The electrifying finale to the most award-winning and bestselling SF trilogy to appear in years--the sequel to Red Mars and Green Mars. The colonists on Mars have nearly succeeded in transforming or "terraforming" the red planet to produce a liveable Earth-like atmosphere, when a new ice age imperils the Martian civilization.
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The electrifying finale to the most award-winning and bestselling SF trilogy to appear in years--the sequel to Red Mars and Green Mars. The colonists on Mars have nearly succeeded in transforming or "terraforming" the red planet to produce a liveable Earth-like atmosphere, when a new ice age imperils the Martian civilization.
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Used Good in Good jacket. This is a marked Book Club edition. Dust Jacket has some edge and corner wear, some scuffing, but still intact. Front and back covers have wear to edges and corners. Spine intact, some wear. Binding is intact. Pages are generally clean with edge or corner wear. Firefly Bookstore sells items online and in our store front. We try to add images and descriptions when we can, but if you need additional information or photos of the books we list, please contact us.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. Signed by author. Signed by multi award winning Author Kim Stanley Robinson in person. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 609 p. Mars Trilogy. Audience: General/trade. A Fine, as New, copy in a Fine, as New, dust jacket; a copy which is in pristine condition. First Edition-First Printing with a full number line ending with a 1. Signed and dated on the Title page, by multi award winning Author Kim Stanley Robinson, in person, during his Author event in New York City on March 23, 2018. An event flyer will be included. "Blue Mars" is Book #3 in Kim's stunning Martian Trilogy in which the terraforming of Mars proceeds. "Blue Mars" won the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1997; as well as the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel in 1997. Rest assured; this collectible award-winning novel is well protected in an archival Mylar cover; and will be very carefully packaged with protective material; and will be shipped in a new box. We always treat all of our books, and book buyers with the utmost respect.
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Very Good. Signed Copy First edition copy. Collectible-Very Good. Very Good dust jacket. Signed by author on label on title page. Small author inscription blotted out. Reviewer's news release laid in.
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Dixon, Don. 609 p. 1st edition hardcover from Bantam Spectra, 1996. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY KIM STANLEY ROBINSON! FINE IN FINE DJ. Don Dixon jacket art. HUGO AWARD WINNER!
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Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Advanved Reading Copy, plain blue paper wraps in tight clean condition. Mild sunning to spine aqnd edges and sticker residue on back side. A very collectible copy of the True First Edition! Printed Paper Wraps/ Advanced Reading Copy. Mars Trilogy. Audience: General/trade.
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This item shows signs of wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact, but may have aesthetic issues such as small tears, bends, scratches, and scuffs. Spine may also show signs of wear. Pages may include some notes and highlighting. May include "From the library of" labels. Satisfaction Guaranteed.
Blue Mars is a big book in many ways. It is on the long side for a novel. It covers a huge span of years. It has a very large cast of characters. It deals with some pretty big issues: politics, human over-population, space colonization and life extension among them. Perhaps because of this vastness on so many levels it took me a long time to get through this novel. The conclusion was satisfying not only because it neatly wrapped up the trilogy, but also because I was somewhat relieved to be done.
I don't mean this as a criticism of Robinson who I think is a terrific writer, and I thoroughly enjoyed the first two Mars books, but I just couldn't get into Blue Mars for some reason. Despite the huge cast of characters, the interaction between them was somewhat minimal. Characters spent a lot of time wandering around on the partially terraformed planet by themselves observing the geology, the flora and the fauna. Very lengthy descriptions worthy of a travelogue perhaps, did not make for a real page-turning read.
The huge span of time that the novel covers seems to take away from the drama of big events. The long view of history is always so much less interesting than the real-time nitty gritty stuff.
RPG54
Sep 11, 2008
Excellent conclusion to the series
Blue Mars needs to be read in the context of the first two books of the series, Red Mars and Green Mars. The three books are woven together so well that they are difficult to separate. You'll miss the rich character development without the first two books. If you read the first two, there is someone there for everyone to identify with and cheer on. Robinson's ability to bring Mars alive from a geological and geographical standpoint are again present and strong. The conclusion satisfyingly integrates the characters varying perspectives and challenges, yet leaves enough unsaid for your imagination to project forward.