First U.S. edition, 519 páginas

Idioma English

Publicado el febrero de 1993 por Bantam Spectra.

ISBN:
978-0-553-09204-2
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Número OCLC:
26054317
ASIN:
B000QCS914
ISFDB ID:
1330
Goodreads:
7154515

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For eons, sandstorms have swept the barren desolate landscape of the red planet. For centuries, Mars has beckoned to mankind to come and conquer its hostile climate. Now, in the year 2026, a group of one hundred colonists is about to fulfill that destiny.

John Boone, Maya Toitavna, Frank Chalmers, and Arkady Bogdanov lead a mission whose ultimate goal is the terraforming of Mars. For some, Mars will become a passion driving them to daring acts of courage and madness; for others it offers and opportunity to strip the planet of its riches. And for the genetic “alchemists, ” Mars presents a chance to create a biomedical miracle, a breakthrough that could change all we know about life…and death.

The colonists place giant satellite mirrors in Martian orbit to reflect light to the planets surface. Black dust sprinkled on the polar caps will capture warmth and melt the …

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You've got to read this

I could not put this book down. Really one of my favourite books of all time. The book follows multiple protagonists and I found all of them interesting. Both political and social, the book gives an excellent commentary on our society, painted against the backdrop of Mars colonisation. The action is brisk and keeps you thirsty for more. Even a week on from finishing reading this, I'm still thinking about this book, which is a great sign. The one minus point was that there was a lot of focus on geology, which was lost on me because I don't know the terminology. But not even that will make this book lose a point, because it's actually a 6/5.

Let's Colonize Mars

The first half-century of Mars colonization told from the perspective of a half dozen members of the first 100 colonists, each representing a faction or a school of thought. One there because they get off on hard work, one there for a personal political legacy, another there to make money for the capitalists, one for preservation & research, one for terraforming as fast as possible, one to create a new society, one who spearheads a Mars for Mars colonists movement…

Too dry and long for me to really enjoy it.

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  • Mars (Planet) -- Fiction

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