Πράσινος Άρης, Τόμος Β'

Mars Trilogy #2B

by Kim Stanley Robinson, Χριστόδουλος Λιθαρής (Translator)

Η κλασική πολυβραβευμένη τριλογία που εξιστορεί τον αποικισμό του Άρη συνεχίζεται με ένα συναρπαστικό και διαχρονικό μυθιστόρημα που βάζει τους αποίκους ενάντια στον μεγαλύτερο εχθρό τους: τον εαυτό τους.
Πέρασε σχεδόν μια γενιά από τότε που προσεδαφίστηκαν στον Άρη οι πρώτοι πιονέροι, και η μεταμόρφωσή του σε έναν γεώμορφο πλανήτη συνεχίζεται. Όμως δεν θέλουν όλοι να ολοκληρωθεί αυτό το σχέδιο. Στις μεθόδους τους αντιτίθεται εκείνοι που είναι αποφασισμένοι να διατηρήσουν την άγρια, άγονη ομορφιά του πλανήτη-πατρίδα τους. Έχοντας στην ηγεσία την πρώτη γενιά παιδιών που γεννήθηκαν στον Άρη, δεν αργούν να έρθουν στο πλευρό των ανταρτών μερικοί από τους αρχικούς αποίκους. Σ' αυτόν τον μεγαλοπρεπή καμβά, πάθη, συνεργασίες και αντιζηλίες ξεσπούν σε μια ιστορία φαντασμαγορική όσο και ο ίδιος ο πλανήτης.

424 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2020

About the author

Kim Stanley Robinson is an American science fiction writer. He has published 22 novels and numerous short stories and is best known for his Mars trilogy. His work has been translated into 24 languages. Many of his novels and stories have ecological, cultural, and political themes and feature scientists as heroes. Robinson has won numerous awards, including the Hugo Award for Best Novel, the Nebula Award for Best Novel and the World Fantasy Award. The Atlantic has called Robinson's work "the gold standard of realistic, and highly literary, science-fiction writing." According to an article in The New Yorker, Robinson is "generally acknowledged as one of the greatest living science-fiction writers."

Reviews

[Minas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another outstanding story that sheds light on the evolutionary process that led to the terrestrialization of Mars. Through this, we are provided with a comprehensive illustration of the steps that the areomorphology, the atmosphere, and the formation of urban centres are required to go through. At the same time, we have come to realise how challenging it is for a major organisation that has recently been formed to discover its identity and deal with forces that are more powerful and more established than it is. This is because of the conflicts that have arisen between the "reds," the "greens," the first 100, and other groups.
There are a series of images that follow one another, including low brown and green moss in red, immense frozen plains of asymmetrically melted and congealed water, enormous glaciers, cities in the midst of nowhere waiting for water to become coastal, and enormous structures.
You are forced to think on multiple levels as you are presented with a canvas that combines elements of ecology, politics, science, and relationships. Incredible in every way, this is a fantastic science fiction story.