Green Mars

Kim Stanley Robinson

Random House Publishing Group, May 27, 2003 - Fiction

In the Nebula Award winning Red Mars, Kim Stanley Robinson began his critically acclaimed epic saga of the colonization of Mars, Now the Hugo Award winning Green Mars continues the thrilling and timeless tale of humanity's struggle to survive at its farthest frontier.

Nearly a generation has passed since the first pioneers landed, but the transformation of Mars to an Earthlike planet has just begun The plan is opposed by those determined to preserve the planets hostile, barren beauty. Led by rebels like Peter Clayborne, these young people are the first generation of children born on Mars. They will be joined by original settlers Maya Toitovna, Simon Frasier, and Sax Russell. Against this cosmic backdrop, passions, rivalries, and friendships explode in a story as spectacular as the planet itself.


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Review: Green Mars (Mars Trilogy #2)

User Review  - Clouds - (¿head-in-the?) - Goodreads

Christmas 2010: I realised that I had got stuck in a rut. I was re-reading old favourites again and again, waiting for a few trusted authors to release new works. Something had to be done. On the spur ...

Review: Green Mars (Mars Trilogy #2)

User Review  - Alex - Goodreads

Long and winding. Don't read it if you're not interested in philosophy, psychology and politics! I listened to the audiobook and enjoyed the narration.

About the author

Writer Kim Stanley Robinson was born in Orange County, California in 1952. He earned a B. A. and Ph. D. at the University of California at San Diego and an M. A. at Boston University. His first trilogy of books, concerning a post-nuclear holocaust: Orange County, collectively won a Nebula Award and two Hugos, but he may be better known for his Mars trilogy, which chronicles the colonization of Mars and spans hundreds of years. He has won an Asimov Award, a World Fantasy Award, a Locus Reader's Poll Award, and a John W. Campbell Award. His title 2312 (Firsttion) made The New York Times Best Seller list for 2012.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Green Mars; Mars Trilogy
• Author: Kim Stanley Robinson
• Publisher: Random House Publishing Group, 2003
• ISBN: 0553898280, 9780553898286
• Subjects: Fiction / Science Fiction / Action & Adventure