The Martians

The Martians

by KimStanleyRobinson (Author)

Synopsis

A glorious companion volume to Robinson's world-wide bestselling trilogy. All Colours Mars Red Mars. Green Mars. Blue Mars...The Mars trilogy has rapidly assumed the status of modern science fiction classic, capturing the imagination of hundreds of thousands of readers around the world. Now, with The Martians, comes Kim Stanley Robinson essential companion to the Mars series. New novellas and short stories head the collection, featuring many of the trilogy's central characters in events previously only hinted at in the novels. Added to this are works on Martian mythology, poetry, character histories, alternative scenarios to the events that actually took place in the trilogy and finally various pieces which the author omitted in the final edit. In short, The Martians is a unique collection of previously unpublished fiction, a fascinating addition to Robinson's oeuvre, and a must for all lovers of the red planet.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 416
Publisher: Voyager
Published: 19 Apr 1999

ISBN 10: 0002253585
ISBN 13: 9780002253581

Media Reviews
Praise for Kim Stanley Robinson: 'The ultimate in future history' Daily Mail 'One of the finest works of American SF' The Times 'Staggering... required reading for the colonists of the next century' Arthur C. Clarke
Author Bio
Kim Stanley Robinson was born in 1952. After travelling and working around the world, he settled in his beloved California. He is widely regarded as the finest science fiction writer working today, noted as much for the verisimilitude of his characters as the meticulously researched hard science basis of his work. He has won just about every major sf award there is to win and is the author of the massively successful and lavishly praised Mars series.