OL81669W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 90.16 Pages 364 Ppi 514 Related-external-id urn:isbn:0006497020 Urn:lcp:martians00robi:epub:5f2ed2c0-1d73-4eea-ab9a-f65fdd33e40f Extramarc University of Pennsylvania Franklin Library Foldoutcount 0 Identifier martians00robi Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t09w1981q Isbn 0553801171 Lccn 99013115 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.17 Openlibrary_edition (Sept.Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 15:55:47 Boxid IA135318 Boxid_2 CH115701 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York Curatenote shipped Donorīelvederetiburonlibrary External-identifier He is the author of eleven previous books, including the bestselling Mars trilogy and the critically acclaimed Fifty Degrees Below, Forty Signs of Rain, The Years of Rice and Salt, and Antarctica-for which he was sent to the Antarctic by the U.S. As is the norm with Robinson's work, the stories are beautifully written, the characters are well developed and the author's passion for ecology manifests on every page. Kim Stanley Robinson is a winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Awards. Some of the pieces here will be of interest only to those who have already read the trilogy, but the finest of the short fiction stands firmly on its own. Also included is ''Green Mars,'' a previously published novella about climbing Olympus Mons, the highest mountain in the solar system-a wonderful story that, curiously, has no direct connection to Robinson's later novel of the same name. Among the best entries are ''Coyote Makes Trouble,'' which concerns a plot to capture one of the planet's leading revolutionaries ''Arthur Sternbach Brings the Curveball to Mars,'' about the effect of Martian gravity on America's favorite pastime and ''Sexual Dimorphism,'' which involves a Martian scientist whose work strangely echoes his personal life. It encompasses a number of new short stories, including at least two set in alternate universes where events have taken place quite differently than in the novels. This collection represents Robinson's further thoughts on Mars. There were pages of essays, vignettes, fables, poems, and fictional science and history, all demanding to be written. There were alternate possibilities that he still yearned to explore. There were important episodes in the lives of his major characters that hadn't made it into the novels. Having finished the trilogy, however, and gone on to write yet another major novel, Antarctica, Robinson realized that he simply wasn't done with the red planet.

With a Nebula and two Hugos to its credit, Robinson's monumental Mars trilogy (Red Mars, etc.) is one of the most honored series in the history of science fiction.

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