The first novel in Kim Stanley Robinson’s massively successful and lavishly praised Mars trilogy. ‘The ultimate in future history’ Daily Mail Mars – the barren, forbidding planet that epitomises mankind’s dreams of space conquest. From the first pioneers who looked back at Earth and saw a small blue star, to the first colonists – hand-picked scientists with the skills necessary to create life from cold desert – Red Mars is the story of a new genesis. It is also the story of how Man must struggle against his own self-destructive mechanisms to achieve his dreams: before he even sets foot on the red planet, factions are forming, tensions are rising and violence is brewing… for civilization can be very uncivilized.
| ISBN: | 9780007310166 |
| Publication date: | 6th August 2009 |
| Author: | Kim Stanley Robinson |
| Publisher: | HarperVoyager an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 672 pages |
| Genres: |
Classics Science fiction: space exploration Science fiction: near-future Dystopian Fiction Narrative theme: Social issues Narrative theme: Politics |