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The final novel in Kim Stanley Robinson's massively successful and lavishly praised Mars trilogy. The ultimate in future history' Daily MailMars has grown upIt is fully terraformed genetically engineered plants and animals live by newly built canals and young but stormy seas.It is politically independent. A brave and buzzing new world. Most of the First Hundred have died. Those that remain are like walking myths to Martian youth.Earth has grown too muchChronic overpopulation, bitter nationalism, scarce resources. For too many Terrans, Mars is a mocking utopia. A dream to live for, fight for perhaps even die for.

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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

Blue Mars

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    A Paperback / softback by Kim Stanley Robinson

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      Publisher Harper Collins
      Imprint HarperVoyager
      Published 6 August 2009
      ISBN-13 9780007310180
      978-0007310180
      ISBN-10 0007310188
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      Science Fiction Sci-Fi

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The final novel in Kim Stanley Robinson's massively successful and lavishly praised Mars trilogy. The ultimate in future history' Daily MailMars has grown upIt is fully terraformed genetically engineered plants and animals live by newly built canals and young but stormy seas.It is politically independent. A brave and buzzing new world. Most of the First Hundred have died. Those that remain are like walking myths to Martian youth.Earth has grown too muchChronic overpopulation, bitter nationalism, scarce resources. For too many Terrans, Mars is a mocking utopia. A dream to live for, fight for perhaps even die for.

      Trade Review

      ‘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

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