false 77507 18 <I>Red Mars</I> opens with a tragic murder, an event that becomes the focal point for the surviving characters and the turning point in a long intrigue that pits idealistic Mars colonists against a desperately overpopulated Earth, radical political groups of all stripes against each other, and the interests of transnational corporations against the dreams of the pioneers.<p> This is a vast book: a chronicle of the exploration of Mars with some of the most engaging, vivid, and <I>human</I> characters in recent science fiction. Robinson fantasizes brilliantly about the science of terraforming a hostile world, analyzes the socio-economic forces that propel and attempt to control real interplanetary colonization, and imagines the diverse reactions that humanity would have to the dead, red planet. <p> <I>Red Mars</I> is so magnificent a story, you will want to move on to <i>Blue Mars</i> and <i>Green Mars</i>. But this first, most beautiful book is definitely the best of the three. Readers new to Robinson may want to follow up with some other books that take place in the colonized solar system of the future: either his earlier (less polished but more carefree) <I>The Memory of Whiteness</I> and <I>Icehenge</I>, or 1998's <I>Antarctica</I>. <I>--L. Blunt Jackson</I> 40712 book 1 10 1993 Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1) total:2487|5:835|4:909|3:522|2:150|1:71| 2487 9748 3509 288 3 8 false false Tue Jun 03 09:06:45 -0700 2008 Wed Dec 17 13:04:04 -0800 2008
To begin with, I should come forward with my biases. This is a book you'll either love or you will hate. For my part, I love the planet Mars....more...]]> 2 4 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Apr 27 08:31:12 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 27 08:38:03 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 4 false false Wed Oct 17 11:57:49 -0700 2007 Tue Apr 01 16:59:03 -0700 2008
"Have you ever seen a movie where they don't even try to have it make sense, they just slap y...more...]]> 3 2 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Sat Jun 30 22:30:28 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 03 13:10:24 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 1 false false Sun Dec 15 00:00:00 -0800 1996 Tue Nov 18 13:45:25 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 18 13:54:55 -0800 2008 1 IT'S SOOOOOOO BIG!!!!! I MEAN, GEEZE YOU GUYS! YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW AWESOMELY AMAZINGLY OVERWHELMINGLY BIG IT IS!!! THINK OF THE BIGGEST {CLIFF,CANYON,OCEAN,MOUNTAIN,EGO} THAT YOU KNOW OF AND MARS HAS IT EVEN BIGGER THAN THAT! YOU JUST CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE ITS OVERALL BIGNESS!!!!![pant, pant, droo...more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Sep 11 05:24:33 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 11 06:08:55 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 2 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Thu Jul 10 09:51:51 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 10 10:02:30 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed May 07 17:32:27 -0700 2008 Mon May 26 15:52:28 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Feb 27 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 28 11:16:27 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 16 14:34:22 -0800 2008 Red Mars is a supremely well thought out imagining of the colonization of Mars, with time and research put in to all of the scientific aspects as well as the cultural facets of transplanting human beings to a truly alien world. ...more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 05 09:23:14 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 05 09:28:20 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 30 13:46:04 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 04 07:36:23 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 1 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 04 17:59:40 -0700 2007 Tue Nov 13 09:06:58 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Nov 28 06:59:59 -0800 2007 Wed Nov 28 07:17:03 -0800 2007 more...]]> 2 3 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 27 07:23:09 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 27 07:37:55 -0800 2007 more...]]> 0 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996 Sat Jan 03 20:10:21 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 20:13:44 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Oct 09 16:22:37 -0700 2007 Thu Jan 15 07:24:53 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Dec 28 18:04:12 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 28 18:04:55 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 13:50:42 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 14:28:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Wed Sep 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 00:19:46 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 00:34:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 2 false false Thu Jul 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 04:17:19 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 04:17:19 -0700 2009 more...]]>