Series
Mars (Kim Stanley Robinson)
Kim Stanley Robinson · 3 novels · 2 novellas · 4 novelettes · 26 short stories · 1 collection · 1982–2000
The Mars trilogy is a series of science fiction novels by Kim Stanley Robinson that chronicles the settlement and terraforming of the planet Mars through the personal and detailed viewpoints of a wide variety of characters spanning 187 years, from 2026 to 2212. Ultimately more utopian than dystopian, the story focuses on egalitarian, sociological, and scientific advances made on Mars, while Earth suffers from overpopulation and ecological disaster.
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Stats
By decade
- 1980s2
- 1990s33
- 2000s1
Shape
3 novels · 2 novellas · 4 novelettes · 26 short stories · 1 collection
1 author
reads like:science fictionterraformingmarsfar futurereflectiveadult
Mood
Bright and calm: 73% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 6%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book11 of 36 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- Sexual Dimorphismdarkest · calmest
- Green Marsbrightest
- Green Marsmost intense