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Blue Mars
Blue Mars | Kim Stanley Robinson
The red planet is red no longer, as Mars has become a perfectly inhabitable world. But while Mars flourishes, Earth isthreatened 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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JuliaTheBookNerd
Blue Mars | Kim Stanley Robinson
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Starting the final book in this trilogy. I enjoyed Red Mars more than Green Mars, but looking forward to finishing and seeing how Blue Mars fairs. ❤️💚💙

#BookNerd 🤓📚💙

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TheSpineView
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Mehso-so

This is the third book in the Mars Trilogy. While I enjoyed following along with the life of the surviving 100 and a few others, it was very slow and it dwelt too long on the political issues of an independent Mars. I felt it was too detailed and could have been shorter. However, the science parts were interesting. 3⭐️

#RushAThon @DieAReader @Andrew65 @GHABI4ROSES #SeriesLove2023
#ChunksterChallenge2023 @Amiable

Amiable Interesting! I've never heard of this series. I'll have to check it out. 8mo
TheSpineView @Amiable It was interesting. I enjoyed reading about how the author saw Mars developing as a colony of Earth. 8mo
Andrew65 Excellent 👏👏👏 8mo
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TheSpineView
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Currently reading Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson. It is the 3rd book in the Mars Trilogy.

This goes perfectly with Rocket Man by Elton John. Link to lyrics below.
💙📘💙🎶🎵🚀 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

https://genius.com/Elton-john-rocket-man-i-think-its-going-to-be-a-long-long-tim...

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TheSpineView
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I first of three library came in today. As an audio book it is 35 hours. The third in the Mars Trilogy and is 800 pages so a real chunkster.

#SeriesLove2023 @Andrew65
#ChunksterChallenge2023 @Amiable

Amiable Good luck! I can‘t listen to even short audiobooks. 😬 8mo
TheSpineView @Amiable 🤩👍💙📖💙🎧 8mo
Andrew65 Looks interesting. Hope you enjoy it. 8mo
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stretchkev
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Panpan

Loved Red Mars, Liked Green Mars, activity meh about Blue Mars.

All the political machinations and the slow pace government formation made this a hard slog. But my biggest issue is that the first 100 never grow. They are the same at 30 as they are at 230. Still unable to communicate basic things over years and decades.

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smilingshelves
Blue Mars | Kim Stanley Robinson
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I need to order the third book in this series for my husband for Christmas, but how am I supposed to do that when he has apps that track all of the packages delivered to our house? #holidaymail #seasonsreadings

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @vkois88

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Get someone else to order it for you!!! 🤷🏼‍♀️😉 5y
smilingshelves @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I think that'll be what I end up doing! ☺️ 5y
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Leniverse
Blue Mars | Kim Stanley Robinson

"To Sax it looked like that least rational of conflicts, civil war. Two parts of a group shared many more interests than disagreements, but fought anyway. Unfortunately it was not possible to force people to study cost-benefit analysis."

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Leniverse
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Time to dive into Blue Mars.
#SciFiJune #ScifiSummer

RJHowe Great series. Excellent choice 6y
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Leniverse
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Is there #LifeOnMars? Yes, once we colonise it. More importantly, how much longer will there be life on Earth? And once Mars is settled and terraformed, will we mess that up as well? This is a well read copy, but not by me. I'm too afraid of the answers to those questions, and haven't braved this final book of the trilogy. But I'll take the plunge soon. #SeptemBowie

Cathythoughts Sounds really good. Very important questions 👍 (edited) 7y
keithmalek I'll save you the trouble; humans can't survive on Mars. I know this is fiction, but the fact that people take that scenario seriously annoys me. 7y
Leniverse @keithmalek I've read the two first books, so I know how they go about terraforming Mars. Robinson did his research, but 1) we don't have the technology yet, and 2) some his trajectories have since been shown to be wrong. But: The whole point in these books isn't really "can we live on Mars", it's "can we live anywhere without fucking up". This is sci-fi as socio-political criticism etc, not just space adventure. 7y
Cinfhen Important questions!!!! #scarythought 7y
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Sha0102
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It's a pity there's no Portuguese translation of his books. Thank gosh I could read this awesome sci fi writer. #kimstanleyrobinson #bluemars #scifi #livro #book #bookaholic #booklovers #ler #leitura #leitora #reading #instabook #instaread #instalivro #instabooks #bookstagram #igread #litsy #booklover #brazilianreader

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Leniverse
Blue Mars | Kim Stanley Robinson
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I forgot to post for #17rainbowbooks yesterday! So a day late: OMG #bluecovers there are so many! I was literally just grabbing books out of the shelves and they were mostly blue. And then I put back those not deemed "blue enough". ?

vivastory Love the cover for Curious Incident of the Dog etc 7y
Leniverse @vivastory Ah, yes! Vintage books often have good covers! This one is cool on the back as well. I'll take some pictures. 7y
TobeyTheScavengerMonk Love that cover of The Scar!!! So much cooler than mine. 7y
Leniverse @TobeyTheScavengerMonk It's the UK edition by MacMillan. 😁I guess you have the one that looks like a building on fire with green skies. I think I prefer mine too! 7y
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Fiaryeyes
Blue Mars | Kim Stanley Robinson
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#booktober #outofthisworld. It has been years since I read this book. Time for a new look at old friends....

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Leniverse
Blue Mars | Kim Stanley Robinson
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For @RealLifeReading #booktober #OutOfThisWorld I am spoiled for choice, but I'm going with one that can also double as #SomethingBorrowed. I've had this book for ages because I'm afraid to start it. This series made me lose faith in humanity, but the second book ended on a hopeful note. And so I've let it linger there, with this third and final part as a sort of Schrodinger's book.

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