Green Mars
Gewicht:
300 g
Format:
17.50x10.70x2.60 cm
Beschreibung:
Winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel Kim Stanley Robinson s classic trilogy depicting the colonization of Mars continues in a thrilling and timeless novel that pits the settlers against their greatest foes: themselves.
Nearly a generation has passed since the first pioneers landed on Mars, and its transformation to an Earthlike planet is under way. But not everyone wants to see the process through. The methods are opposed by those who are determined to preserve their home planet s hostile, barren beauty. Led by the first generation of children born on Mars, these rebels are soon joined by a handful of the original settlers. Against this cosmic backdrop, passions, partnerships, and rivalries explode in a story as spectacular as the planet itself.
Praise for Green Mars
One of the major sagas of the [latest] generation in science fiction. Chicago Sun-Times
Dense as a diamond and as sharp; it makes even most good novels seem pale and insignificant by comparison. The Washington Post Book World
Grand in scope, meticulous in detail. The New York Times Book Review
Nearly a generation has passed since the first pioneers landed on Mars, and its transformation to an Earthlike planet is under way. But not everyone wants to see the process through. The methods are opposed by those who are determined to preserve their home planet s hostile, barren beauty. Led by the first generation of children born on Mars, these rebels are soon joined by a handful of the original settlers. Against this cosmic backdrop, passions, partnerships, and rivalries explode in a story as spectacular as the planet itself.
Praise for Green Mars
One of the major sagas of the [latest] generation in science fiction. Chicago Sun-Times
Dense as a diamond and as sharp; it makes even most good novels seem pale and insignificant by comparison. The Washington Post Book World
Grand in scope, meticulous in detail. The New York Times Book Review
As colonists begin to transform Mars into a livable, Earth-like planet, tensions erupt between those who would alter the planet into a paradise for humanity and those who wish to preserve the planet's harsh, barren beauty.