Red Mars (The Mars Trilogy 1) by Kim Stanley Robinson

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In his most ambitious project to date, award-winning author Kim Stanley Robinson utilizes years of research and cutting-edge science in the first of three novels that will chronicle the colonization of Mars. For eons, sandstorms have swept the barren desolate landscape of the red planet. For... read more

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Mars was empty before we came.

Part One: Festival Night
Part Two: The Voyage Out
Part Three: The Crucible
Part Four: Homesick
Part Five: Falling Into History
Part Six: Guns Under the Table
Part Seven: Senzeni Na
Part Eight: Shikata Ga Nai

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This is book 1 in the The Mars Trilogy series.

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Kim Stanley Robinson (Author)

Awards

BSFA (British Science Fiction Association) (1993: Best science fiction or fantasy novel)

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