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| | Kim Stanley Robinson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The tale begins with the first colonists leaving Earth for Mars in 2027, and covers the next 200 years of future history. | | | It is not a trilogy in the traditional sense; rather than telling a single story, the books present three very different yet equally possible future worlds. | | | The setting of this novel bears strong resemblances to that of the Mars trilogy, albeit with darker, more dystopian undertones. |
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| | Giving Mars Back its Heartbeat :: Astrobiology Magazine :: |
| | Mars is beautiful the way it is, but I think it would be even better if we could restore the biosphere that it once had. | | | I think we have no reason whatsoever to think that Mars is dead or sterile or even hostile to life forms. | | | We see that distinction for the first time when we look beyond the Earth, when we look at the moon. |
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| | Review of Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars Trilogy |
| | The third book of the triology is mostly about the attempts to reconcile both Mars and Earth, as well as the different Martian groups. | | | There has allready been one manned expedition to the red planet, in which american astronaut John Boone gained eternal fame as the "first man on Mars", but this second expedition is different. | | | Kim Stanley Robinson's impressive epic tale about the colonization and terraforming of Mars streches over 3 books, 3 centuries and a host of beliveable, and detailed characters. |
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| | Printed Matter -- AUTHOR NAME -- Page |
| | He says the books in the trilogy are selling well, mainly through word of mouth. | | | His next Mars book will be "A Martian Romance," which will go to the publisher this spring. | | | Before "A Martian Romance" is released, readers will have the opportunity to see what Robinson describes as a natural progression to his Mars trilogy and this is "Antarctica," a future history about the terraforming of the South Pole. |
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http://test.dcn.davis.ca.us/go/gizmo/1997/antarctica.html
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| | Martians |
| | However, the Roger and Eileen trilogy and baseball story are all excellent stand-alones, so even those unfamiliar with the Mars Trilogy should enjoy them enough to get their money's worth out of the paperback edition. | | | The book also contains some non-fiction sections describing the scientific and political background of the Martian trilogy, as well as thirty pages of poetry, and a brief concluding section entitled Purple Mars which chronicles the author's satisfaction when the entire trilogy was finally printed out and mailed to his publisher. | | | And some are alternate history versions of what might have happened differently in the trilogy but did not. |
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http://www.users.nac.net/bobsabella/Martians.htm
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| | Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson, 0007121652, Lowest Book Price Finder |
| | As I read through the Mars Trilogy, I couldnt help but think that science, in its entirety, the geology,biology,physics,chemistry and all its subdivisions, is nothing more than Man progressively trying to get into the mind of God, to be God. | | | While the "Mars" books are technically a trilogy, Robinson's "Antarctica" is a very good prequel (like "The Hobbit" is to the "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy), and his "The Martians" is a good follow-up, albeit somewhat melancholy. | | | I didn't find "Blue Mars" to be as fascinating and exciting as the first two books of the trilogy and was a bit overlong. |
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http://www.bookfinder4u.co.uk/book_detail/0007121652
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| | Epinions.com - Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars Series |
| | On Earth, the environmental movement tries to preserve "natural life." On Mars, the concepts of "natural" and "life" are separate. | | | It deals with the impact of new arrivals who come to supply temporary labor and then return to Earth, with the industries who want to profit from Mars and may or may not have her best interests at heart. | | | Each character is a unique, three dimensional human being with his or her own distinct voice -- especially the original characters from Red Mars. |
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http://www.epinions.com/book-review-7880-F425376-38B438CA-bd3
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| | Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Blue Mars at Epinions.com |
| | Blue Mars is the third book of a trilogy, but stands up on its own. | | | The first 2 books were so well written, engrossing, and more importantly similar, that the expectation for the end of the trilogy was for more of the same. | | | This book tells the final chapter of the Mars trilogy. |
