Core passages

Up Plot structure Terraforming John vs. Frank Plot grids Core passages Culture and religion Alvin Toffler's plea

Core passages concerning:

 

Terraforming/(Colonization of Mars)

Psychology

Mars: The new frontier

Longevity/Prolongation of human life/Gerontological therapy

Genetic engineering

Biosphere design

The Hiroco theme: the hidden colony

Biology

The coyote

Martian Utopia vs. terran influences/the treaty

A Martian identity/an indigenous Mars culture/"Martians"/a new social order/constitution politics

Politics/Constitution/the treatement

Martian mythology

Geology

Geography

Astronomy/Rocketry

Mars: Scientific Data (Areology)

Frank vs. John

 

TERRAFORMING/(COLONIZATION OF MARS)
p. 56: discussion between Ann (Arkady) and Sax
p. 113
p. 156
p. 177: water
p. 179: the windmill heaters
p. 183
pp. 189-190: Ann's conflict
pp. 201-214: Ann vs. Sax: the basic arguments
pp. 203-204: basic argument of the Reds: indigenous life
p. 206: scientific fields/sciences involved in the process of terraforming p. 210, 214 ff.: windmill heaters + terraforming (Nadia and Arkady)
pp. 219-220
p. 225-227: the lichen/algae cheat
p. 229: other methods to be applied in terraforming
p. 240: UNOMA's decisions on colonization and terraforming
pp. 243-245
pp. 250-251: the lichen farm; viriditas
p. 286: biotech: the key to terraforming
pp. 293 ff.: glacial vs oceanic model of formation >>> terraforming
pp. 296-297: Coyote opposed to terraforming
p. 300: Ann about Sax's terraforming plans
p.301: "areoforming"; Mars will terraform us
pp. 310: ff.: Sax's function; headquarters and laboratories
p. 312: the problem of the atmosphere
pp. 314-315: methods; sabotage targets
p. 318: the asteroid solution
p. 337: biotech; Vlad and Ursula
pp. 349 f.
p. 356: effects of the big storm
p. 365: the aquifer
pp. 375 f.
pp. 387 f.
p. 405 p. 416
p. 424
p. 441: the asteroid
pp 463, 471, 475, 478
p. 492 p. 494
p. 545
 
PSYCHOLOGY
See passages feat. Michel Duval
pp. 246 f.: Michel's interview with Maya
pp. 258-263: relationship diagrams; humours theory applied to F100;
 
MARS: THE NEW FRONTIER
p. 204
 
LONGEVITY/PROLONGATION OF HUMAN LIFE/GERONTOLOGICAL THERAPY
pp. 277-278
pp. 337 ff.: John's initiation into "the treatment" (339-341) (Vlad and Ursula)
p. 349
pp. 399 f.
p. 415
p. 456
p. 477
p. 502
p. 553 sub-issue: overpopulation/birth control on Earth (see Treaty)
 
GENETIC ENGINEERING
pp. 206-207: function of bioengineering in terraforming
pp. 277-278: prolonging human life
p. 286: biotech: the key to terraforming
p. 337: biotech
p. 339: gerontological treatment
pp. 432 ff.: Hiroko's genetic experiment (see p. 93)
 
BIOSPHERE DESIGN
(enclosed biological life support systems)
pp. 84-85
 
THE HIROKO THEME; THE HIDDEN COLONY
(see also: independence; Coyote)
p. 93: Rumour about plans of artificial insemination
pp. 270- 273: Michel joins Hiroko's colony group >>> escape
p. 327
pp. 382 ff.: John's meeting with the Coyote
pp. 432 ff.: Hiroko's genetic experiment
 
BIOLOGY
p. 89: the selfish gene theory (Dawkins)
p. 388: the space spores theory
THE WHODUNNIT: MURDER AND SABOTAGE ON MARS: parts l+6: murder of John
pp. 279 ff.: John's investigation into the sabotage cases
pp. 389 ff.: Police from Earth on Mars
p. 392: the first assassination of John
 
THE COYOTE
p. 89: the stowaway: Maya sees unknown face in the farm
p. 102: Maya tells John
pp. 268 ff.
p. 296
pp. 306 f.
p. 313
p. 323
p. 327
p. 372
pp. 382 ff.: John's meeting with the Coyote
p. 435
pp. 441 f.
 
