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RE: Boing Boing: Red Mars: a very belated appreciation
Topic: Arts 3:23 pm EST, Dec 20, 2004

k wrote:
] ] Because now I've finally read Red Mars, and I am agog at
] ] what may be the finest sf novel I've ever read. Red Mars
] ] has all the hard-sf window-dressing that many of us
] ] imagine when we think of sf: great and accessible tours
] ] through speculative cog sci, geology, astronomy,
] ] rocketry, physics, biology, genetics, and so on, until
] ] the head swims with the sheer scope of the research task
] ] Robinson set himself in this book.
]
] [ I read this some time ago, and recall liking it very much...
] i didn't read the sequels however, for no clear reason...
] -k]

Red Mars was fantastic. Blue Mars almost as good. Green Mars wasnt worth the time investment. I have also read Robinson's book titled "Antarctica". It was also an interesting read, but nothing can compare to Red and Blue Mars for sheer reading enjoyment.

RE: Boing Boing: Red Mars: a very belated appreciation


 
 
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