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Kim Stanley Robinson's novel series about the colonisation and terraforming of Mars.

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Suggested as a well-known non-Trek sci-fi utopia.

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A free collaborative online encyclopedia.
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A controlled English standard originally developed for aerospace maintenance documentation.
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Accelerando
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