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Having just finished a few of Robinson's books, your comment reminded me of (I believe) "Red Mars" in which there was a part where the first settlers returned t
by josefresco 6y ago
Having just finished a few of Robinson's books, your comment reminded me of (I believe) "Red Mars" in which there was a part where the first settlers returned to their camp from exploring Mars and remarked (rather sadly) how dirty and terrible looking their encampment was, in contrast with the beauty of unspoiled mars. They compared it to scientific outposts on Antarctica.
- rotexo 6y agoIndeed! KSR has clearly had a change of thinking about terraforming since the Mars trilogy. I asked him about it at a reading he did from Red Moon, and he responded with the Antarctica analogy I described above.