The Mars Trilogy (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Kim Stanley Robinson
- First Published: 1992
- Type of Work: Novels
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—future history
- Time of Work: 2027 to the twenty-third century
- Setting: Mars
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction
- Subjects: Colonies or colonization, Revolutions, Future, Twenty-first century, Corporations, Mars
- Locales: Earth, Mars
The Plot
Red Mars is a sweeping saga of humanity’s colonization of Mars. It is told primarily from the viewpoint of the First Hundred, the initial Martian colonists. The novel begins with the death of John Boone, the first man to set foot on Mars and one of the leaders of the colony. Boone’s death was plotted by his best friend, Frank Chalmers, his rival in politics and romance. The story then flashes back to the flight to Mars, as the colonists endure alternating bouts of boredom and intense preparation for their landing. The creation of the colony and a manned...
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