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Green MarsKim Stanley RobinsonMars Trilogy, book 2

Characters in Green Mars

10 characters, main characters first.

Main characters

  • Ann Clayborne

    American geologist and leader of the Red movement, who fights to keep Mars as it is against terraforming.

    Also in Red Mars

  • Sax Russell

    Physicist and champion of terraforming who goes undercover inside the project.

    Also in Red Mars

Supporting characters

  • Maya Toitovna

    Russian leader of the First Hundred, emotionally volatile and politically powerful.

    Also in Red Mars

  • Simon Frasier

  • Arthur Randolph

    Diplomat for the corporation Praxis who helps unite the underground factions.

  • Nadia Chernyshevski

    Russian engineer from the First Hundred who builds with the underground and helps hold its factions together.

  • Nirgal

    Charismatic young man, among the first major Mars-born characters, who becomes a political voice for the underground.

  • Jackie Boone

    Mars-born granddaughter of John Boone and Hiroko Ai, a rising leader of the Free Mars movement.

  • Hiroko Ai

    Japanese biologist who founded the hidden refuge of Zygote; her fate is unresolved in this book.

    Also in Red Mars

  • Peter Clayborne

    Son of Ann Clayborne, among the first children born on Mars and a green politician.