Reply #50: Keep an eye out for Red Mars coming to Sci-Fi

[Forkboy]

It's a four hour miniseries based on the book by Kim Stanley Robinson covering generations as they first come to,and terraform Mars.It goes deeply into the various political factions (some want Mars to be terraformed,others want to preserve it as it is,etc).It's the most intelligent book of it's type I've ever read (and the Mars Constitution is a thing of beauty!).

"If you are looking for a way to fully experience the landscape, geography, and possible future history of our neighboring planet, Red Mars is a great starting point. Winner of the 1993 Nebula award for best novel from the SF Writers of America, the book is a return to "hard" science fiction, based on a detailed and thorough knowledge of current Mars science. The first book of a trilogy including Green Mars and Blue Mars, Red Mars is a possible future history of the colonization of Mars by a group of scientists chosen by Russia and the United States, and their efforts to create a new lifestyle on the new planet. It includes up-to-date technology with ideas which are still only theoretically possible, as well as political and psychological theory, a thorough understanding of the myths of Mars as well as other literature, and an intriguing and comprehensive storyline. Overall, Red Mars is a masterwork of the possible, as well as a thought-provoking look at the human psyche and its relationship to environment."

from http://hubcap.clemson.edu/~sparks/marsindx.html