Red Mars

This book is every bit as detailed as GOT but this is SciFi history not fantasy, although some of the robots that are used to develop Mars are fantastical.  Elon Musk needs to read this book if he hasn't done it already.  Robots don't need air so they can do all the heavy work.  A classic view of life on Mars.  There are many scientific terms used in the detail so I needed the dictionary a few times. I liked the reference to that other Martian crusader from Edgar Rice Burroughs.  Only two volumes to go. It seems you can't put pen to paper unless you have three names.