7/8/2023 0 Comments Mars trilogy![]() For Sax Russell, it’s the drive to terraform Mars as fast as possible. For Ann Clayborne -a geologist-come-areoligist from the First Hundred -it’s the untouched geology (areology) of the planet that fascinates her. With each character, we get a deep dive into the topics and issues that they find interesting. The books alternate between the perspectives of a handful of characters -each of them playing a unique role in Mars’ history. ![]() Which, it turns out, has it’s own name, areology. While I loved the attention to detail, I did have to slog through the odd dry chapter featuring long descriptions of martian geology. ![]() The books are incredibly well researched -sometimes annoyingly so. It begins in the near future with “the First Hundred” on they their way to settle the red planet, and ends almost two centuries later. The series -Red Mars, Green Mars, and Blue Mars-tells the story of humanity settling on Mars. ![]() The Mars Trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson is hard science fiction at it’s finest. There’s nothing I love more than a science fiction book with good science. ![]() Technology is not just magic with another name. Where authors aspire to be accurate with their depiction of reality. When I read science fiction, I prefer to read hard science fiction. ![]()
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