Science Fiction

Green Mars

Green Mars

  • Downloads：7466
  • Type：Epub+TxT+PDF+Mobi
  • Create Date：2021-12-17 06:51:31
  • Update Date：2025-09-06
  • Status：finish
  • Author：Kim Stanley Robinson
  • ISBN：0593358848
  • Environment：PC/Android/iPhone/iPad/Kindle
  • Download

Summary

Winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel - Kim Stanley Robinson's classic trilogy depicting the colonization of Mars continues in a thrilling and timeless novel that pits the settlers against their greatest foes: themselves。

"One of the major sagas of the [latest] generation in science fiction。"--Chicago Sun-Times

Nearly a generation has passed since the first pioneers landed on Mars， and its transformation to an Earthlike planet is under way。 But not everyone wants to see the process through。 The methods are opposed by those determined to preserve their home planet's hostile， barren beauty。 Led by the first generation of children born on Mars， these rebels are soon joined by a handful of the original settlers。 Against this cosmic backdrop， passions， partnerships， and rivalries explode in a story as spectacular as the planet itself。

Download

Reviews

James ，

I enjoyed this book just as much as the first。 Its definitely a slowly paced book， and if you wouldn't like taking a slow， scientific journey across Mars with a scientist， while experiencing what they do within their mind， then walk the other way。 For me， its been a unique experience。 I think the best part of this series is that you start with nothing on a bare planet， which is not common in a sci-fi setting。 You really feel like you're one of the first 100 on Mars， and the stories build a sense I enjoyed this book just as much as the first。 Its definitely a slowly paced book， and if you wouldn't like taking a slow， scientific journey across Mars with a scientist， while experiencing what they do within their mind， then walk the other way。 For me， its been a unique experience。 I think the best part of this series is that you start with nothing on a bare planet， which is not common in a sci-fi setting。 You really feel like you're one of the first 100 on Mars， and the stories build a sense of affection and appreciation for what Mars was， what it is， and what it is becoming。 After reading this second book， I've actually had to remind myself a few times that pretty much nothing has happened on Mars。 My mind has been filled with so much history for this planet， and all these people I've journeyed around with， and when I see updates from Perseverance， I'm like， "Oh yeah， guess that didn't happen。 Whoops。" I am reading this series straight through， and I would recommend anyone to do the same。 If you read one of the books and then return a year or two later， it won't have the same effect。 。。。more

Henry DeForest ，

Of the three books in the trilogy， I feel as though Green Mars had the clearest narrative structure。 The book very clearly built to a single event， which finished in a satisfying payoff—an ending so good I would have been content with it had this series instead been a duology。 Many of the characters were developed in interesting directions throughout this book， and I personally enjoyed reading about the growth and change in Sax Russell， who seems to have somehow become the series' primary protag Of the three books in the trilogy， I feel as though Green Mars had the clearest narrative structure。 The book very clearly built to a single event， which finished in a satisfying payoff—an ending so good I would have been content with it had this series instead been a duology。 Many of the characters were developed in interesting directions throughout this book， and I personally enjoyed reading about the growth and change in Sax Russell， who seems to have somehow become the series' primary protagonist in a way following the first book。 This book suffers from a dryness that naturally accompanies a hyper-meticulous exploration into science and politics， but just as with the first book， if you are willing to put in the work， the book should pay you back thoroughly。 。。。more

Erik English ，

Sheesh！

ECS ，

While not as strong as Red Mars， this book shines a little in its own way。 It focuses much more on the emergence and interplay of all the splinter political/cultural/economic groups and their various leaders and has a broader 'human' scope than the first book。 Sections from the perspective of the new characters were definitely weaker， but at the same time the perspective chapters from the original characters included from the first book were stronger， with much more development， more interesting While not as strong as Red Mars， this book shines a little in its own way。 It focuses much more on the emergence and interplay of all the splinter political/cultural/economic groups and their various leaders and has a broader 'human' scope than the first book。 Sections from the perspective of the new characters were definitely weaker， but at the same time the perspective chapters from the original characters included from the first book were stronger， with much more development， more interesting arcs， and more of their actions driving the plot than the reverse。 It was complex and messy， a natural and necessary reflection of the complexity and messiness of politics。 Like the first book， it was a bit long and could have used some editing， especially in the last stretch。 Deep down， I felt it lacked a certain magic that the first book had， but still glad I read it and will probably read the last entry in the series。 。。。more

