Green Mars
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- Author：Kim Stanley Robinson
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Summary
Nearly a generation has passed since the first pioneers landed， but the transformation of Mars to an Earth-like planet has just begun。 In Green Mars the colonists will attempt to turn the red planet into a lush garden for humanity。 They will bombard the atmosphere with ice meteorites to add moisture。 They will seed the red deserts with genetically engineered plants。 Then they will tap the boiling planetary core to warm the planet's frozen surface。
But their heroic efforts don't go unchallenged。 For their plan to transform Mars is opposed by those determined to preserve the hostile and barren beauty of Mars。 Led by rebels like Peter Clayborne， these young people are the first generation of children born on Mars， and they will be joined in their violent struggle by original settlers Maya Toitovna， Simon Frasier， and Sax Russell。 Against this cosmic backdrop， passions， rivalries， and friendships will explode in a story as big as the planet itself。
A novel of breathtaking scope and imagination， of lyric intensity and social resonance， Kim Stanley Robinson employs years of research and state-of-the-art science to create a prophetic vision of where humanity is headed - and of what life will be like on another world。
But their heroic efforts don't go unchallenged。 For their plan to transform Mars is opposed by those determined to preserve the hostile and barren beauty of Mars。 Led by rebels like Peter Clayborne， these young people are the first generation of children born on Mars， and they will be joined in their violent struggle by original settlers Maya Toitovna， Simon Frasier， and Sax Russell。 Against this cosmic backdrop， passions， rivalries， and friendships will explode in a story as big as the planet itself。
A novel of breathtaking scope and imagination， of lyric intensity and social resonance， Kim Stanley Robinson employs years of research and state-of-the-art science to create a prophetic vision of where humanity is headed - and of what life will be like on another world。
Reviews
MM
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This story is amazing and unique。 I am so hooked on the characters。 I love the plot and everything about this book。 You did well！ You can join in the NovelStar writing contest happening right now till the end of May with a theme Werewolf。 You can also publish your stories in NovelStar， just email our editors hardy@novelstar。top， joye@novelstar。top， or lena@novelstar。top。
Jess
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I found Green Mars a little harder to enjoy than Red Mars。 I loved the science and the story just as much， but parts of this book could have used some editing imo。 Still excellent， and I'm still very much looking forward to Blue Mars！ I found Green Mars a little harder to enjoy than Red Mars。 I loved the science and the story just as much， but parts of this book could have used some editing imo。 Still excellent， and I'm still very much looking forward to Blue Mars！ 。。。more
eric bergkvist
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As good as the firstI liked the way he focused on the different main characters for extended sections， and then brought them together periodically。 I felt like character development was a little weak in the first book。 The characters learned and changed in this one。 I wasn’t sure when I started， but now I’m sure I’ll read the last one
J。 Merwin
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 I'm getting to be a bit obsessed with Mars， the Rover， etc。 It is a series of books for this time， definitely。 This series makes me measure everything， especially dramatic interpretations of space travel。。。just finished watching 'Away'， on Netflix and I really enjoyed it。。。great series， sad there was 1 season， but I was concerned that the botanist was just going to start planting stuff on the Martian surface。。。（！） I'm sure that wasn't the plan but they didn't go into too much detail。。。after read I'm getting to be a bit obsessed with Mars， the Rover， etc。 It is a series of books for this time， definitely。 This series makes me measure everything， especially dramatic interpretations of space travel。。。just finished watching 'Away'， on Netflix and I really enjoyed it。。。great series， sad there was 1 season， but I was concerned that the botanist was just going to start planting stuff on the Martian surface。。。（！） I'm sure that wasn't the plan but they didn't go into too much detail。。。after reading Green Mars， the detail， the years of struggle， the politics， the sabotage。。。hell， it could all happen， hopefully not everybody ending up as cousins though！ That being said， I struggled with the enormous amount of description， botanical， geological， political， technological。 Daunting。 I really had to take it in small doses。 Will start Blue Mars but will take a break first。 Over-whelming 'world-building'。。。but then that IS what it's all about。 。。。more
Julia