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http://www.epinions.com/Blue_Mars_by_Kim_Stanley_Robinson/display_~reviews
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| | Red Mars Review |
| | And now, as man takes his first technological steps onto the red planet itself, this is the perfect time to pick up the trilogy and revel in its vison and scope, and be awed at the majesty and wonder of Mars itself. | | | A three-part, 2000+ page epic, the Mars trilogy is Robinson's opus. | | | And these are truly some of the greatest works of sci-fi I've ever read. |
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| | Amazon.com: Green Mars (Mars Trilogy): Books: Kim Stanley Robinson |
| | Green Mars is essentially a collection of self-contained short stories, in the mode of Isaac Asimov's original Foundation series; Green Mars weaves fine threads through seven characters and 40 earth-years. | | | Kim Stanley Robinson's epic Mars trilogy proceeds with new characters and familiar ones. | | | The culture described in the book is sort of a utopian culture arising out of being separated from the rest of Earth society and the struggles of life on Mars. |
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| | Mars trilogy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The books also speculate on the colonization of other planets and moons in the solar system, and include descriptions of cities on Callisto, Mercury, Titania, and Venus. | | | His accomplishments and natural charm yield him an informal leadership role. | | | Like Boone's, his political ideas (known as "Bogdanovism") weigh heavily on characters later in the book. |
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| | Mars Trilogy Concordance: Introduction |
| | Each major character has a long-term role in the trilogy, and this is expanded upon in their entries. | | | This section attempts to place all the scenes in the novels on a timeline, showing the flow of the story and the critical junctures. | | | This section describes them in detail, and has pointers to real world commentary, notes and examples. |
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| | Random House Books The Martians by Kim Stanley Robinson |
| | Among them are Michel, a French psychologist dazzled by the beauty around him; Maya, a woman whose ill-fated love affairs lead to her first voyage to Mars; and Roger, a tall Martian-born guide who lacks social skills but has the courage to survive on the planet's dangerous yet strangely compelling surface. | | | As the planet is transformed from an unexplored and forbidding terrain to a troubled image of a re-created Earth, we meet men and women who are bound together by their experiences on Mars and with each other. | | | Beginning with the First Hundred explorers, generations of friends, enemies, and lovers are swept up in the drama that is Earth's tenuous toehold on Mars. |
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| | Printed Matter -- Kim Stanley Robinson -- Page |
| | He has supported himself as a writer for the past decade and in the process established a reputation for not only being a good writer but making sure good, believable science was part of his science fiction. | | | He admits he made a few mistakes in science here and there, but those will be corrected in reprints of the trilogy. | | | He's putting together a companion volume called "A Martian Romance," which collects fiction and non-fiction, short stories and essays about Mars and about his experiences writing the trilogy. |
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| | Interview: Kim Stanley Robinson |
| | trilogy, Robinson has created what might be one of the grandest literary science fiction epics to date. | | | Since then he has averaged slightly less than a book a year (not counting short story collections), and nearly every one has defined its own niche in the science fiction genre. | | | "We could have been on Mars in 1986, as Stephen Baxter shows in his new book |
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| | ERBzine Mars: Barsoom Guide |
| | The Martian Illustrated Version of A Princess of Mars as it appeared in England's THE SUN | | | James Spratt's Illustrated Adaptation of ERB's A Princess of Mars | | | Skeleton Men of Jupiter (from John Carter of Mars): summary and commentary |
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| | Mars Trilogy Concordance - KSR Interview |
| | They were true science-fiction, and there'll be things in my books that will be proven wrong and superceded but it's really the spirit that counts. | | | Did you find anything in their work that was... | | | You know, the books are now out there, and so I hope they have that effect. |
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| | Flare Sci-Fi Forums: Mars Movies |
| | Mission to Mars was bring, and the only thing good in Red Planet was to see that Matrix girl Trinity taking a shower. | | | I recall hearing that Bradbury was working on another film interpretation of The Martian Chronicles, but that isn't really about Mars. | | | I haven't seen "Ghosts of Mars," but I don't want to, for good reasons. |
