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The Mars Trilogy: Book 2

Green Mars (1993) (edit title/settings)

by Kim Stanley Robinson (Author) (edit contributors)

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Nearly a generation has passed since the first pioneers landed, but the transformation of Mars to an Earthlike planet has just begun The plan is opposed by those determined to preserve the planet's hostile, barren beauty. Led by rebels like Peter Clayborne, these young people are the first... read more

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Green Mars takes its title from the stage of terraforming that has allowed plants to grow. It picks up the story from Red Mars, following the lives of the remaining First Hundred and their children and grandchildren. Hiroko Ai's base under the south pole is attacked by UN forces, and the... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

Green Mars takes its title from the stage of terraforming that has allowed plants to grow. It picks up the story from Red Mars, following the lives of the remaining First Hundred and their children and grandchildren. Hiroko Ai's base under the south pole is attacked by UN forces, and the survivors are forced to escape into a (less literal) underground organization known as the Demimonde. Among the expanded group are the First Hundred's children, the Nisei, a number of whom live in Ai's second secret base, Zygote.

As unrest in the multinational control over Mars' affairs grow, various groups start to form with different aims and methods. Watching these groups evolve from Earth, the CEO of the Praxis Corporation sends a representative, Arthur Randolph, to organize the resistance movements. This culminates into the Dorsa Brevia agreement, in which nearly all the underground factions take part. Preparations are made for a second revolution beginning in the 2120s.

The book follows the characters across the martian landscape, which is explained in detail. As Sax Russell's character infiltrates the transnat terraforming project, the newly evolving martian biosphere is described at great length. A mainstay of the novel is a detailed analysis of philosophical, political, personal, economical, and geological experiences of the characters. The story weaves back and forth from character to character, providing a picture of Mars as seen by them.

One major event is a sudden, catastrophic rise in Earth's global sea levels, which is caused not primarily by any greenhouse effect but by the eruption of a chain of volcanoes underneath the ice of west Antarctica, disintegrating the ice sheet and displacing the fragments into the ocean.

Characters edit see section history

  • Nirgal: Hiroko's son
  • Maya Katarina Toitovna: an emotional woman who serves a s a math and Russian teacher in Zygote
  • Nadezhda "Nadia" Chernyshevski: One of the "First Hundred", a Russian engineer.
  • Saxifrage "Sax" Russell: An American physicist, he is a brilliant and creative scientist, and is greatly respected for his intellectual gifts. However he is socially awkward and often finds it difficult to understand and relate to other people. Russell is a leader of the Green movement, the goal of which is to terraform Mars.
  • Ann Clayborne: One of the "First Hundred", an American geologist and leader of the "Red" Movement for the preservation of Mars.
  • Hiroko Ai: A Japanese expert on biology, agriculture, and ecological systems.
  • Michel Duval: One of the "First Hundred", a French psychologist tasked with monitoring the psychological welfare of the First Hundred.
  • Vladimir "Vlad" Taneev: One of the "First Hundred", a Russian biological scientist. The oldest of the First Hundred. Head of all medical treatment and research projects on Mars.
  • Phyllis Boyle: One of the "First Hundred", an American geologist who favors corporate control of Mars.
  • Desmond "Coyote" Hawkins.: A Trinidadian stowaway, he is a friend and supporter of Hiroko, and a fervent anarchist communist.
  • Art Randolph: A former Praxis employee sent to Mars to scavange the elevator remains..
  • Kasei: Hiroko's son and leader of the Marsfirst group.
  • Peter: Ann's son
  • Jackie Boone: John and Hiroko's daughter, leader of one fraction of Red's.
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Organizations edit see section history

  • Praxis: a pseudo-metanational interested in terraforming Mars
  • Subarashii: a metanational owning the Mars elevator
  • UNTA: United Nations Transnational Authority is an organization which has authority over Mars in the name of Earth
  • World Court: a court on Earth in charge of transnational disputes

First Sentence edit see section history

The point is not to make another Earth.

Table of Contents edit see section history

Part 1: Areoformation
Part 2: The Ambassador
Part 3: Long Runout
Part 4: The Scientist as Hero
Part 5: Homeless
Part 6: Tarigat
Part 7: What is to be Done?
Part 8: Social Engineering
Part 9: The Spur of the Moment
Part 10: Phase Change

Themes & Symbolism edit see section history

  • Terraforming: The hypothetical process of deliberately modifying a planet's atmosphere, temperature, surface topography or ecology to be similar to those of Earth to make it habitable by terran organisms.

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 2 of 4 in The Mars Trilogy. (standard series)

Preceded by Red Mars, and followed by Blue Mars.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Kim Stanley Robinson (Author)

Other Contributors:

  1. Don Dixon (Cover Artist) - Cover art

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Spectra
Country: U.S.A.
Publication Date: 1993
ISBN: 0-553-09640-0
Page Count: 535

Awards edit see section history

Classification edit see section history

  • Library of Congress: PS3568.O2893 G7 1994
  • Dewey: 813.54

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Adults

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Books with Additional Background Information edit see section history

   
  • The Martians
  • Red Mars
  • Blue Mars

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