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I finished！ Only took me 4 months！ Really good， but challenging。 To read these you have to actually focus， sit down for at least 45 minutes at a time and just get into it in order to enjoy it。 And I really did！ No way will Blue Mars take me as long。 I’m really eager to see how this all ends。
Rob Frampton
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As with 'Red Mars'， there's a lot to take in here。 The characters are more fractious and the colonization of Mars is fraught with infighting and there is political （and military） conflict with an increasingly stricken Earth。 All the time the planet is transforming - but into what？The detail of all this （particularly the ecology and the technicalities of terraforming） is often long and fascinating （although the more casual reader may find it trying）， but the characterization of the disparate memb As with 'Red Mars'， there's a lot to take in here。 The characters are more fractious and the colonization of Mars is fraught with infighting and there is political （and military） conflict with an increasingly stricken Earth。 All the time the planet is transforming - but into what？The detail of all this （particularly the ecology and the technicalities of terraforming） is often long and fascinating （although the more casual reader may find it trying）， but the characterization of the disparate members of the original 100 holds the novel together so that the 500-odd pages fly by。 As the novel closes the new Martians are making their first tentative （albeit enforced） forays onto the surface wearing only masks rather than pressure suits， a muted optimistic close to a novel of troubled progress。 。。。more
Roland Flynn
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Not as good as Red Mars。 A bit slow， and a bit too much soul searching with some of the characters。 Ok。
Rich
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I enjoy reading the Mars trilogy， but it takes commitment
Rodrigo Quinan
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"Red Mars" foi um dos livros mais ambiciosos da ficção científica， estabelecendo um universo sobre a colonização de Marte baseado em dados científicos e geológicos que mira um quase acadêmico realismo （pelo menos para a quantidade de informação sobre Marte da época）， unindo a questões socio-políticas e personagens calmamente explorados pela longa narrativa， por vezes despreocupada com plot。O livro， entretanto， em vários momentos era cansativo， com excesso de descrições geológicas extremamente té "Red Mars" foi um dos livros mais ambiciosos da ficção científica， estabelecendo um universo sobre a colonização de Marte baseado em dados científicos e geológicos que mira um quase acadêmico realismo （pelo menos para a quantidade de informação sobre Marte da época）， unindo a questões socio-políticas e personagens calmamente explorados pela longa narrativa， por vezes despreocupada com plot。O livro， entretanto， em vários momentos era cansativo， com excesso de descrições geológicas extremamente técnicas e capítulos excessivamente longos。 "Green Mars"， o capítulo do meio da trilogia， corrige imediatamente as deficiências do antecessor: os capítulos agora são compactos e a linguagem é refinada， desta vez dedicando cada parte da trajetória a um personagem envolvido na rebelião/colonização/terraformação de Marte。Com o país já inteiramente povoado， o livro foca na política da segunda tentativa dos "First Hundred" em libertar Marte do domínio corporativo da Terra。 O início é espetacular， com os integrantes da falha revolução que fecha o primeiro livro se reorganizando clandestinamente， habitando esconderijos abaixo da superfície do planeta。Os personagens são marcantes， ainda mais desenvolvidos， e os embates ideológicos sobre a função de Marte são muito interessantes， mas "Green Mars" sofre na segunda metade pela falta de plot。 A jornada extremamente pessoal de Sax， Maya， Nadia， Art， Nigel é bem feita， mas sem os mistérios do início da colonização de Marte do primeiro livro， a história sofre por entregar uma revolução anticlimática em comparação à do antecessor， ainda que dessa vez ela funcione。Em outra longa jornada， "Green Mars" prioriza o intimista e funciona na maioria das vezes， mas ver o micro favorecido em relação ao macro em um livro construído em cima de uma pesquisa de uma década é um pouco decepcionante， especialmente vindo de um escritor que ideologicamente favorece o coletivo acima do indivíduo。 Fica ao último livro， "Blue Mars"， o momentum de fechar a história quando finalmente os revolucionários viram o "sistema"。 。。。more
Randall
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3。5
George Sink
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This was an excellent sequel to Red Mars。 The scope of this story continues to amaze me; from the politics and changes on Earth to the conflicts and relationships changing the face of Mars。 Robinson touches on so many aspects of the potential for human habitation on Mars， and its incredible to read。 This series is another reminder to me that hard sci-fi deals as much with how people cope with such massive changes as it does with wondering how we'd get there technologically。 I'll definitely be fi This was an excellent sequel to Red Mars。 The scope of this story continues to amaze me; from the politics and changes on Earth to the conflicts and relationships changing the face of Mars。 Robinson touches on so many aspects of the potential for human habitation on Mars， and its incredible to read。 This series is another reminder to me that hard sci-fi deals as much with how people cope with such massive changes as it does with wondering how we'd get there technologically。 I'll definitely be finishing the trilogy soon and recommend this series highly。 。。。more
