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The "Red Mars" trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson is another example.
WARNING: It's hard SF, and each of the 3 parts is brick-sized. Narration is dry, pacing very slow. The first book is largely about Earth-like issues and motivations in Martian setting. Expect to learn a lot about Mars, politics, geology, technology, astrophysics. Keep a sheet of paper and a pen with you, you'll be checking out many terms.

Each chapter is written from the perspective of a different scientist or other major person. They differ in their knowledge, goals, motivations, etc. They perceive the same events differently and might be even ignorant of some of them. Each chapter shows things in a different light. Events on the Earth are poorly known, they are reported by news agencies. Despite the entire world being connected, uneven flow of information is important to the events in the book.

The book reminds me of:
- Dune by Frank Herbert
- Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri, fractions and major figures leading them
- hard SF classics, of course