- three different visions of the future of Orange County
The Wild Shore (1984)
The Gold Coast
(1988)
Pacific Edge
(1990)
I really marvelled at the imagination that could come up with three alternative futures: A nuke, a material society, and a Green society.
I wanted him to put some endings on them, especially Pacific Edge.
- from first settlement through terraforming
Red Mars (1993)
Green Mars (1994)
Blue Mars (1996)
One of the great sci-fi trilogies, its epic sweep covers centuries of change on Mars, on Earth, and in the characters and their families. Red Mars won a Nebula, Blue and Green Mars won Hugos.