David
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I find the descriptions of Mars and all the science to be really relaxing。Really interesting all the discussion around revolution and what conditions mind be needed for it to possibly be successful。 The debates around how and if it is possible to create a society from scratch was also super interesting。 But what it all comes back to is space elevators。 I just love them！ And all the stuff about the fallen one and it’s cable that has wrapped around Mars twice and is in peoples way is great。 Four s I find the descriptions of Mars and all the science to be really relaxing。Really interesting all the discussion around revolution and what conditions mind be needed for it to possibly be successful。 The debates around how and if it is possible to create a society from scratch was also super interesting。 But what it all comes back to is space elevators。 I just love them！ And all the stuff about the fallen one and it’s cable that has wrapped around Mars twice and is in peoples way is great。 Four spent cables out of five 。。。more
Leanna
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The second wasn’t as good to me as the first。。。
Pablo Panero
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Very great sequel。 As in the red chapter it builds up a bit slowly for my taste， but it gives you the complete description of environment and covers all the angles of the scenario。
Vijay Krishnamoorthy
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The second book in the trilogy and does a stunning job of explaining the continued evolution of the physical and human landscape of Mars。 Fascinating as a read into the anatomy of a revolution and how in this case there were learnings from a previous failed one。 Also some prescient warnings about the impact of climate change on earth， impressive as this was written in the mid 1990s
Kyle Gambrel
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Like the first book， most of it concerns the science of terraforming Mars。 Impressive on concept and scale of what it would take to make Mars livable with vegetation， animals， and breathable air。 While this is going on the characters are dealing with the ethics of turning Mars into a second Earth， and the influence of Earth-based corporations。 The characters aren't that interesting， which is always a turnoff from me， and makes reading about terraforming tedious at times。 I think Robinson improve Like the first book， most of it concerns the science of terraforming Mars。 Impressive on concept and scale of what it would take to make Mars livable with vegetation， animals， and breathable air。 While this is going on the characters are dealing with the ethics of turning Mars into a second Earth， and the influence of Earth-based corporations。 The characters aren't that interesting， which is always a turnoff from me， and makes reading about terraforming tedious at times。 I think Robinson improves on his characters later in his career。 I'll turn to some lighter reading before finishing the trilogy。 。。。more
Meg
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I actually enjoyed Green Mars much more than Red Mars。 My biggest qualm with the first book was that the scope was too big to really do justice to the setting， the story， or the characters。 While still epic， Green Mars narrows its focus to a few related events， and looks much more closely at the internal machinations of its PoV characters。Although it ends abruptly， the timing makes sense， and it's an open choice whether to continue the series or not。 There is some level of finality and resolutio I actually enjoyed Green Mars much more than Red Mars。 My biggest qualm with the first book was that the scope was too big to really do justice to the setting， the story， or the characters。 While still epic， Green Mars narrows its focus to a few related events， and looks much more closely at the internal machinations of its PoV characters。Although it ends abruptly， the timing makes sense， and it's an open choice whether to continue the series or not。 There is some level of finality and resolution， but also some glaringly open questions that will presumably be answered in the next novel。 。。。more
Anthony
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Best way I can describe this book is to take most of the good parts of Red Mars away， and you have Green Mars。 I would say 80% of the book I did not enjoy for most part。 The last part of the book was the best part， and in my opinion the ending was better than in Red Mars。 I am surprised it is getting 2 and not 1 star， but the ending was quite nice。
John
