{"product_id":"9780553573350","title":"Blue Mars","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel • Soon to be a series on Spike TV\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eOne of the most enthralling science fiction sagas ever written, Kim Stanley Robinson’s epic trilogy concludes with \u003ci\u003eBlue Mars\u003c\/i\u003e—a triumph of prodigious research and visionary storytelling.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The red planet is no more. Now green and verdant, Mars has been dramatically altered from a desolate world into one where humans can flourish. The First Hundred settlers are being pulled into a fierce new struggle between the Reds, a group devoted to preserving Mars in its desert state, and the Green “terraformers.” Meanwhile, Earth is in peril. A great flood threatens an already overcrowded and polluted planet. With Mars the last hope for the human race, the inhabitants of the red planet are heading toward a population explosion—or interplanetary war.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eBlue Mars\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A breakthrough even from [Robinson’s] own consistently high levels of achievement.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Exhilarating . . . a complex and deeply engaging dramatization of humanity’s future.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “[\u003ci\u003eBlue Mars\u003c\/i\u003e] brings the epic to a rousing conclusion.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47026574393584,"sku":"9780553573350","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780553573350_p0.jpg?v=1763718086","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780553573350","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}