Matt ，

Interesting and boring。

Meg ，

I did not enjoy this as much as Red Mars。 It’s just too long and things he doesn’t bother to explain started to bother me。 Like where does all the good food come from？ But it was still an enjoyable read。

nathaniel ，

It's tough to rate because I am very impressed by the book， but I don't know that I enjoyed it that much。 It was a dozen or maybe two dozen thought experiments。 Many of those thought experiments are really interesting。 It is kind of amazing that Robinson was able to make anything close to a cohesive narrative when it seemed like a lot of the focus was speculating about science and possible near futures。 I find the science and thought experiments good。 The plot is fine。 But it fails when it deals It's tough to rate because I am very impressed by the book， but I don't know that I enjoyed it that much。 It was a dozen or maybe two dozen thought experiments。 Many of those thought experiments are really interesting。 It is kind of amazing that Robinson was able to make anything close to a cohesive narrative when it seemed like a lot of the focus was speculating about science and possible near futures。 I find the science and thought experiments good。 The plot is fine。 But it fails when it deals with character and character interaction。 Probably a 3。5 if I could 。。。more

Joan Bo ，

Avorrit avorrit

Zahra ，

“Green Mars” By Kim Stanley Robinson is an emotional and action packed “Red Mars” Sequel story following the main characters， Peter Clayborne， Maya Toitovna， Simon Fraiser， and Sax Russell， A group of characters determined to preserve the natural beauty of Mars as it starts to develop into a Green planet。 The story starts off taking place in the 22nd century， with the first， original Mars settlers trying to flee to an underground base known as the Demonide after they are attacked。 As chaos start “Green Mars” By Kim Stanley Robinson is an emotional and action packed “Red Mars” Sequel story following the main characters， Peter Clayborne， Maya Toitovna， Simon Fraiser， and Sax Russell， A group of characters determined to preserve the natural beauty of Mars as it starts to develop into a Green planet。 The story starts off taking place in the 22nd century， with the first， original Mars settlers trying to flee to an underground base known as the Demonide after they are attacked。 As chaos starts to ensue around mars， a revolution is being planned and that is where the real story begins， as the characters are forced on a journey to save mars。This book was generally fun to read and I enjoyed exploring this sci-fi story。 For a fictional book such as this， I expected it to feel much less realistic than it did。 Though I do believe it would take billions of years for Mars to become a green， liveable planet， and it seems to be near impossible to achieve unless some strange anomaly occurs， but other than that， this book did feel real。 The characters developed and changed throughout the story and that brought myself as a reader more into the book。 If I could have changed anything about this book it would be the Scientific accuracy， and the setting of the story。 To make this story more accurate I think it would be best to have it take place in another galaxy similar to ours， but with more realistic information， and planets that make this story more scientifically accurate。 I give this book 3。5/5 stars， it was very fun to read but there were a few things that definitely could've been better。 。。。more

