Blue Mars
Kim Stanley Robinson
768 pages, Mass Market Paperback
ISBN: 0553573357
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Language: English
Publish: 867740400000
FictionHard Science FictionHugo AwardsNovelsPoliticsScience FictionScience Fiction FantasySpaceSpace OperaSpeculative Fiction
The red planet is red no longer, as Mars has become a perfectly inhabitable world. But while Mars flourishes, Earth is threatened by overpopulation and ecological disaster. Soon people look to Mars as a refuge, initiating a possible interplanetary conflict, as well as political strife between the Reds, who wish to preserve the planet in its desert state, and the Green “terraformers”. The ultimate fate of Earth, as well as the possibility of new explorations into the solar system, stand in the balance