He's actually much more interested in considering the evolution of human society, and the Mars trilogy (plus expanded works) is really an exploration of how leaving Earth might trigger that evolution. To understand this book, however, you have to realize that Robinson is only partly interested in describing the colonization of Mars. I'll just say here that I think Kim Stanley Robinson is a very skilled writer. The writing is not the best, but once you get past that it was really engaging. It also touches on some of the more political (who is actually in charge?) and ethical issues (in the books they leave behind an overpopulated earth that is quickly fracturing into war). I found the first of the Mars trilogy (Red Mars) by Kim Stanley Robinson to be an interesting take on Mars colonisation (and mostly founded in some sort of science).
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