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Red Mars

Kim Stanley Robinson

Book 1 of Mars trilogy

  • 592 pages · about 10 hours
  • First published 1992
  • 37 editions
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1 About this book

Red Mars is the first novel of the Mars trilogy, published in 1992. It follows the beginnings of the colonization of Mars, from the arrival of the First Hundred to the First Martian Revolution.

Good for readers who want: science fiction and a long read.

  • Science fiction
  • Environmental engineering
  • Mars
  • Space colonies
  • Planets
  • Colonization

2 About Kim Stanley Robinson

Born 1952

Kim Stanley Robinson (born March 23, 1952) is an American science fiction writer best known for his Mars trilogy of novels. Many of his novels and stories have ecological, cultural, and political themes, featuring scientists as heroes. Robinson has won numerous awards, including the Hugo Award for Best Novel, the Nebula Award for Best Novel, and the World Fantasy Award.

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