▁and ▁infrastr uct ures ▁of ▁our ▁past ▁and ▁present . ▁An ▁important ▁aspect ▁of ▁the ▁book ▁is ▁the ▁way ▁these ▁are ▁changed ▁to ▁become ▁" green ". ▁Pacific ▁Edge ▁is ▁also ▁real istic ▁in so far ▁as ▁conflicts ▁about ▁diver ging ▁interests ▁play ▁a ▁big ▁role . ▁In ▁ 2 0 6 5 , ▁these ▁are ▁mainly ▁conflicts ▁between ▁Gre ens ▁and ▁New ▁Feder als ▁as ▁the ▁main ▁political ▁parties ▁that ▁are ▁the ▁A . A . M . T . ▁using ▁small ▁companies ▁to ▁buy ▁the ▁last ▁piece ▁of ▁w ilder ness ▁in ▁the ▁area ▁and ▁develop ▁it ; ▁but ▁also ▁conflicts ▁on ▁the ▁personal ▁scale , ▁for ▁example , ▁Kevin , ▁the ▁main ▁character ▁builds ▁a ▁rom antic ▁relationship ▁with ▁the ▁mayor ' s ▁former ▁lo ver . ▁From ▁a ▁literary ▁critique ▁point ▁of ▁view ▁the ▁broad ▁descri ptions ▁of ▁nature ▁and ▁landscape ▁are ▁of ▁interest , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁self - re ferences ▁in ▁regard ▁to ▁writing ▁about ▁u top ian ▁fut ures ▁versus ▁actual ▁political ▁work . ▁ ▁Pacific ▁Edge ▁was ▁the ▁winner ▁of ▁the ▁John ▁W . ▁Campbell ▁Memorial ▁Award ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 1 . ▁ ▁These ▁books , ▁especially ▁Pacific ▁Edge , ▁can ▁be ▁seen ▁as ▁for er unn ers ▁to ▁Robinson ' s ▁Mars ▁tr il ogy . ▁ ▁Development ▁history ▁In ▁an ▁interview ▁with ▁U C SD , ▁Robinson ▁said ▁that ▁" this ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁my ▁few ▁original ▁ideas ." ▁And ▁he ▁came ▁up ▁with ▁the ▁idea ▁for ▁the ▁nov els