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Kim Stanley Robinson does it well. I highly recommend the Mars trilogy, it's the definition of hard sci-fi in my mind now.
by rebuilder 8y ago
Kim Stanley Robinson does it well. I highly recommend the Mars trilogy, it's the definition of hard sci-fi in my mind now.
- AYBABTME 8y agoReally interesting/inspiring read, but also super tedious and goes on long strides about rocks and geology.
- rebuilder 8y agoit's lengthy, but for me, those parts seemed justified as character-building; Robinson gets pretty deep into describing characters who are very, very into rocks and geology, among other things. I definitely see what you mean, though.
- AYBABTME 8y agoIn retrospect, I enjoyed the rocks/geology part, it gave me something to dream about when I drive in desert landscapes and picture myself walking on Mars sometime in the future, running or flying in low gravity, or sailing..! But back in the moment, I fell asleep many times trying to go through those passages. Anyhow, I agree that this trilogy is really good work, on so many levels. It gets me thinking nearly everyday, years later, about what I'd need to prepare for as an eventual, hopeful colonist.
- rebuilder 8y agoThat's funny: for me, that book made it really clear that I don't want to even daydream about going to Mars. Too restrictive. Don't have quite that amount of pioneer spirit and ability to commit. But I can see how others might!
- zokier 8y agoMars trilogy is a classic, and I will not dispute that. But I read the first part, and I felt like I got quite enough of it. The science bits, especially in the beginning, were nice enough, but I recall them becoming more handwavy as they fell more to the background. At points it felt like reading Atlas Shrugged when you really were only interested in railways and trains