Loved itI absolutely loved it when I first read it and it's about time that I actually gave it a reread. I highly recommend it to you, particularly if you can you can stomach quite a high degree of nerdy detail.
Blue Mars (1996)
Others: Leaning positive The red planet is red no longer, as Mars has become a perfectly inhabitable world. But while Mars flourishes, Earth is threatened by overpopulation and ecological disaster. Soon people look to Mars as a refuge, initiating a possible interplanetary conflict, as well as political strife between the Reds, who wish to preserve the planet in its desert state, and the Green "terraformers". The ultimate fate of Earth, as well as the possibility of new explorations into the solar system, stand in the balance.From the Paperback edition.
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- 9780007402175
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Loved it
Not a fanIf I had to read one more Mars book, I was going to quit YouTube. I honestly wanted to rip this book in half. I didn't get past 50 pages.
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Loved itThis is some of the best hard science fiction I have ever read and some of the best science fiction that has won these awards. If you want a story about terraforming and colonizing Mars, this is the one to read.