Some books are worth reading more than once. Kim Stanley Robinson's Red Mars falls into this category. Like Dune and other great science fiction epics, the book succeeds on a variety of levels, including technology, environment, and characterization.16 Aug 2006
Is Red Mars a good book?
Top positive review Red Mars is a long, albeit good hard Science Fiction novel that takes the reader deep into the ruddy landscape of Mars via a massive cast of characters. A very good read for the dedicated, hardcore Science Fiction enthusiast.
How long does it take to read Red Mars?
The average reader will spend 9 hours and 52 minutes reading this book at 250 WPM (words per minute).
What is the Red Mars trilogy about?
The trilogy follows the colonization of Mars and later the entire solar system, complete with the technological, moral, social and political evolution that accompanies it, spanning 200 years of future history.” Red Mars: For centuries, the barren, desolate landscape of the red planet has beckoned to humankind.
How many pages is Red Mars?
Author Kim Stanley Robinson
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Pages 501 (hardcover)
Awards Nebula Award (1993), British Science Fiction Association Award (1993)
ISBN 0-553-09204-9
OCLC 26054317
What happens at the end of Red Mars?
In the final chapters of Red Mars, Chalmers flees with Toitovna and other members of the First Hundred to join the hidden colonists at the polar ice cap but dies along the way when he is caught outside their vehicle during an aquifer flood in Valles Marineris.
Should I read Red Mars?
The Mars trilogy is one of my favorite series of all time. Red Mars is the best of the three. If you don't like Kim Stanley Robinson's writing style you probably won't enjoy the books. It takes a bit to get into but in my opinion it's worth it.28 Jul 2019
Is Hiroko alive?
Deceased1936–2003
Is Green Mars better than red Mars?
The Martians (1999) is a collection of short stories set in the same fictional universe. Red Mars won the BSFA Award in 1992 and Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1993. Green Mars won the Hugo Award for Best Novel and Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel in 1994.