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| | Kim Stanley Robinson: Wet Mars |
| | All this is straightforward, and assumed as such in my Mars books. | | | 2050, more people in Earth orbit, but none living there for their whole lives; perhaps a lunar station or two, tourist hotel perhaps; on Mars, a scientific station manned by rotating crews, small but growing. | | | It's interesting, but in the historical context you bring up, interesting is not enough. |
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http://www.space.com/sciencefiction/kim_stanley_robinson_interview_000626.html
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| | Tik Tok - Books we like |
| | Beginning with the first long journey from Earth to the "space elevator" used to ship cargo to and from Mars' orbit, Robinson grounds his story in science that, while advanced, gives the reader a true sense that it is all possible. | | | Its characters, though, may present readers the trilogy's one weakness: they're hard to like. | | | Rather than allow the story to become a historical dissertation, the author paints an opera in the foreground by which readers can bridge the gap between history and story. |
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| | the wonderful wizard of mars MetaFilter |
| | The trilogy is great not for its descriptions of space elevators and artificial gravity but rather because it is a fine example of Feministische phantastische-utopische Literatur and represents insightful social commentary. | | | Perhaps a healthy disinterest in ruling and wielding power would be good back here on Earth [NYT]. | | | Robinson's democratic fantasy land--where there are no real politicians--is often overshadowed by the sheer scientific whiz-bang wonderment of his novels. |
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| | First Words |
| | Robinson had this to say: I would never undercut my character John Boone [from the Mars Trilogy], whose first words on Mars were, if I remember right, "Well, here we are." I think that's about right. | | | Award-winning science fiction and fantasy author of the bestselling Discworld series | | | So:"Dismantle the moon and turn it into CPUs! |
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| | Implications of Martian Life - Mars Society Conference 2001 |
| | He would love to discover evidence of a second genesis on Mars because of what this could tell us about the nature of life itself. | | | In 2001, he helped to organize a fundraiser for the Mars Society which attracted filmmaker James Cameron, Robert Zubrin, Pascal Lee, and Chris McKay and raised well over $100,000. | | | Similar to Zubrin’s dream, his Mars became a second home for humanity, telling the story of the people who brought life to the planet and remodelled it after their home planet. |
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| | Mars Trilogy. - FreddysHouse |
| | I read the first book ages ago, and vaguely remember what happened in it. | | | Tried the first book, Red Mars, gave up. | | | If you want good SF, read Alastair Reynolds, Ken Macleod, David Brin, or a whole bunch of others that I've read in my book collection (currently 4 ikea bookcases rammed full of books, maybe I should start a library? |
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| | The SF Site Featured Review: Antarctica |
| | On the other hand, the book's many themes are handled with undeniable competence and those it shares with the Mars Trilogy are deepened, broadened, and brought much closer to home. | | | The resulting story shares a number of the virtues and vices with the trilogy. | | | Opposing viewpoints are handled skillfully, but, however laudable the author's intentions, some readers may not have the patience for the earnestness or for the trend of Robinson's argumentation. |
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| | Mars trilogy |
| | Blue Mars was disappointing - IMHO an unsatisfying conclusion, not nearly as well written as the two previous books. | | | In Reply to: Another Book posted by PWB on March 31, 1999 at 08:14:53: | | | The description of the space elevator construction (with carbon nanotubes, as I recall, anchored to the moon Phobos) and it's destruction are among the most interesting parts of the novels. |
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| | Astrobiology: The Living Universe - Kim Stanley Robinson |
| | The concept in question is an 'Astrotel' that would constantly cycle between Mars, the Moon and Earth. | | | It has to first be established that the Red Mars trilogy adheres strictly to 'real science' - there is nothing in the trilogy that contravenes traditional physics, so no anti-gravity or faster than light travel. | | | Composed of three long novels entitled 'Red Mars,', 'Green Mars,' and 'Blue Mars,', their names represent the three different stages of terraformation and so correspond to the stage of the story. |
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| | O'Reilly -- Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars Trilogy |
