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Summary: A man's book
Review: I was told that this book was excellent and that it had won awards.Well, after reading it, I can't say I cared for it. Too much sex and politcs. After thinking about it, I realized that those whom had recommended to book to me were men. After talking to some other females, they agreed with me. So, this must be a man's book! However, it had more science in it than Red Mars; so, I found it a better read.
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Summary: The link between Red and Blue
Review: The Martian colony has been established and a war has erupted between those who want to preserve the planet in its pristine state and those who want to continue to transform it into another Earth. This is the premise of the second book in the Mars triliogy. Along the way it extends the stories of the myriad of characters from the first book. "Green Mars" is every bit as good as its predecessor, though I warn you not to partake it the series if you like your SF writing fast and action filled. Those who like to have their imaginations challenged will love it.
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Summary: Them vs. Us ; Us vs. Them : Capitalism faces Eco-Terrorism
Review: Again Kim Stanley Robinson has described the future in terms we readers can savvy. I want to parallel this work with Joseph Conrad's HEART OF DARKNESS, but there is no central character to fix upon. The desperate Earth seems to be much too willing to believe that Mars is an exotic chest of riches available to be exploited for the price of passage. The RED MARS generation- the first settlers- are so diverse in goals ( unrealized after these many years, a work still in progress..) that they are almost god-like in detachment. Corporate Earth is ready to exploit and fill the gaps... Too woo and play the different camps of the "little gods" . I have alluded to the work of Joseph Conrad here, But in the visualization, the gritty feel of the isolated camps and the difficulty of life, Frank Herbert's DUNE may flesh the feeling. Maybe. This is still a highly technical work, complicated psycologically, but worthy of the work before; RED MARS. Gerontologists note: There is something for you to ponder here....... Read GREEN MARS. There is another. Join Me in BLUE MARS. Let's see where we all go!
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Summary: The best book in the series
Review: After wading through Red Mars, I was a little hesitant to pick this book up. But, the ending was interesting, so I gave it a shot, and I'm glad I did. This book had it all, from the interaction between the characters, the development of Mars, the colonisation efforts, and even the speculative science fiction were fascinating. I couldn't put the book down. I enjoy science fiction the most when the science is sound and when the characters are interesting and easy for me to care about (or hate them, as the case may be). This book came through in both criteria. Highly recommended.
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Summary: Fantastic! Absolutely Fantastic!
Review: Don't listen to those who say it is a bad book, they are probably used to picture books! I became deeply attached to the characters. I could not pry myself away from this one. It did take me a bit to get into, but once I was into it I was totally amazed! Kim Stanley Robinson, you have written a brilliant book!
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Summary: Excellent book
Review: This book Is one of the best Sci-Fi books I've read. Robinson's Obsession for Mars truly shines through in this book and I love the way he Describes the unfolding epic story through the eyes of different Characters. I could really identify with some of the characters in "Green Mars" and that's what makes a novel great. I urge you to buy this book. But a word of warning: If you have read some of the other reviews on this page you will see that a lot of reviewers shoots this title down. Why ? probably because their reading skils ain't developed enough to read a book of 800 pages and follow the story and character development.
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Summary: Two stars are generous
Review: The first of the trilogy was OK, it wasn't great but it worth reading. You can't say that about the second though. The technical aspects again are good, however the story is poor. Science Fiction writers can sometime forget that what makes a story is the relationships between the characters not the special effects. The author has has neglected the characters, so failing to capture any emotional attachment to the book. If you are really interested give it a go, but be warned it is hard work, and not much fun.
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Summary: Boring, boring, boring and dull, dull, dull
Review: I waded through Red Mars and have been given Green Mars as a present. I haven't finished reading it yet and really don't know if I can be bothered wasting the time to complete this. It's a terrible novel, very badly written and if the attitudes expressed in the book actually reflect those of the author, then... (propriety and adherence to the guidelines for submissions to Amazon prevent me from completing this statement). It certainly should win a prize as one of the most boring, poorly written novels ever. I'm wondering if I can exchange the book for something more readable and enjoyable-in fact, anything would be better than this!
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Summary: Humans on Mars: I enjoyed it!
Review: I enjoyed many aspects of this book... KSR's technical background and scientific descriptions of bringing life to Mars works to prove the scientific possiblility of the colonization of Mars by humans. Along with the characters, most of which are scientists, the reader gets a thought provoking image of the real dangers and discoveries found living day to day on Mars. Though I found myself researching scientific terms to try to understand what KSR was telling me, I felt as if I went though a good explanation of Mars and the possibilites there... I liked Red and Green Mars... Blue is next... and I would only hope for Mars where things will be better for the characters... KSR describes the new pioneers of Mars and some very interesting technologies... Quite a fun book and I learned alot about terraforming.. Buy this book and enjoy learning a little about terraforming Mars and meet some human pioneer characters...
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Summary: Actually, I only wanted to give it zero stars
Review: Ok, the first book, Red Mars, was a slog but at least it was new, very well written with lots of mind-numbing detail. Repeat that for another 624 pages and it starts to get very... heavy... going... In fact, this has become the definitive "I'll just read this other novel and then I'll get back to it" novel - and its not a 3 book burner, its getting way up there in the double digits now. Toooo ssssllllloooowwwww and heeeaaavvvvvvyyyyyy to progress with no enjoyability factor
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