic with overwork and puffed up with power, what John thought of as the business version of Sax, always moving, always gesturing with his hands as if conducting the music of his speech, which had shifted over the years to full-tilt Chamber of Commerce overdrive, “Got to stake a claim on the Escarpment before the transnats and the Germans snap everything up, lotta work to be done!” which was his constant refrain, often said while pointing for illustration at the little globe he carried with him in his lectern pocket. “Look at your moholes, I just entered them last week, one near the North Pole, three in the sixties north and south, four along the equator, four bracketing the South Pole, all of them nicely placed west of volcanic rises to catch their updrafts, it’s beautiful.” He spun the globe and the blue dots marking the moholes blurred for a moment into blue lines. “It’s good to see you finally doing something useful.”

 

Added: 14-Jun-2015
Last Updated: 03-Mar-2023

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Anyway that’s a large part of what economics is - people arbitrarily, or as a matter of taste, assigning numerical values to non-numerical things. And then pretending that they haven't just made the numbers up, which they have.
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 27-May-2003
Spectra
Kindle e-Book
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27-May-2003
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978-0-553-89827-9
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English
In his most ambitious project to date, award-winning author Kim Stanley Robinson utilizes years of research and cutting-edge science in the first of three novels that will chronicle the colonization of Mars.

For eons, sandstorms have swept the barren desolate landscape of the red planet. For centuries, Mars has beckoned to mankind to come and conquer its hostile climate. Now, in the year 2026, a group of one hundred colonists is about to fulfill that destiny.

John Boone, Maya Toitavna, Frank Chalmers, and Arkady Bogdanov lead a mission whose ultimate goal is the terraforming of Mars. For some, Mars will become a passion driving them to daring acts of courage and madness; for others it offers and opportunity to strip the planet of its riches. And for the genetic "alchemists, " Mars presents a chance to create a biomedical miracle, a breakthrough that could change all we know about life...and death.

The colonists place giant satellite mirrors in Martian orbit to reflect light to the planets surface. Black dust sprinkled on the polar caps will capture warmth and melt the ice. And massive tunnels, kilometers in depth, will be drilled into the Martian mantle to create stupendous vents of hot gases. Against this backdrop of epic upheaval, rivalries, loves, and friendships will form and fall to pieces--for there are those who will fight to the death to prevent Mars from ever being changed.

Brilliantly imagined, breathtaking in scope and ingenuity, Red Mars is an epic scientific saga, chronicling the next step in human evolution and creating a world in its entirety. Red Mars shows us a future, with both glory and tarnish, that awes with complexity and inspires with vision.

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I began this book after finishing the Farseer Trilogy.  Needed to get back into some science fiction for a change.
 04-Apr-2008
Recorded Books
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04-Apr-2008
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23 hrs 51 min
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Country:
United States
Language:
English
Credits:
Richard Ferrone  - Narration
From audible.com:

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 have traveled nine months to reach their new home. This is the remarkable story of the world they create - and the hidden power struggles of those who want to control it.

Although it is fiction, Red Mars is based on years of research. As living spaces and greenhouses multiply, an astonishing panorama of our galactic future rises from the red dust. Through Richard Ferrone's narration, each scene is energized with the designs and dreams of the extraordinary pioneers.
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©1993 Kim Stanley Robinson ℗2000 Recorded Books

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Awards

1992British Science Fiction AssociationBest Novel Winner
1992Otherwise FellowshipOtherwise Award Nominee
1993Locus MagazineBest SF Novel Nominee
1993Serendip FoundationArthur C. Clarke Award Nominee
1993World Science Fiction SocietyHugo Award - Best Novel Nominee
1994Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of AmericaNebula Award - Best Novel Winner
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