| | If you like science fiction (and maybe even if you don't, but do have a tolerance for a fair amount of scientific detail and speculation, or are just willing to work for a book that rewards that work richly), I highly recommend this trilogy. | | | I can't say I enjoyed these more than any other SF book I've read recently (Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon wins that award), but I found them perhaps among the most rewarding of all the science fiction books I've ever read. | | | The New York Times Book Review called it "a landmark in the history of the genre", and I couldn't agree more. |
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| | Mars |
| | (Larger image here.) The symbolism is pretty clear: Mars points the way from Earth toward the stars. | | | The Mars symbol is basically a shield and spear (Mars/Ares was the god of war). | | | Mediaeval alchemists were right linking the planet Mars and the metal iron: Mars derives its red color from iron oxide, basically rust, which also colors blood red, giving it the name of the war god. |
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| | USATODAY.com - A different kind of rock star |
| | I think it has to do with that sense of separation from the grubby concerns of the ordinary society that we live in." | | | The new world was settled by people looking for heaven on earth. | | | In his trilogy, Earth's scientists and engineers try to transform Mars from wasteland to Eden. |
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http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2004-01-09-mars-cover_x.htm
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| | Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars Trilogy - The CHUD.COM Message Boards |
| | Been thinking about this for a while, and even though it'll never get made now (Red Planet and Mission to Mars pretty well cinched that possibility), I think that these books would translate well onto the screen; IMO it's a grand, sweeping tale of humanity that could be done well quite easily. | | | Not sure how much of a built-in audience there is for it, but considering the latter 2 books essentially take place in what amounts to a cool earth desert, there's no reason that production costs would be that awful high - not much CGI would be needed. | | | CHUD.COM is no way affilliated with the film C.H.U.D. All rights reserved 1997 - infinity. |
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| | Books, Listed by Author |
| | This edition drops one story and adds two stories plus a “concordiat” to another story. | | | This is part of the SFBC Collection, and has ISBN 1-56865-261-5; there is a special price of $2.98 with any purchase. | | | * _Red Mars (Easton Press no ISBN, Mar ’93, no price, 519pp, hc) [Mars] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1992) sf novel, first book of a trilogy about the colonization and terraforming of Mars. |
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| | Robinson’s Red/Green/Blue Mars trilogy |
| | I have no idea if these appear in the books, but I don’t think so. | | | Throughout the twenty-first century the flag was used by the Mars Society, the colonists and Unacodema. | | | When Mars gained independence in 2100, the need was felt for a new flag that had more relation with the current state of the planet, on which the colors green and blue were establishing their position next to the original red. |
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| | Amazon.ca: Blue Mars: Books |
| | Look for books like Blue Mars by subject: | | | Obviously, KSR is attempting to make many or all of his stories into one comprehensive narrative. | | | While they fight for independence from Earth and attempt to avert a civil war, they find their new civilization threatened by an ice age. |
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| | Medicine and Science Fiction |
| | And in a story by Brian Stapleford ("The Magic Bullet", collected in Sexual Chemistry, Sardonic Tales of the Genetic Revolution), immortality sets men against women, including male mentor against female protege, since immortalization is dependent on a supply of ova. | | | In Sharon Webb's Earth Song trilogy (Earthchild, Earth Song, and Ram Song) an immortality process which only takes effect if given before puberty has the immediate effect of setting parents against children - and the long term effect of destroying human creativity, which seems only to flourish in the shadow of death. | | | The settlement of Mars and the relationship between Earth and Mars is affected by the development of a life prolonging treatment in Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars Trilogy. |
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| | Annexing Mars :: Astrobiology Magazine :: |
| | Mars is the planet most similar to Earth, and therefore it should be the easiest planet to terraform with current technology. | | | Scientists began taking terraforming into the realm of fact in the 1960s, when Carl Sagan published several articles dealing with the possibility of terraforming Venus. | | | And in 1951, Arthur C. Clarke, who is one of the debate panelists, gave the concept wide exposure with his novel, The Sands of Mars. |
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| | Mars Trilogy Concordance -- Technology |
