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Re: [permaculture] Kim Stanley Robinson - Mars Trilogy
- From: Russ Grayson <pacedge@magna.com.au>
- To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [permaculture] Kim Stanley Robinson - Mars Trilogy
- Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 18:28:41 +1000
On Wednesday, June 25, 2003, at 02:45 PM, Scott Hitchins wrote:
I think it's called "The Martians"
No - that's another book of short stories written as follow-up to the Mars trilogy.
...Russ Grayson
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From: Gaden@ziplip.com [mailto:Gaden@ziplip.com]
Sent: Wednesday, 25 June 2003 2:25 PM
To: permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [permaculture] Kim Stanley Robinson - Mars Trilogy
Re: Russ Grayson's - "A contemporary SF writer, Kim Stanley Robinson, has produced a compilation of ecotopian writing that is currently in the bookshops - sorry, don't recall the title. He wrote the Mars trilogy (Red Mars, Green Mars, Blue Mars) which, while in the SF genre, explore the terraformation of the planet to make it habitable for humankind."
I heartily endorse Robinson's Mars series. Though within a SF framework, these books introduce many concepts of alternative economic systems, alternative community structures,and decision making processes. Alternative monetary/currency/barter systems. Extensively examines the many different forms of ecopolitics.
Though these works are obviously fictional, they have been exhaustively researched and based on actual systems/idealogies. These books gave me many weeks of internet research as I followed up on various, sometimes obscure idealogies mentioned within the story. And if all that wasn't enough, they are a damn good read for the story alone. Good long-distance travel reading material.
Gaiden
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[permaculture] Kim Stanley Robinson - Mars Trilogy,
Gaden@ziplip.com, 06/25/2003
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RE: [permaculture] Kim Stanley Robinson - Mars Trilogy,
Scott Hitchins, 06/25/2003
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[permaculture] Kim Stanley Robinson - Mars Trilogy,
Keith Johnson, 06/25/2003
- [permaculture] Another good read, John Schinnerer, 06/25/2003
- Re: [permaculture] Kim Stanley Robinson - Mars Trilogy, Russ Grayson, 06/26/2003
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[permaculture] Kim Stanley Robinson - Mars Trilogy,
Keith Johnson, 06/25/2003
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