As M cK enzie Wark writes in Molecular Red: A Theory of the Anthropocene, in your version of Mars, “questions of nature and culture, economics and politics, can never be treated in isolation, as all levels have to be organized togethe r. The Mars trilogy explores the idea that any terraforming project would necessarily be not only technical, but also political. It is said that your Mars Trilogy of novels ( Red Mars, Green Mars and Blue Mars, 1992-1996) is perhaps the most successful example in science fiction of the use of the notion of “terraforming” : the idea that man can transform a whole planet to make it habitable and reproduce Earth-like conditions. This interview, conducted by José Luis de Vicente, forms part of the catalogue for the exhibition After the End of the World, in which the writer is participating with an audiovisual prologue. We also explore the role of art and literature when formulating possible futures, the importance of the imagination for finding solutions and the defence of optimism and humour as we deal with the scenario confronting us. With him we analyse the link between the ecological crisis and the economic one, placing the emphasis on the need for new political economics. His work, set in the near future, brings us face-to-face with concepts such as the Anthropocene, terraforming and post-capitalism. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 10(3), 235–251.Kim Stanley Robinson is one of the world’s most highly reputed science-fiction authors and one of the key exponents of climate fiction. Dispositional optimism and coping: A meta-analytic review. Annual Reviews of Psychology, 58, 119–144. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 51(6), 1257–1264. Coping with stress: Divergent strategies of optimists and pessimists. Wallston (Eds.), Social psychological foundations of health (pp. Self-regulatory processes and responses to health threats: Effects of optimism on well-being. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 16(2), 201–228. Effects of optimism on psychological and physical well-being: Theoretical overview and empirical update. Dispositional optimism and physical well-being: The influence of generalized outcome expectancies on health. Optimism, coping, and health: Assessment and implications of generalized outcome expectancies. Optimism and physical health: A meta-analytic review. Annual Review of Psychology, 55, 745–774.
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