The fruits of an individual's labor belong to this individual

human labor is part of a communal enterprise

In the training of the First Hundred in Antarctica, she and Sax became close.

areologist

She led the first exploratory expeditions on Mars's surface.

She was recognized by her peers as a Red leader but did not actively take part in the violence caused by many Reds.

supported a more moderate, non-violent stance for the Red movement: to occupy high-altitude areas in order to keep them untouched

During the First Martian Revolution, Sax perceived that the powers that be had decided the First Hundred should be eliminated.

When the aging treatment was discovered, Sax leaked it to the Areophany team.

introvert

Sax joined the Martian underground and lived in Zygote, and then Gamete.

teacher

Stephen Lindholm

saxifraga

"stone-breaker"

"first generation"

M-year: a Martian year, which lasts 687 Terran days.

"second generation"

the first generation of native Martians.

A synthetic mix of all the endorphins and opiates found in the brain's natural chemistry

resource recovery

Russell cocktail: cocktail of greenhouse gases that was instrumental in terraforming. First created by Sax Russell. Mainly based on fluoride derivates.

"third generation"

the second generation of native Martians

Shikata ga nai: Japanese expression for "there is no other choice", phrase used by Hiroko

Named after Philip K. Dick's novel "The Martian Time-Slip" (1964).

Viriditas: meaning "greening force" in Latin. Basic concept of Areophany.

"fourth generation"

third generation of native Martians

historian

Think Black people are lazy and violent, but your work isn’t about that? I’ll bet you dollars to donuts it’s in there.

beautiful and damning distinction

Wanting to live in a better world is great. Working for a better world is great. It only becomes a vice when it keeps us from loving the world we’re in—warts and all. My experience is that life is full of strong women and weak ones. Venal ones. Active ones. Passive ones. Complicated ones. Unhealthy ones. Men are just as varied and complicated and screwed-up. Their lives aren’t our societal best self, but they’re who we are

Treating moral issues as if they were craft is asking for a literature of beautiful sermons.