Thom Kirkwood ，

Was really enjoying it and then lost my copy。

Jen ，

Essentially a terraforming soap opera， but oddly compelling。

Martyn Vaughan ，

There are two problems with this book:1。 The Science。 The timescale。 Mars' atmosphere has been increased from 7Mb to 160 Mb in just 6o years。 This is achieved by melting the polar caps， releasing Co2 from the soil。 This timetable was predicated on the belief that Mars has vast amounts of volatiles waiting to be released。 However， melting both caps would raise the pressure to only 14 MB compared to Earth's 1013Mb。 It would require strip mining the entire planet to release significant Co2 from the There are two problems with this book:1。 The Science。 The timescale。 Mars' atmosphere has been increased from 7Mb to 160 Mb in just 6o years。 This is achieved by melting the polar caps， releasing Co2 from the soil。 This timetable was predicated on the belief that Mars has vast amounts of volatiles waiting to be released。 However， melting both caps would raise the pressure to only 14 MB compared to Earth's 1013Mb。 It would require strip mining the entire planet to release significant Co2 from the crust。 The resulting atmosphere is nitrogen-deficient and Robinson suggests bringing N2 from Titan。 That would involve shipping gigatonnes of N2 out of Saturn's gravity well。 Increasing the pressure by crashing comets would require 10 million 1 km-wide comets of pure CO2。 If they were available， the impacts would exterminate the colonists。 SF6， CF4 and C2F6 are injected to raise the temperature。 This would require about 40 million tonnes of these gases and on disassociation by UV they would release fluorine， the most reactive gas in the periodic table。 The lack of a magnetosphere， the high surface radiation， & the effect of 0。3g on human development are not discussed。2。 The Story: The book is populated by colourless， indistinguishable characters。 There is no Hero's Journey。 What little action there is interspersed with great slabs of Martian geography。 These people， as well as terraforming a hostile planet， have time to develop an anti-ageing drug expanding lifespans to well over a century。 Despite being confined in sealed dwellings they can survive a violent uprising。 。。。more

Phillip Krzeminski ，

It lacks a bit of the magic of the first novel， but it benefits from narrowing the focus to a smaller group of “perspective” characters。 This book focuses less on terraforming and more on politics， with some interesting side-story themes like the effects of the immorality drug deployed in the first novel。 It was nice to see so many of the first 100 undergo so much character development and true lily change in this chapter of the story， especially Sax and Maya （both of which were a bit one dimens It lacks a bit of the magic of the first novel， but it benefits from narrowing the focus to a smaller group of “perspective” characters。 This book focuses less on terraforming and more on politics， with some interesting side-story themes like the effects of the immorality drug deployed in the first novel。 It was nice to see so many of the first 100 undergo so much character development and true lily change in this chapter of the story， especially Sax and Maya （both of which were a bit one dimensional in the first book）。 。。。more

Ed Young ，

The imagination of the science and politics is fascinating。 The interior world of the characters is less compelling。

A。G。 ，

Unfinished。 Lacked any of the interest of the first book， cutting my losses in this series。 Unfortunate。

Nico ，

De nuevo me demoré como 10 años marcianos， pero creo que valió la pena， deja de centrarse en la geología y en las revoluciones fallidas para ir con las biología y en revoluciones cuyo éxito quedará por definir。Todos esos llamados a la unidad， esos congreso y esas discusiones me recordaron a Octubre de China Miéville y bueno， ya saben， es año electoral acá en Chile。

Niko ，

Grimes wants to be a Hiroko but chances are she'll wind up more of a Phyllis Grimes wants to be a Hiroko but chances are she'll wind up more of a Phyllis 。。。more

Leo Knight ，

I gave up halfway through this 600 page novel。 It mainly consists of annoying characters driving rovers around Mars， and travelogues of bleak Martian landscape。 Most of the text repeats monotonously。 After five or six descriptions of lichens， or frost flowers， or some supposedly impassable geological feature with a suspiciously convenient detour， I just couldn't go on。 Although the characters do a great deal of travelling， it has no goal。 It's all aimless wandering。 I did enjoy the opening secti I gave up halfway through this 600 page novel。 It mainly consists of annoying characters driving rovers around Mars， and travelogues of bleak Martian landscape。 Most of the text repeats monotonously。 After five or six descriptions of lichens， or frost flowers， or some supposedly impassable geological feature with a suspiciously convenient detour， I just couldn't go on。 Although the characters do a great deal of travelling， it has no goal。 It's all aimless wandering。 I did enjoy the opening section about life in a secret colony beneath the south polar cap， and another where a socially awkward scientist reluctantly has to act as a spy。 Something that really annoyed me: The novel has maps， but many of the locations visited aren't on the maps。 I had no idea where the characters were， or where they were going。 It was like being stuck in a long road trip with a bunch of strangers。 The author does create a believable， detailed world， which is why I gave this two stars， but although some interesting things happen， I felt they had no motive。 Most of the characters merely linger until events force them to act。 I found it very frustrating。 。。。more

Jeremiah Small ，

Good， but long with virtually no action。 Only recommend if you get super nerded out on Mars terraforming

