Green Mars

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The second novel in Kim Stanley Robinsons 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 Mans 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

Mans 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.

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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

Author Bio

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.