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Just a quick review here: reading this book has launched Robinson’s Mars trilogy up my list of series that I’ve been most excited to finish after the second book。 There’s a good amount of hard science， but the characters have such depth and complexity that humanity is never lost in the scientific considerations。 At it’s core， Green Mars questions the very possibility of change in something that has been fixed for a long time; this concept plays out on the scale of planetary environments all the Just a quick review here: reading this book has launched Robinson’s Mars trilogy up my list of series that I’ve been most excited to finish after the second book。 There’s a good amount of hard science， but the characters have such depth and complexity that humanity is never lost in the scientific considerations。 At it’s core， Green Mars questions the very possibility of change in something that has been fixed for a long time; this concept plays out on the scale of planetary environments all the way down to individual human souls。 Awesome novel。 。。。more
David N
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This is a stunning book。 The intersections of science （physical and natural， yes， but also social and human） with politics （leaders and wars but also ethics， post capitalism， and self setermination） are staggering。 Its a work of genius and I can't believe this series isn't better known！ This is a stunning book。 The intersections of science （physical and natural， yes， but also social and human） with politics （leaders and wars but also ethics， post capitalism， and self setermination） are staggering。 Its a work of genius and I can't believe this series isn't better known！ 。。。more
John
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This second episode of the trilogy maintains the standard of the first。Moving into a new political phase of oppression and rebellion， with a mix of new and old characters， the tone builds from the low point at the end of the first volume with increasing rays of hope。Mars is still at the forefront， in all its meticulously detailed stark beauty。KSR has quite an astute understanding of politics too， and the way the rebels gradually build up their position is quite engaging。
Lance Schonberg
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I’d like to give this a higher rating。 This has a lot of things I like in my epic SF: big stakes， complex character relationships， cool ideas， reasonable science， and great writing。Unfortunately， it also does things I hate。It feels like Mr。 Robinson had to use every scrap of background worldbuilding he did in the final story itself rather than just enough to breathe life into the story and keep the story interesting and exciting。 And this often comes in the shape of massive infodumps。Add to that I’d like to give this a higher rating。 This has a lot of things I like in my epic SF: big stakes， complex character relationships， cool ideas， reasonable science， and great writing。Unfortunately， it also does things I hate。It feels like Mr。 Robinson had to use every scrap of background worldbuilding he did in the final story itself rather than just enough to breathe life into the story and keep the story interesting and exciting。 And this often comes in the shape of massive infodumps。Add to that， much like the first book in the trilogy， the structure of the book makes it feel like the author wanted it to be a series of shorter works。 Every POV character gets one shot at being POV and then we move on to someone else for the rest of the book。 They stitch together into one story， but it has the effect of getting you very used to being inside one character’s head for a long time before jerking the rug out from under you。It’s huge， sweeping， dramatic， and visionary。 Sometimes， it’s also boring。 。。。more
David
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In this second volume of the Mars trilogy， there have been three generations of Mars-born humans and the struggle for contro over Mars continues。 A few of the first 100 settlers remain， thanks to anti-aging treatments， to manipulate their grandchildren， pretend to be heroes， and dominate discourse on how to terraform Mars， and how or whether to form a separate Martian society from Earth。Terraforming is now largely out of their hands as so many disparate colonies and corporations try out their va In this second volume of the Mars trilogy， there have been three generations of Mars-born humans and the struggle for contro over Mars continues。 A few of the first 100 settlers remain， thanks to anti-aging treatments， to manipulate their grandchildren， pretend to be heroes， and dominate discourse on how to terraform Mars， and how or whether to form a separate Martian society from Earth。Terraforming is now largely out of their hands as so many disparate colonies and corporations try out their various methods with varying interests。It is hard to assess my enjoyment of these books。 They are interesting in total， but extremely tedious page to page。 I didn't know there was still so much I could learn about lichen。I was interested in the parts about Mia growing older。 What would it be like to be fit at 120， but have a mind full of 120 years of experience？ 。。。more
Bernie
