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Red Mars

By: Kim Stanley Robinson
Narrated by: Richard Ferrone
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 Winner of the Nebula Award for Best Novel, Red Mars is the first book in Kim Stanley Robinson's best-selling trilogy. Red Mars is praised by scientists for its detailed visions of future technology. It is also hailed by authors and critics for its vivid characters and dramatic conflicts.

For centuries, the red planet has enticed the people of Earth. Now an international group of scientists has colonized Mars. Leaving Earth forever, these 100 people have traveled nine months to reach their new home. This is the remarkable story of the world they create - and the hidden power struggles of those who want to control it.

Although it is fiction, Red Mars is based on years of research. As living spaces and greenhouses multiply, an astonishing panorama of our galactic future rises from the red dust. Through Richard Ferrone's narration, each scene is energized with the designs and dreams of the extraordinary pioneers.

©1993 Kim Stanley Robinson (P)2000 Recorded Books Fantasy Fiction Hard Science Fiction Science Fiction Solar System Mars

Critic Reviews

  • Nebula Award, Best Novel, 1993

"Generously blending hard science with canny insight into human strengths and weaknesses, this suspenseful sf saga should appeal to a wide range of readers." (Library Journal)
"The ultimate in future history." (Daily Mail)
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great book, creating a detailed world and describing the challenges of life in the extreme, but underlined by humanity and cultures

gripping

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Loved every minute of this epic of a story. Engrossing. Fascinating. A hope for the future.

Staggering book

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An incredible story - rich characters, interesting multilayered tale of science, space, politics and culture. I learned a lot, pondered a lot and enjoyed its richness, relevance and epic poetic style. Since starting this book I have become a fan of the author as a thinker and speaker. Looking forward to the next two in the trilogy!

Performance by the narrator was pretty good.

Rich, prescient, thought-provoking, beautiful

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Have been wanting to read this for 20 years. Just a bit long, looking forward to the sequels

Love the detail

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I read these books as a teenager and still have concepts from it come into my brain. I loved the attempts at predicting the future of science and that no character is so central to the story that they are “safe”.

Rereading an old favorite

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