Red Mars Resources

Kim Stanley Robinson's little piece of paradise on the digital landscape. Disclaimer: dedicated to Robinson, not run by him.

SFSite runs down Robinson's bibliography of tomes. So. Many. Pages.

Cruise the surface of Mars with NASA and their robot geologists. Sorry, human geologists, but you're obsolete.

TVtropes runs down all the tropes of the Mars trilogy. Our favorites: cool train, anyone can die, and LEGO genetics.

Want the lowdown on how terraforming Mars would work? Look no further.

NASA gives us a tour of the great Mars landmarks.

The lowdown on Big Red.

Cory Doctorow—a sci-fi writer—finally gets around to clearing enough room in his schedule for Red Mars. He uses the word "agog" in his review, so you know it's good stuff.

The National Space Society gives its two cents on what Red Mars did right and wrong.

Want to hear Robinson's thoughts? This is the link for you.

Ryan Anderson takes a look at the science in Red Mars nearly twenty years after its publication to see how it holds up. The short of it is: not too shabbily. The long of it? Well, you'll just have to read on for yourself.

Eric Choi discusses the Mars trilogy's place in the history of books on terraforming the red space marble. As a bonus, he discusses its place in the literature of both science fiction and science fact, making for one fascinating read.

Christopher McKay was one of Robinson's main sources when it came to studying how to terraform Mars. In this article, McKay and Robert Zubrin discuss the technical requirements to terraforming Mars in real life. Warning: things can get a little, well, technical.

Robinson discusses why post-capitalism is the way to go if we are going to value our planet and progeny. Mmm… the savory taste of controversy.

Robinson explains how Google and climate change are linked. Spoiler-free answer: in more ways than you think.

All good things come in threes, so we present another Robinson interview. Here, he tells us how science fiction can make us better people and motivate us to save the environment.

Robinson explains why he thinks we're living in a science fiction novel. Let him explain why and then revel in the glory of this fact.

Why does Mars appear red in photos or in the night sky? Here's the answer (minus conspiracy theory).

The unabridged audio book for Red Mars as read by Richard Ferrone. Just shy of twenty-four hours of reading out loud has got to be harsh on the vocals.

Once upon a melodious time, Gustav Holst composed a seven-movement orchestral suite called The Planets. Guess which planet's theme is up first? Yep, "Mars, Bringer of War."

Don't get too comfortable—this is only a few minutes long. But if you want to hear the first few pages of Red Mars, then this should satisfy your curiosity.

Or Click One, Get One. Click on this link and get two covers for the price of one—featuring the first edition cover.

All of Don Dixon's Mars Trilogy covers. These have been cleaned of title information, so you can enjoy them in their glorious details.

Or is that century? Centuries? Whatever the case, without further ado, here's Robinson.

Our celestial neighbor in all its red-hued glory.