Our final book of 2021 sees the perpetual Doof! Media Patreon poll runner-up finally take home the prize. We’ll be traveling to our sister planet with Kim Stanley Robinson’s Science Fiction classic Red Mars.
Here’s the summary:
For eons, sandstorms have swept the desolate landscape. For centuries, Mars has beckoned humans to conquer its hostile climate. Now, in 2026, a group of 100 colonists is about to fulfill that destiny.
John Boone, Maya Toitavna, Frank Chalmers & Arkady Bogdanov lead a terraforming mission. For some, Mars will become a passion driving them to daring acts of courage & madness. For others it offers an opportunity to strip the planet of its riches. For the genetic alchemists, it presents a chance to create a biomedical miracle, a breakthrough that could change all we know about life & death. The colonists orbit giant satellite mirrors to reflect light to the surface. Black dust sprinkled on the polar caps will capture warmth. Massive tunnels, kilometers deep, will be drilled into the mantle to create stupendous vents of hot gases. Against this backdrop of epic upheaval, rivalries, loves & friendships will form & fall to pieces–for there are those who will fight to the death to prevent Mars from ever being changed.
This has been on my list for a long time and I’m very excited about finally getting to read it! How about you?
The live-streamed discussion of Red Mars will occur Friday, January 7th at 9:30 PM Central Time over on our YouTube page.
If you’re going to purchase a physical copy of the book through Amazon, we would appreciate it if you do so through our Amazon affiliate link. The book will cost exactly the same to you, but it will help directly support Doof! Media.
