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Blue Mars

by Kim Stanley Robinson

A transformed Mars becomes humanity’s last hope—but political tensions could turn it into a battlefield.

GenresSci-Fi
Genre and trope pairingsSci-FiPolitical intrigueSci-FiSpace colonization
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About Blue Mars

Mars is now green and habitable, but the surviving First Hundred and the planet’s newer generations are pulled into conflict between preservationists and terraformers. With Earth threatened by flood, overcrowding, and crisis, Mars faces the risk of population explosion or interplanetary war.

Reading signals

Spice
Medium
Darkness
Balanced
Pacing
Slow

Series

Mars Trilogy · Book 3 of 3

Content warnings
  • sexual content
  • xenophobia
  • dementia
  • war
  • deportation

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