Erik Halliwell ，

Once again， lengthy in parts but captivating。

John Cote ，

After reading Red Mars （Mars Trilogy， #1）， I was disappointed with this book。 I found it too long and tedious， with too much description of Mars and politics and not enough actual things happening to move the plot forward。 The plot is interesting， but it could have been done in half the pages of this book。

Sarah ，

3。5 stars- this is such a smart series。 It’s interesting to read how KSR envisions Mars being colonized。 Art is probably one of my favorite characters， and he’s been a great edition to this volume。 I’m reading this series with my husband （he’s a big fan） as part of our little “book club” （it’s just the two of us）， and I am very much enjoying myself。 A few reasons for the lower rating:1。 While I am enjoying this series and find it well written， I will probably never read it again。 It’s something 3。5 stars- this is such a smart series。 It’s interesting to read how KSR envisions Mars being colonized。 Art is probably one of my favorite characters， and he’s been a great edition to this volume。 I’m reading this series with my husband （he’s a big fan） as part of our little “book club” （it’s just the two of us）， and I am very much enjoying myself。 A few reasons for the lower rating:1。 While I am enjoying this series and find it well written， I will probably never read it again。 It’s something I am happy I am reading， but once is enough。 If this ever changes， I’ll probably up the rating to four stars。2。 Because it is such an epic series that spans so much， it is sometimes hard to keep up with some of the characters。 Some of them will only be mentioned briefly and then not again for half a book or more。 I find myself caring less about them and wanting to rush through when they are mentioned。 This mostly comes into play during the second revolution when some names from the ‘61 revolution/first 100 are mentioned。3。 Not often， but sometimes the chronology can be a bit confusing。 Sometimes several years/decades will pass and it isn’t always apparent that this has happened。 。。。more

Adrian ，

Pocas menciones al regolito， pero aun así bien。

Wil C。 Fry ，

Reading this reminded me of several years ago when I rented a movie because it had won an Oscar， naively thinking that would guarantee something good， but it turned out to be The Deer Hunter。 Yes， this book won a Hugo， but it still has 50-page rover trips and one conversation that lasts for more than 20 pages without adding anything to the story。 And there is a conference that is 50-something pages long that could have been summarized in four or five paragraphs。 （I wrote a longer review on my web Reading this reminded me of several years ago when I rented a movie because it had won an Oscar， naively thinking that would guarantee something good， but it turned out to be The Deer Hunter。 Yes， this book won a Hugo， but it still has 50-page rover trips and one conversation that lasts for more than 20 pages without adding anything to the story。 And there is a conference that is 50-something pages long that could have been summarized in four or five paragraphs。 （I wrote a longer review on my website。） 。。。more

Steve Baskauf ，

Well， I'm committed to this now since it's a trilogy and a Hugo winner。 But my thoughts are similar to the first book: fairly interesting story line， brilliant description of what it might be like on Mars under colonization， but really dragging on at a glacial pace。 My guess is that with a strict editor， this book could have been half as long and still just as good （or better）。 No real surprising twists or cleverness， just a kind of plodding reveal of an epic story line。 Well， I'm committed to this now since it's a trilogy and a Hugo winner。 But my thoughts are similar to the first book: fairly interesting story line， brilliant description of what it might be like on Mars under colonization， but really dragging on at a glacial pace。 My guess is that with a strict editor， this book could have been half as long and still just as good （or better）。 No real surprising twists or cleverness， just a kind of plodding reveal of an epic story line。 。。。more

