Acclaimed visionary author Kim Stanley Robinson is a Hugo and Nebula Award-winner. Blue Mars is the final volume in Robinson's seminal science fiction trilogy which began with Red Mars and continues with Green Mars. The once red and barren terrain of Mars is now green and rich with life--plant, animal, and human. But idyllic Mars is in a state of political upheaval, plagued by violent conflict between those who would keep the planet green and those who want to return it to a desert world. Meanwhile, across the void of space, old, tired Earth spins on its decaying axis. A natural disaster threatens to drown the already far too polluted and overcrowded planet. The people of Earth are getting desperate. Maybe desperate enough to wage interplanetary war for the chance to begin again. Blue Mars is a complex and completely enthralling saga--as convincing and lushly imagined a future as anyone has ever dreamed. Richard Ferrone narrates this sweeping epic with engaging personality and finesse.
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"I loved how far into the future this book got to go technologically, and you could feel the fun KSR had going there; Green might have been too technical, keeping all the advances plausible, and Red was more about the journey than the details--though that kept its developments looking possible and hopefully even likely. I loved the culture of the Martians, and generally all of the space-faring societies (which is to say, Earth's old ways looked pretty shabby); their acceptance of personal choices, new ideas, new ways of doing things, and even their general pursuits toward happiness really seemed ideal. Do I have to move to Del Mar beach for life to be so generous now? I really missed John Boone in this book, but I loved Ann's metamorphosis, and Sax showed a surprising amount of personal growth throughout the series (which had always been good, I liked who he began as, and I liked how he was at the story's ending)."
— Andrewcharles420 (4 out of 5 stars)
" Second in the trilogy. Loved this one as well. "
— Hillary, 1/15/2014" Boring. Very long and doesn't seem to be about anything in particular. With a few exceptions, nothing's happening. In truth, I couldn't get through the whole book, only read the first 30%, which took me a while. "
— Val, 1/10/2014" 3rd of a trilogy. Start at Red Mars. "
— Bill, 1/7/2014" Robinson really shouldn't have written a third book, this it just an unnecessary drag. And I don't find it convincing that in a SINGLE CENTURY, within the extended lifetime of the first settlers, you could terraform Mars enough to create an ecosystem capable of supporting polar bears. Remember, they're apex predators. "
— Shi-Hsia, 1/4/2014" I like Sax the best, but I was pretty bored with the series by the end of it. I only finished this book because I already had 1800 pages behind me. "
— Molly, 1/4/2014" A great end to the Mars trilogy, and definitely worth the read and journey. "
— Mark, 11/7/2013" The end of the KSR books with unlikeable characters doing really stupid things, but you keep reading despite of this because you want to know where the story goes. "
— Stan, 7/28/2013" Get your ass to Mars. "
— Nick, 7/16/2013" The Mars Trilogy is really a great analogy to the NCAD experience. You get older, surrounded by increasing numbers of petulant newcomers. You sadly lose frequent contact with your friends in other departments. You were like the first hundred and sixty, hermetically sealed in core back in the day. "
— Ian, 5/11/2013" Could be the finale to my favorite scifi series ever. So believable; every page was much less fantasy than history written too soon. Makes me anxious for the inevitable reality of humans living on a terraformed mars. "
— Darren, 5/7/2013" This series ruined me for anybody else's Mars books. I feel like I've been there, lived there, etc. No one else makes a place so real. "
— Judy, 5/24/2012" A very disjointed narrative that reads more like a collection of short stories about the same theme. Some of these sections are stunning in setting and concepts, while others are tedious and forgettable, and all the while the characters are not fleshed out and only exist to play their roles. "
— Philip, 1/1/2012" Great series. Delves equally deeply into constitutional politics as science. "
— Miles, 11/30/2011" One of the great SF series of all time! I agree with Arthur C. Clarke when he said, "It should be required reading for the colonists of the next century." Rarely has a colonization story been realized with such realism - of personalities, of politics, of culture, and of science. "
— John, 10/23/2011" seems this series has devolved from hard science into describing deviant sexual practices. boring. "
— Susan, 10/4/2011" Dragged in places but worth reading anyway "
— Gordon, 9/16/2011" Red Mars, Green Mars, and Blue Mars make more of a Russian novel than an SF trilogy. I liked Red Mars best, though was disappointed with how Phobos "fell." Good books, all. "
— Kdirewolf, 5/9/2011" I loved this so much!! It was a tougher read than the rest of them. So much more detailed descriptions of landscape and such. A lot of depressing subject matter as well. But a satisfying ending! "
— Sardonyx, 4/20/2011" Sorry, Mr Robinson lost me in this series. Yawn. I began to daydream while reading some paragraphs. "
— Mark, 4/8/2011" la colonizzazione di marte è finita il pianeta è diventato blu e i coloni continuano la loro lotta per dominar eil pianeta e per dare la giusta rotta con la grande madre terra ..<br/>la visione del futuro di robinson ci da tanti tantissimi spunti di rilfessione "
— Bicefalus, 2/2/2011" All three are wonderful books that examine the nature of relationships and the conflicts between capitalism and preserving the environment. "
— Ian, 1/9/2011" I hope to write a complete review soon -- but really, the full Mars trilogy is one of the best things I've read in many, many years. "
— Anna, 12/5/2010" Never finished this one - found the people got tiresome. "
— Charlotte, 8/19/2010" I feel like the trilogy could best have been served as only a sequel. There was no need for extending the books to make three. There were parts of the first two that could have been removed and consolidate the few important plot developments from the third to the end of the second. "
— Ryan, 7/17/2010" seems this series has devolved from hard science into describing deviant sexual practices. boring. "
— Susan, 7/3/2010Kim Stanley Robinson is a bestselling author and winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus awards. He is the author of more than twenty books, including the bestselling Mars trilogy and the critically acclaimed Forty Signs of Rain, The Years of Rice and Salt, and 2312. In 2008, he was named a “Hero of the Environment” by Time magazine, and he works with the Sierra Nevada Research Institute. For his book Antarctica, he was sent to the Antarctic by the US National Science Foundation as part of their Antarctic Artists and Writers’ Program.
Richard Ferrone recorded over 150 audiobooks including thrillers, romances, science fiction, and inspirational novels. He won the prestigious Audie Award and was a finalist for four Audie Awards, including for Best Solo Male Narrator. He was named an AudioFile "Voice of the Last Century" and a "Rising and Shining Star." He earned many AudioFile Earphones Awards, including being named the 2011 Best Voice in Mystery and Suspense as well as the 2009 Best Voice in Science Fiction and Fantasy. A science fiction fan, he narrated Kim Stanley Robinson’s Mars trilogy. He also narrated works by James Patterson, Walter Mosley, John Sandford, Eric Van Lustbader, and Stuart Woods.