![]() ![]() All too soon, the first hundred find themselves outnumbered by newcomers and caught up in political problems as complex as any found on Earth. The success of the pioneers' venture brings additional settlers to Mars. As the group struggles to secure a foothold on the frigid, barren landscape, friction develops both on Mars and on Earth between those who advocate terraforming, or immediately altering Mars's natural environment to make it more habitable, and those who favor more study of the planet before changes are introduced. It follows the beginnings of the colonization of Mars, from the arrival of the First Hundred to the First Martian Revolution. The official leaders of the ``first hundred'' (initial party of settlers) are American Frank Chalmers and Russian Maya Katarina Toitova, but subgroups break out under the informal guidance of popular favorites like the ebullient Arkady Nikoleyevich Bogdanov, who sets up a base on one of Mars's moons, and the enigmatic Hiroko, who establishes the planet's farm. Red Mars is the first novel of the Mars trilogy, published in 1992. ![]() ![]() The first installment in Robinson's ( Blind Geometer ) new trilogy is an action-packed and thoughtful tale of the exploration and settlement of Mars-riven by both personal and ideological conflicts-in the early 21st century. ![]()
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