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The '''''Red Mars''''' trilogy is a series of novels by sci-fi author Kim Stanley Robinson, named after the first novel in the series. The series explores the settlement and subsequent [[Terraform|terraforming]] of Mars. Spanning nearly two hundred years, the series is known for it's accurate science, complex characters, a realistic<ref>Your Mileage May Vary</ref> portrayal of politics and economics, and for it's ultimately optimistic tone, shading towards a utopia rather than a [[Dystopia]].
The first novel, ''Red Mars'' itself, depicts the initial settlement of the first Martian colonies. The "First Hundred", the initial group of colonists tasked with settling the planet, establish themselves and begin altering the environment. The colonists are almost immediately divided over arguments about how independent they should remain from Earth as well, as how much terraforming they should do. This
''Green Mars'' depicts the fallout of the failed revolt, resulting in an underground
''Blue Mars'' is about the political aftermath of the independence struggle, with Mars becoming a fully independent entity from Earth. After a natural global disaster on Earth threatens to
There's also a companion collection of short stories, ''The Martians''. Some of the stories are set within the same universe and explore more of the ideas only hinted at in the novels, while other explore [[Alternate Continuity|Alternate Continuities]].
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* [[Alternate Continuity]]: Two bookend short stories in ''The Martians'' feature an alternative timeline that diverges from the backstory of ''Red Mars''. The divergence occurs in the pre-colonization "social experiment" in Antarctica where psychologist Michel Duval, who is evaluating the program from the inside, decides that the First Hundred would be incapable of surviving, psychologically, in the conditions they would face in the early years on Mars. So the mission is scrubbed and retasked as one of ''exploration'' instead of colonization. Mars is eventually colonized at a later date and the War of 2061 from the end of the first novel never happens.
* [[Anyone Can Die]]: The book begins with the assassination of the first man on Mars (in a [[Flash Forward]]) and the ball keeps rolling after that.
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