![]() Robinson uses these stories to imagine a successful colonization of Mars while Earth is suffering from ecological disasters and overpopulation. In addition, Robinson has written a collection of short stories called The Martiansthat take place over the same period of time as the three novels in the trilogy. Lastly, with a wider scope than the first two books, Blue Marsexamines the long term effects of the colonization of Mars, with the book covering an entire century. Green Marspicks up thirty years later as the colony is terraforming the planet. The first novel, Red Mars, is about the settlement of a colony on Mars. What would happened if humans colonized Mars? Kim Stanley Robinson explores that idea in this series. By signing up you agree to our terms of use The Mars Trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson Thank you for signing up! Keep an eye on your inbox. What makes this novel all the more unsettling is how easy it is to imagine our world devolving into the place Atwood has imagined in her series. Only a few humans remain on Earth, fighting to survive. This trilogy, featuring the novels Oryx and Crake, The Year of the Flood, and MaddAddam, is set in a dystopian future world that has been forever changed by plagues, floods, and genetic engineering. ![]() This is how Annihilation, the first book in the trilogy, begins. ![]() The 12th expedition is a group of women: an anthropologist, a surveyor, a psychologist, and our narrator, a biologist. Expeditions into the area have proven unsuccessful, with the majority of the explorers dying. Area X is a remote location that’s been cut off from the rest of the continent for decades. Also known as The Southern Reach Trilogy, Jeff VanDerMeer’s Area X books are now available in one volume for your marathon reading convenience. ![]()
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