{"product_id":"red-mars-mars-trilogy-1-kim-stanley-robinson","title":"Red Mars (Mars Trilogy #1) - Uncorrected Proof Copy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Formatted\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn his most ambitious project to date, award-winning author Kim Stanley Robinson utilizes years of research and cutting-edge science in the first of a trilogy chronicling the colonization of Mars.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor eons, sandstorms have swept the desolate landscape. For centuries, Mars has beckoned humans to conquer its hostile climate. Now, in 2026, a group of 100 colonists is about to fulfill that destiny. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohn Boone, Maya Toitavna, Frank Chalmers and Arkady Bogdanov lead a terraforming mission. For some, Mars will become a passion driving them to daring acts of courage and madness. For others it offers an opportunity to strip the planet of its riches. For the genetic alchemists, it presents a chance to create a biomedical miracle, a breakthrough that could change all we know about life and death. The colonists orbit giant satellite mirrors to reflect light to the surface. Black dust sprinkled on the polar caps will capture warmth. Massive tunnels, kilometers deep, will be drilled into the mantle to create stupendous vents of hot gases. Against this backdrop of epic upheaval, rivalries, loves and friendships will form and fall to pieces—for there are those who will fight to the death to prevent Mars from ever being changed. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrilliantly imagined, breathtaking in scope and ingenuity, \u003ci\u003eRed Mars\u003c\/i\u003e is an epic scientific saga, chronicling the next step in evolution, creating a world in its entirety. It shows a future, with both glory and tarnish, that awes with complexity and inspires with vision.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlease note this copy has some creases on the spine and light creases on the covers and is and some marks on the covers.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eISBN: \u003cspan\u003e9780246138811\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eSize: Trade Paperback, 501 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003ePublisher: \u003cspan tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Text Text__body3\"\u003eHarperCollins \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003ePublished: 1992\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"B - Good Condition","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43170261172380,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0526\/1597\/0972\/files\/redmarsuncorrected_2.jpg?v=1786674143","url":"https:\/\/booksforless.co.nz\/products\/red-mars-mars-trilogy-1-kim-stanley-robinson","provider":"Books For Less","version":"1.0","type":"link"}