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This is the second in the Mars Trilogy。 While Red Mars dealt mainly with Terraforming Mars。 Green Mars is about the break away from earth control and the attempt to declare Mars a free and independent planet。 Others issues like engineering the biology of Mars， extending human longevity and making Mars atmosphere more breathable are still playing out。 Yet this book like the first spends too mush time with the characters doing a lot of soul searching and introspection。 I’m talking paragraphs and p This is the second in the Mars Trilogy。 While Red Mars dealt mainly with Terraforming Mars。 Green Mars is about the break away from earth control and the attempt to declare Mars a free and independent planet。 Others issues like engineering the biology of Mars， extending human longevity and making Mars atmosphere more breathable are still playing out。 Yet this book like the first spends too mush time with the characters doing a lot of soul searching and introspection。 I’m talking paragraphs and paragraphs of internal dialogue that the book could really do without。 。。。more
Nick
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Quit after a couple hours in。 Too silly。
Hallie
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Again， similar pacing issues to the first in the trilogy。 I understand what the author is doing， and his choice is brilliant， but it drives me a little crazy - for someone who cares more about the geology of Mars， I'm sure it works far better。 For me， I'd rather just rattle along with the politics and story telling。 Again， similar pacing issues to the first in the trilogy。 I understand what the author is doing， and his choice is brilliant， but it drives me a little crazy - for someone who cares more about the geology of Mars， I'm sure it works far better。 For me， I'd rather just rattle along with the politics and story telling。 。。。more
Terry Pearce
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The five stars is really more for the cumulative effect of the story; I gave red Mars four stars and this is marginally better， but the story （both in terms of the characters and the planet） rolls on and gathers momentum and the sheer scale of the achievement impresses more and more the more you read。 If Blue Mars continues in this vein I will probably give it five stars as well， but really what I'll be wowed with is the whole thing。 To hold all these ideas about how a colonisation of Mars could The five stars is really more for the cumulative effect of the story; I gave red Mars four stars and this is marginally better， but the story （both in terms of the characters and the planet） rolls on and gathers momentum and the sheer scale of the achievement impresses more and more the more you read。 If Blue Mars continues in this vein I will probably give it five stars as well， but really what I'll be wowed with is the whole thing。 To hold all these ideas about how a colonisation of Mars could go in your head is so unbelievably impressive。 To wrap it round some characters which are engaging and believable and make the whole seem not just believable but almost as if it is that which it claims to be -- a future history -- well， hats off。 。。。more
Alex Bright
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The fulcrum is in our minds。Incredible！ Especially considering the context of the last 24 hours。
Abram Jackson
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I forgot about this trilogy for a few years after reading Red Mars。 This was too bad， because it took me a while to get back into these characters and situation。 There's a lot of hard sci fi to like in Green Mars， but I feel like a lot of the exploratory science was replaced by geographical descriptions。 There were so many paragraphs of new words for arrangements of rocks that I had to start skimming over them sometimes。I rely thought that Nirgal was going to be the main character， finding the p I forgot about this trilogy for a few years after reading Red Mars。 This was too bad， because it took me a while to get back into these characters and situation。 There's a lot of hard sci fi to like in Green Mars， but I feel like a lot of the exploratory science was replaced by geographical descriptions。 There were so many paragraphs of new words for arrangements of rocks that I had to start skimming over them sometimes。I rely thought that Nirgal was going to be the main character， finding the path between the green and the white。 Instead， the first 100 represented both green and white， with Nirgal and others playing supporting roles。With all that， this is still a good book。 I'll read Blue Mars too; hopefully before I forget the story again。 。。。more
Christian
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not proud to say I trudged through the first 200 pages in roughly 4 months。 as with the first book， most of the scientific descriptions are perfectly inscrutable to me。 thankfully， the back 400 pages， which I read in 2 weeks， lean heavily into the totally enrapturing colonial politics of mars， dealing with a deep factionalism among martian revolutionaries （sound familiar？）。 altogether interesting and engrossing！
Reference
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