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Red Mars

Kim Stanley Robinson (1992)

SubgenreSpace Colonization
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingPG-13
Pages (Doorstopper (600+))
SeriesMars (Kim Stanley Robinson) #1
Setting
CSM age16
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Content levels

ViolenceModerate
Sexual contentMild
LanguageModerate

Trigger warnings

ViolenceDeathPolitical Violence

Positive tags

Found FamilyHopeful EndingSelf-Discovery

Protagonist archetypes

Colonist / SettlerEnsemble CastFirst Contact CrewMultiple POVs

Tropes

Colony WorldHard SFTerraformingSocial SFFirst ContactDystopiaFound FamilyPlanetary Romance

Themes

ColonialismEnvironmentalismHuman NaturePolitical IdeologyPolitical IntrigueResource ManagementScientific ProgressTerraforming Ethics

Synopsis

Red Mars is the first novel of the Mars trilogy, published in 1992. It follows the beginnings of the colonization of Mars, from the arrival of the First Hundred to the First Martian Revolution.

Tags

Hard Science FictionPolitical ThrillerTerraforming FictionEpic Science Fiction