{"product_id":"red-mars-9780007310166","title":"Red Mars","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first novel in Kim Stanley Robinson’s massively successful and lavishly praised Mars trilogy. ‘The ultimate in future history’ Daily Mail\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMars – the barren, forbidding planet that epitomises mankind’s dreams of space conquest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the first pioneers who looked back at Earth and saw a small blue star, to the first colonists – hand-picked scientists with the skills necessary to create life from cold desert – Red Mars is the story of a new genesis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is also the story of how Man must struggle against his own self-destructive mechanisms to achieve his dreams: before he even sets foot on the red planet, factions are forming, tensions are rising and violence is brewing… for civilization can be very uncivilized.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Kim Stanley Robinson\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eScience fiction\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 6 Aug 2009 by HarperCollins Publishers.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Kim Stanley Robinson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57320615149946,"sku":"9780007310166","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0373\/4125\/files\/9780007310166.jpg?v=1790659219","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.co.uk\/products\/red-mars-9780007310166","provider":"Belfast Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}