Red Mars

Name: Red Mars
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Rating: 3.72 (14 reviews)
Author: Kim Stanley Robinson
ISBN: 9781436121200

Author: Kim Stanley Robinson

Series: Mars #1

Narrator: Richard Ferrone

Unabridged: 23 hr 42 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 04/25/2008

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

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.

About Kim Stanley Robinson

New York Times bestselling author Kim Stanley Robinson was born in 1952. A native Californian, he is the author of the Nebula and Hugo Award-winning Mars trilogy, as well as the 2016 winner of the Robert A. Heinlein Award bestowed for outstanding published works in science fiction and technical writings that inspire the human exploration of space. This award is in recognition of Mr. Robinson's body of work, which includes more than fifteen novels-including his groundbreaking Mars novels-and over forty short stories.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Matt on November 09, 2022

I just finished reading this for the second or third time. I wish I could bump this up to 3.5 stars, which more reflects what I feel about it. To begin with, I should come forward with my biases. This is a book you'll either love or you will hate. For my part, I love the planet Mars. Or at least, I......more

Goodreads review by Jamie on November 13, 2007

An extremely detailed and ridiculously well researched novel on the colonization of Mars, this book is absolutely maddening. The characters veer from believable three dimensional humans to weird caricatures and plot devices within a few pages. And the author's exploration of the political implicatio......more

Goodreads review by Mario the lone bookwolf on February 13, 2022

What a vision, what a detailed description of both the hard science and humanities escalating towards misuse by politics, economics, ideology, and faith. The cognitive dissonance between high tech and naked ape primitivity As always, by the way, there seems to be close to no sci-fi author who doesn´t......more

Goodreads review by Henry on June 10, 2024

When primitive man looked up at the heavens wondering what that red light was during the cold nights trying to keep warm in the long dark, they told stories around the camp fires about the mysterious object, the best liars and fables were remembered and from generation to generation these tales were......more

Goodreads review by Clouds on June 30, 2013

Christmas 2010: I realised that I had got stuck in a rut. I was re-reading old favourites again and again, waiting for a few trusted authors to release new works. Something had to be done. On the spur of the moment I set myself a challenge, to read every book to have won the Locus Sci-Fi award. T......more