Darran Mclaughlin ，

Absolutely incredible。 I read Red Mars a few months ago and now following reading Green Mars I know I have discovered one of my favourite writers。 It's like KSR was designed in a lab to create an author just for me。 This novel forms the second part of a trilogy。 Sometimes the second volume is a big of a lull between the big opener and the grand conclusion， but this might be even better than Red Mars。 KSR writes beautiful prose， filled with stunning， poetic descriptions of the Martian landscape a Absolutely incredible。 I read Red Mars a few months ago and now following reading Green Mars I know I have discovered one of my favourite writers。 It's like KSR was designed in a lab to create an author just for me。 This novel forms the second part of a trilogy。 Sometimes the second volume is a big of a lull between the big opener and the grand conclusion， but this might be even better than Red Mars。 KSR writes beautiful prose， filled with stunning， poetic descriptions of the Martian landscape and ecosystem that are grounded in close study and observation。 His characters are incredibly compelling and diverse， and these novels are fantastic psychological portraits of extraordinary people who experience ordinary and relatable thoughts and feelings。 The novel jumps between different third person perspectives in different chapters， allowing us to witness a panorama of characters and see Mars and the action that takes place from multiple points of view。 These novels are hard sci-fi， with detailed， plausible and fascinating scientific exposition。 Unlike many other Science Fiction writers， we are chosing between the quality of prose， imagination， characterisation， psychology and science， because KSR has mastered them all。 These novels touch upon ecology， politics， philosophy， physics， biology， economics， eroticism， anthropology and culture， and he nails every one。 I am in awe of his talent， and I will read much more of his work。 。。。more

Schmaehgol （Joe） ，

Mars colonies terraform planet and revolt against Earth。

Tyson Dawson ，

I feel somewhat conflicted rating this book 3 stars because on one hand it is an expansive， detailed， visionary epic and on the other hand is a slog to get through。 But I liked it enough to start the next one！

PJ ，

I really liked this book。 Great sequel to Red Mars。 It felt like the first half of the book was getting each character into place and the second half was revolution！ I probably liked the second half a little more， but so be it。Sax was such a great character in this book。 In less than 15 pages we have more characterization of him and Hiroko than we did the whole first book… through a child’s eyes， they’re set up in contrast to each other and then the idea of a fusion between them， The Alchemist， I really liked this book。 Great sequel to Red Mars。 It felt like the first half of the book was getting each character into place and the second half was revolution！ I probably liked the second half a little more， but so be it。Sax was such a great character in this book。 In less than 15 pages we have more characterization of him and Hiroko than we did the whole first book… through a child’s eyes， they’re set up in contrast to each other and then the idea of a fusion between them， The Alchemist， is teased。 Just great stuff。I hope that we get more if Nigral and Jackie in Blue Mars because it felt like there is a lot to explore there。 I was afraid Nigral was going to be a classic Chosen One， which would’ve stunk because it doesn’t really make sense to introduce a chosen one in the middle part of a trilogy， plus it’s a lazy trope and clearly the author enjoys setting up lots of characters and playing them off each other rather than just revolving around one protagonist。 But that wasn’t the case！ Yay！After watching Chinatown last night， I don’t think I could’ve handled two bleak endings in a row， so I was thrilled this one was pretty hopeful。 Revolution might be shown as a doomed concept in Blue Mars， but we aren’t there yet。 The walk to Libya Station was really cathartic， I felt great that everything seemed to work out due to Sax’s many contingency plans。 Great ending， great book。 。。。more

Abigail Connors ，

The second Mars novel is just as interesting as Red Mars。 I miss John Boone， the hero of Red Mars， but this one goes deeper into the character of Sax， who goes through interesting changes。 In the first book he seemed kind of robotic， and still has that manner， a bit， but when he explores a new region he is entranced by all the vegetation， flowers， and scenery。 You see a more human side of him。 Nadia is back， yay， and also Maya， who is finding it hard to deal with aging to 130 and more。 There are The second Mars novel is just as interesting as Red Mars。 I miss John Boone， the hero of Red Mars， but this one goes deeper into the character of Sax， who goes through interesting changes。 In the first book he seemed kind of robotic， and still has that manner， a bit， but when he explores a new region he is entranced by all the vegetation， flowers， and scenery。 You see a more human side of him。 Nadia is back， yay， and also Maya， who is finding it hard to deal with aging to 130 and more。 There are new characters， too， especially some of Hiroko's many children， including the optimistic Nirgal and the self-important Jackie， John Boone's granddaughter。 Earth is in crisis and the Free Mars movement plans a revolution。 Very exciting。 。。。more

Reference

google book https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&q=Green Mars

hathitrust digital library https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/ls?q1=Green Mars&field1=ocr&a=srchls&ft=ft&lmt=ft

The British Library https://bll01.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?query=any,contains,Green Mars&tab=LibraryCatalog&search_scope=Not_BL_Suppress&vid=44BL_INST:BLL01&lang=en&offset=0