Red Mars
Failed to add items
Add to basket failed.
Add to Wish List failed.
Remove from Wish List failed.
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Red Mars
Buy Now for $46.99
No valid payment method on file.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
-
Narrated by:
-
Richard Ferrone
About this listen
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 BooksCritic 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)
What listeners say about Red Mars
Average Customer RatingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story4 out of 5 stars
- Simon Rashleigh
- 04-05-2023
Confusing start, but superb later on.
I nearly abandoned this book from its confusing start as I found it unrealistic due to its lack of tech on how they established a Martian colony. It was all about politics and personalities. But then the book finally got past its confusing start and got on with the original mission to Mars and it was fantastic from there on, and just gets better from there on. The confusing flash forward in time start does makes sense later on. Definitely worth persisting with this high drama Sci-FI classic. It’s an important work worthy of your time, with superb science and the most comprehensive Mars story I have ever come across in book and on screen.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
2 people found this helpful
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Anonymous User
- 13-02-2023
good listening 🎶
amididly, I did read the second book first, which made this make so much sense from the beginning. all and all, if you enjoy sifi and some good tech talk, have a listen.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Jackson
- 21-12-2017
Great hard sci fi
I loved hearing a hard sci fi that not only thought about physical sciences but earth and biological science as well. the author works hard to create an utterly believable story (despite recent scientific evidence that water is so scarce on Mars!).
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- M. Beard
- 06-11-2017
loved it
highly recommended. excellent character and world building. thoroughly engaging story. very thought provoking. best sort of scifi
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall3 out of 5 stars
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars
-
Story2 out of 5 stars
- John
- 19-03-2025
No story
I found this long and boring with disjointed fragments of story. No cohesive plot
Sounds like a group of scientists just explaining how colonisation could be done. But somewhat far fetched.
Too much pseudo politics and bad attempts at adding romance to try and make us connect with boring characters.
Don’t think I will bother with the others in this series.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars
-
Story4 out of 5 stars
- serena15
- 15-01-2024
Hard Science Fiction at the Cutting Edge
This book has aged really well. The discussions about technologies and the science behind them are still rock solid.
Although this book felt a little like Dune in places (particularly with the discussions of morals) it is a very very solid piece of work and definitely stands on its own.
If you want an action packed science fiction novel, this is not the book for you. If you want a nuanced exploration of feudalism/capitalism and the relationship of mankind with technology and the environment, this is the perfect book.
The narration was also really very good.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
1 person found this helpful
-
Overall3 out of 5 stars
-
Performance3 out of 5 stars
-
Story3 out of 5 stars
- Josephine Scott
- 18-04-2021
Highly anticipated but greatly disappointed.
I tried a few times and I might eventually finish this but the last part wasn't enough to interest me to spend more hours on this book. A different narrator might have carried this through for me and I am disappointed because someone I regard highly endorsed this book. I might have to try any more Kim Stanley Robinson without audio or perhaps just not this narrator. It helped to speed the narrator up to 1.2 speed but not by much. such a shame.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
1 person found this helpful
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Brett Agnew
- 23-07-2019
this should definitely be a TV series
this is a amazing book , and it should definitely be a TV series if done by the book however I feel the first chapter of the book would be deemed as islamophobic and would be cancelled after the first chapter .......... but hope it oneday becomes a TV series because I'm hooked and love the problem solving and mystery and humanity problems ...... one thing that confuses me is the part 1,2 ,3 ,4, 5 and so on time line .......... its something you really need to concentrate on if you zone out for 5 minutes you'd better rewind because you've missed something great or important....... bought the other 3 books before finishing the first
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- YU LIU
- 23-03-2022
best Mars sci fi ever
there are a lot of sci fi books about Mars, mostly focus on the plot and storyline. This one put a great deal to creat a extremely detailed Mars life. listen to this book, I felt like seeing Mars with my own eye. the book was unique and different from common space opal style. maybe not for everyone, but definitely impressed me
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Anonymous User
- 30-11-2018
gripping
great book, creating a detailed world and describing the challenges of life in the extreme, but underlined by humanity and cultures
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!