Books like Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
Red Mars, the first novel in Kim Stanley Robinson’s Mars trilogy, tells the story of the First Hundred arriving on the planet and the ensuing transformation as settlers grapple with environmental engineering, terraforming challenges, and the rise of the First Martian Revolution. Set against a backdrop of rigorous scientific realism, the novel explores the political, social, and ecological dimensions of establishing a new civilization on Mars.
First publish date: 1992
Genre: Science Fiction/Hard Science Fiction
Authors: Kim Stanley Robinson
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