Books about Mars

A list by Gyro

read these books about the red planet

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• Blue Mars, Kim Stanley Robinson, Fiction ISBN 0-553-57335-7
  The second part of a trilogy that deals with the terraforming of Mars. There is strife on the Red Planet as the original settlers come to grips with the continued colonization of Mars with new settlers from Earth escaping the growing emergency on Earth.
• Green Mars, Kim Stanley Robinson, Fiction ISBN 0-553-57293-3
  The last in the trilogy that deals with the terraforming of Mars. More conflict relating to Mars purists and interests from Earth.
• The Case for Mars, Robert Zubrin, Non-Fiction ISBN 0-684-82757-3
  An excellent presentation of why we should travel to Mars and who we go about getting there, with today's technology. A highly recommended read.
• Cosmos, Carl Sagan, Non-Fiction ISBN 0-394-50294-9
  One of my dad's favourite books. It weaves a great tale of man's place in the Cosmos.
• Pale Blue Dot, Carl Saga, Non-Fiction ISBN 0-679-76486-0
  Wonderfully written, with plenty of excellent illustrations covering the history and future of manned space flight.
• In The Stream of Stars, William K. Hartmann ,Non-Fiction ISBN 0-89480-705-6
  In the Stream of Stars is the first book to bring together rarely seen soviet and American space art. Features essays by Alan Bean, Alexei Leonov, and others, plus introductory essay by Ray Bradbury, and over 200 full-color reproductions. Full-color thro
• Mars, Ben Bova, Fiction
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• Return to Mars, Ben Bova, Fiction Buy this book
  On Mars a conflict breaks out between two factions of an expedition, led by half- Indian astronaut Jamie Waterman. One side wants to exploit the planet for commerce, the other to keep it ecologically pure. By the author of Mars.