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Red Mars

Kim Stanley Robinson

Book 1 of Mars Trilogy

592 pages

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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.

Themes
Epic & AdventurousPhilosophy & Big IdeasThought-ProvokingSlow BurnHumanity's planetary transformationColonial autonomy versus Earth controlScience as a tool for liberationThe cost of terraforming dreams
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