| | Mars is not Earth, and the conditions for refining resources, working materials, and finishing products are vastly different. | | | Later in the trilogy, regular and relatively rapid transportation between Earth and Mars is common place. | | | We bring pieces of Earth's biosphere to Mars, and reform it to survive in the radically different conditions. |
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| | The Demimonde @ www.ezboard.com |
| | While it is themed around KSR, people who have not read KSR but are interested in the topics that come up in his writing are welcome here. | | | The term 'the demimonde' is a reference to a region on Mars in Robinson's epic Mars Trilogy. | | | This defunct forum was created for a mock convention intended to create a "state of the world report." Too ambitious, perhaps. |
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| | Advisory Council - Who We Are The Planetary Society |
| | He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in both Earth and planetary geology and extraterrestrial life, including both the science and the societal and philosophical issues relating to the science. | | | He also is well-known to film audiences for his role as Indiana Jones' good friend Salla in Raiders of the Lost Ark and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. | | | The second novel, slated for release in fall 2005, will be titled Fifty Degrees Below. |
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| | CNN - Official 'Mars flag' unfurls in space - January 7, 2000 |
| | The martian flag "has now been honored by a vessel of the leading spacefaring nation of the Earth," the society said. | | | The red, green and blue colors derive from stages of Mars' transformation from barrenness to life depicted in the epic "Red Mars," "Green Mars," "Blue Mars" trilogy written by Kim Stanley Robinson, according to a Mars Society statement. | | | The design of the martian flag carried onboard Discovery was originally proposed by NASA engineer and Mars Arctic Research Station task force leader Pascal Lee during a summer 1999 site selection expedition to Devon Island, where the outpost will be located. |
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| | WorldChanging: Another World Is Here: Red Mars, Green Mars, Blue Mars |
| | While gobsmacked that Cory has (had) not yet read the Mars Trilogy, I am also envious of his first-reading wonder! | | | Ally Cory just read Red Mars for the first time, and says "I am agog at what may be the finest sf novel I've ever read." We love it too, here at Worlchanging, and highly recommend both the Mars Trilogy itself and Cory's review. | | | I keep hoping to read somewhere that someone really wonderful is going to take them on as a film trilogy...although adaptation anxiety runs deep, too. |
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| | Kim Stanley Robinson: Mars trilogy and Forty Signs of Rain |
| | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. | | | If you like a lot of science in your science fiction, and are curious about the collision between society-building, terraforming, ecopoetics, and more, read 'em. | | | This entry posted: Sun - November 6, 2005 at 08:51 PM in the category: |
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| | Cameron Sending Two Missions to Mars |
| | James Cameron has a red planet on his mind. | | | In a speech given earlier this month at the second annual International Mars Society conference in Boulder, CO, the Hollywood heavyweight and self-confessed "Mars wacko" called the journey to other planets "the greatest dream" of his own boyhood science fantasies. | | | And a crewed lander being sent in 2014. |
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| | Blue Mars, Red Mars, Green Mars |
| | , most of the First Hundred find UNTA's rule of Mars intolerable. | | | The first terraforming efforts begin, aimed at thickening the atmosphere and adding oxygen to it, and the first biologically-engineered organisms are released on the planet's surface. | | | , the legendary First Hundred settlers land on Mars and begin the process of preparing the planet for further immigration. |
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| | Mars Trilogy Concordance - Glossary |
| | This term is used throughout the trilogy to express the political, cultural and conceptual reality of living on Mars in a uniquely Martian manner (as opposed to Terran) that, in the case of the Reds, evokes a respect for the surface of Mars as it is. | | | Terminology unique to the Mars Trilogy, Terran terms for Mars adopted for the trilogy, and Martian geography names. | | | The paradigm shift caused by humans living on Mars. |
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| | tim.oreilly.com -- Science Fiction |
| | This is actually an email I wrote to friends and family in February 2000. | | | It's out of print now, but I decided to make it available online. | | | A Review of Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars Trilogy. |
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http://tim.oreilly.com/sci-fi/mars.html
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