The second novel in Kim Stanley Robinson’s massively successful and lavishly praised Mars trilogy. ‘The ultimate in future history’ Daily Mail Mars can be plundered – for the benefit of a ravaged Earth. It can be terraformed to suit Man’s needs – frozen lakes form, lichen grows, the atmosphere slowly becomes breathable.
But most importantly, Mars can be owned. On Earth, countries are bought and sold by the transnationals. Why not Mars too? Man’s dream is underway, but so is his greatest test.
The survivors of the First Hundred – Hiroko, Nadia, Maya and Simon among them – know that technology alone is not enough. Trust and co-operation are need to create a new world – but these qualities are as thin on the ground as the air they breathe.
作者简介
金-斯坦利-罗宾逊(Kim Stanley Robinson)出生于 1952 年,曾在世界各地旅行和工作,现在定居在他深爱的加利福尼亚州。他被广泛认为是当今优秀的科幻小说家,其作品既以人物的真实性著称,又以对硬科学的细致研究为基础。他几乎赢得了所有重要的科幻小说奖项。
Kim Stanley Robinson was born in 1952 and, after travelling and working around the world, has now settled in his beloved California. He is widely regarded as the finest science fiction writer working today, noted as much for the verisimilitude of his characters as the meticulously researched hard science basis of his work. He has won just about every major sf award there is to win.
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