Author: Kim Stanley Robinson
Year: 1993
Rank:
Rating:
Original Rating:
Pop Rating:
Genres/categories:
Science fiction, Award winners, Politics, Fantasy, Hard science fiction
Purchase/reserch links:
ISBNs:
9780553560732
0553560735 |
| 
From the publisher (source: The Internet Book List):
For eons, sandstorms have swept the barren, desolate landscape of the red planet. For centuries, Mars has beckoned to mankind to come and conquer its hostile climate. Now, in the year 2026, a group of one hundred colonists is about to fulfill that destiny.
John Boone, Maya Toitovna, Frank Chalmers and Arkady Bogdanov lead a mission whose ultimate goal is to give Mars an Earth-like atmosphere. They will place giant satellite mirrors in Martian orbit to reflect light to the planet's surface. Black dust sprinkled on the polar caps will capture warmth and melt the ice. And massive tunnels, kilometers in depth, will be drilled into the Martian mantle to create stupendous vents for hot gases. Against this backdrop of epic upheaval, rivalries, loves and friendships will form and fall to pieces - for there are those who will fight to the death to prevent Mars from ever being changed.
This book is part of the "Mars Trilogy" series. Here are some other books from this series:
 | "The Martians"
First published in 1999
Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Blue Mars"
First published in 1996
Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Green Mars"
First published in 1994
Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
Similar books:
|
