Green Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
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Green Mars
- By: Kim Stanley Robinson
- Narrated by: Richard Ferrone
- Series: Mars Trilogy, Book 2
- Length: 27 hrs and 10 mins
- Categories: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy
Publisher's Summary
In Red Mars, Kim Stanley Robinson imagined a near future in which humankind established the first colonies on Mars and began to make the planet inhabitable for humans. In this stunning sequel to that Nebula Award-winning novel, Robinson takes the colonization of Mars to a new generation, with a new set of problems and concerns.The initial Martian pioneers had fierce disagreements about how the planet should be used by humans. This led to a war that threatened the lives of billions of people on both Mars and Earth. Now, the second generation of settlers continues the struggle to survive the hostile yet strangely beautiful environment of the red planet. Their decisions and actions will ultimately determine whether Mars will simply be a sanctuary for scientists, a source of raw materials for Earth, or something much more.
Richard Ferrone's robust narration of this thrilling, timeless tale captures the fascinating diversity of Robinson's compelling characters, taking listeners to the farthest frontier of humanity's struggle to survive.
©1994 Kim Stanley Robinson (P)2001 Recorded Books
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You can never go back.
It’s my third time through this treasure series and I see the story play out differently with each new phase of my life. For the first time I noticed the roles of the four greatest of the first hundred mimic the four elements. Sax’s obsession with air, Maya building oceans of water, Ann lost in the Ka and Nadia using fire the way humans have harnessed it for thousands of years to animate our tools of building. I wept twice in nirgals chapters here in part green as he expressed his love for his family in such relatable ways. I’m amazed at how invested I am in Robinsons idea of an ideal human colonization. It gives me hope for the future that I seem to want the same things as him, that we have in fact come a long way in the past few decades, if only in our minds. After all, as the great Maya Toitevna will once say, the fulcrum is in our minds.
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S.
Magnificent.
A truly magnificent story, and wonderfully narrated by Richard Ferrone. I highly recommend all the books in the Mars trilogy. I honestly dont know where to begin in how the imagination, research, and sheer vision of these books completely changed the course of my life. And as someone who retrained as a geoscientist as a result of this series, I dont say that lightly. Please, do yourselves a favour and take the time to listen to the messages within it.
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