Books

[London]: HarperCollinsPublishers, [1992-1996]. First editions. A fine set in fine dust jackets. (#168633) (29461). Octavo, three volumes, boards. The "Mars" trilogy comprising RED MARS (1992), winner of the 1993 Nebula Award for best novel, GREEN MARS (1993), winner of the 1994 Hugo award for best novel, and BLUE MARS (1996), winner of the 1997 Hugo award for best novel. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-918. Broderick and Di Filippo, Science Fiction: The 101 Best Novels, 1985-2010 #29].

Red Mars is the first novel in Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars Trilogy. It is a tale of the colonization of Mars by humans in the late 21st century and their struggle to form a stable society and terraform the planet. The novel combines elements of political intrigue, personal drama, and ethical questioning relative to colonization, governance, and environmental change. It is known for its detailed and scientifically plausible depiction of the process of terraforming Mars.