Chapter 8, “The Green and the White” (p. 363)
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Could politics ever be anything but politics, practical, cynical, compromised, ugly?
— Kim Stanley Robinson
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Source: Wikiquote: "Kim Stanley Robinson" (Quotes, Blue Mars (1996): All page numbers are from the mass market paperback edition published by Bantam Spectra (13th printing)
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About Kim Stanley Robinson
Kim Stanley Robinson (born 23 March 1952) is a science fiction novelist most famous for his Mars trilogy.
About Kim Stanley Robinson
Kim Stanley Robinson (born 23 March 1952) is a science fiction novelist most famous for his Mars trilogy.
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