Blue Mars, Paperback

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Winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel - Soon to be a series on Spike TV One of the most enthralling science fiction sagas ever written, Kim Stanley Robinson's epic trilogy concludes with Blue Mars--a triumph of prodigious research and visionary storytelling. The red planet is no more. Now green and verdant, Mars has been dramatically altered from a desolate world into one where humans can flourish. The First Hundred settlers are being pulled into a fierce new struggle between the Reds, a group devoted to preserving Mars in its desert state, and the Green ``terraformers.`` Meanwhile, Earth is in peril. A great flood threatens an already overcrowded and polluted planet. With Mars the last hope for the human race, the inhabitants of the red planet are heading toward a population explosion--or interplanetary war. Praise for Blue Mars ``A breakthrough even from Robinson's] own consistently high levels of achievement.``--The New York Times Book Review ``Exhilarating . . . a complex and deeply engaging dramatization of humanity's future.``--The Philadelphia Inquirer `` Blue Mars] brings the epic to a rousing conclusion.``--San Francisco Chronicle

Despre autor

Kim Stanley Robinson

Romancier american de literatură științifico-fantastică (n. 1952)

Kim Stanley Robinson este un scriitor american de science fiction, cunoscut mai ales pentru Trilogia Marte. Lucrările sale tratează constant subiecte ecologice și sociologice. Multe dintre romanele sale par să rezulte direct din fascinația sa pentru știință, fiind vizibilă experiența sa de cercetător timp de 15 ani și pasiunea sa de o viață pentru planeta Marte.