Kim Stanley Robinson was born in 1952 and, after travelling and working around the world, has now settled in his beloved California. He is widely regarded as the finest science fiction writer working today, noted as much for the verisimilitude of his characters as the meticulously researched hard science basis of his work. He has won just about every major sf award there is to win.
`One of the finest working novelists in any genre’
GUARDIAN 'If I had to choose one writer whose work will set the
standard for science fiction in the future, it would be Kim Stanley
Robinson’
NEW YORK TIMES Praise for The Mars Trilogy: `One of the finest
works of American SF’
TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT `The ultimate in future history’
DAILY MAIL `Absorbing, impressive, fascinating… Utterly
plausible’
FINANCIAL TIMES `A staggering book. The best novel on the
colonization of Mars that has ever been written’
Arthur C. Clarke `Red Mars may simply be the best novel ever
written about Mars’
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`One of the finest working novelists in any genre'
GUARDIAN
'If I had to choose one writer whose work will set the standard
for science fiction in the future, it would be Kim Stanley
Robinson'
NEW YORK TIMES
Praise for The Mars Trilogy:
`One of the finest works of American SF'
TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT
`The ultimate in future history'
DAILY MAIL
`Absorbing, impressive, fascinating... Utterly plausible'
FINANCIAL TIMES
`A staggering book. The best novel on the colonization of Mars
that has ever been written'
Arthur C. Clarke
`Red Mars may simply be the best novel ever written about
Mars'
INTERZONE
YA-Red Mars seems to have emerged the favorite of all of the recent stories about a rocket trip to Mars, showing up on many science fiction awards lists. It describes the progress of the first Mars colonists from Earth as they are selected and trained, travel, get to know the planet, and establish the first viable human settlement there. Personalities are powerful, and inevitable divisions develop. In short, it's a terrific story. The science is fascinating, and the humans are engaging and convincing. Throughout, the plot grows out of a rich mixture of perspectives-ecological, political, economic, psychological, ethical-all of which resonate in the here and now. Though it is a complete novel in itself, Red Mars is also the first in a trilogy. Major new sci/fi epics don't come along every year; YAs should enjoy seeing this one unfold.-Christine C. Menefee, Fairfax County Public Library, VA
The first installment in Robinson's ( Blind Geometer ) new trilogy is an action-packed and thoughtful tale of the exploration and settlement of Mars--riven by both personal and ideological conflicts--in the early 21st century. The official leaders of the ``first hundred'' (initial party of settlers) are American Frank Chalmers and Russian Maya Katarina Toitova, but subgroups break out under the informal guidance of popular favorites like the ebullient Arkady Nikoleyevich Bogdanov, who sets up a base on one of Mars's moons, and the enigmatic Hiroko, who establishes the planet's farm. As the group struggles to secure a foothold on the frigid, barren landscape, friction develops both on Mars and on Earth between those who advocate terraforming, or immediately altering Mars's natural environment to make it more habitable, and those who favor more study of the planet before changes are introduced. The success of the pioneers' venture brings additional settlers to Mars. All too soon, the first hundred find themselves outnumbered by newcomers and caught up in political problems as complex as any found on Earth. (Jan.)
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