MARTIAN UTOPIA VS TERRAN INFLUENCES/THE TREATY
pp. 15 ff. (John vs Frank)
pp. 80 ff.: dependence vs independence; lying in the tests; Arkady advocates independence from mission control in building shelters pp. 110 ff.: The Outer Space Treaty
p. 324
p. 351
p. 383
pp. 401 ff.: John's discussion with Arkady
pp. 435 f.
pp. 443-446: John Boone's speech: "democracy vs capitalism'
pp. 455-473: Frank Chalmers shaping the new treaty; the various interest groups parts 6-8 see also politics
 
A MARTIAN IDENTITY/AN INDIGENOUS MARS CULTURE/"MARTIANS"/A NEW SOCIAL ORDER/CONSTITUTION POLITICS
pp. 15-16
pp. 111-113
pp. 270-273: Michel's initiation: Hiroko's areophany rites; leaving for the refuge
p. 301: "areoforming" (Ann)
pp. 301 ff.: children born on Mam (see also Hiroko)
p. 335
p. 425
p. 430: metaphors from Mars for "to carry coals to Newcastle" parts 6-8 sub-issue: multicultural society
 
POLITICS/CONSTITUTION, THE TREATMENT
and the transnationals
pp. 321 ff.: Helmut Bronski; UNOMA and the transnationals
p. 324
pp. 351 ff.
pp. 401 ff. John's discussion Arkady; the consequences
pp. 435 f. part 6: Guns under the table pan 7: the revolution + the war sub-issue: Antarctic Treaty
 
MARTIAN MYTHOLOGY
alternative creation myths (pp. 119-122; 453-454 [see p. 227: American folktalel]) the Coyote the First Hundred
p. 372
 
GEOLOGY
Ann + Phyllis = geologists
pp. 119-122: origin of Mars: scientific explanation
pp. 95 ff.: geological project + selection 139 f.: regolith
pp. 164-190: the first geological expedition (Ann, Nadia, Phyllis etc.) p. 166: long wet past vs short wet past models
p. 173: detection of polar ice >>> (surface) water
p. 175: the ice mining camp
p. 293: glacial theory vs oceanic model of formation
p. 298
pp. 324 f.
pp. 358 ff.: the space elevator
p. 365: the first aquifer
pp. 427 f.: Olympus Mons
 
GEOGRAPHY
p. 95: planned site of first settlement/shelters = Valles Marineris; Phobos = space station
pp. 164 ff.: the first geological expedition (way described in detail)
p. 182: the North Pole
pp. 215 ff.: the dirigible trip: disseminating the windmill heaters
 
ASTRONOMY/ROCKETRY
p. 68: velocity in space
pp. 73-84: solar flare on die Ares; radiation
pp. 105 ff.: entry into Martian atmosphere
p. 124 Martian horizon closer, gravity
p. 137: lack of gravity on Phobos, Nadia's solution
pp. 148 fF: the Martian Calendar
p. 156: radiation on Mars
p. 171: two evening stars: Venus and Earth
pp. 398 f.: gravity on Phobos (Stickney)
p. 423: storm over
 
MARS - SCIENTIFIC DATA (AREOLOGY)
see geology/geography
pp. 33, 153: the Martian time slip
p. 215: the dirigibles
pp. 230 ff. the storm (1)
p. 293: areolog
p. 298: differences of northern and southern hemispheres
p. 355: start of the big storm
 
FRANK vs JOHN
part 1: John's murder (Frank's perspective)
pp. 54 ff.: Frank and John (seen from Maya's point of view)
p. 154
p. 162
p. 455
pp. 484: Frank's plan: John = first man; Frank = leader of colony
p. 503

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