Green Mars

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Summary: Slow Rise
Review: This book was long, just like Red Mars, but I thought it was better than Red Mars. I think the characters build up in this second book and somehow the picture of the planet and terrain starts getting to be more clear. Although, the build up of the story stills more than during Red Mars, some gaps in time appear too, but all in all, an entertaining reading.

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Summary: DO NOT MISS THIS BOOK
Review: A masterpiece not only of science fiction but of fiction in general. Even better that it predecessor, Red Mars, Green Mars gives us the opportunity to find out what happened to the heroes and the magical planet that we learnt to love in the first book. More than that, KSR shares with us his hope that things can be better, that new ideas can be successful, and that human nature, although far from perfect, still has the potential to rise above hatred and destruction.

I didn't think for a moment that the book was boring, I only wished that I had a better technical/scientifical english vocabulary (I am not a native english speaker) so that I could follow better the, obviously deeply researched, scientific parts of the book.

KSR once again mixes intensive scintific detail with deep sociopolitical considerations and extremely sensitive ecological dilemmas, that actually apply to our present situation on our polluted and divided planet. And never, in all this, does he forget that he talks about people, real humans with strengths and weaknesses, as close to madness as they are to genius.

If the first book made you love a barren, harsh planet full of hope, this second book will give you the thrill of a planet slowly transformed, of watching new life being born & tenderly nurtured. You will fall in love with this new Green Mars.

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Summary: Presented with some Scientific flaws...
Review: Among the minor scientific inaccuracies, the most obvious one is the idea of the left hemisphere of the Brain controling the left hand (in reality, it is the right hemisphere that controls the left part of the body, and vice vers).

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Summary: Well thought, written, and executed
Review: I have read many books concerning science fiction. However, Green Mars, the 2nd book of the 3 part trilogy, was astounding. Robinson was able to create an increasing intertest in Mars that I never had before. Although he, ( I have researched that he did not degree in the planetary science) is not a acclaimed planetary scientist, he should be. I have studied and have been awarded in the field of planetary science. After reading this book I realized that this gentleman got it... he got it. Finally, someone comes up with a logical explanation of the human exploration and habitation of Mars: withouth the googly eyed aliens. I can't wait to finish Blue Mars.

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Summary: Soulfull and wistfull. Absolutely Beautiful.
Review: This novel, nee this entire series, has a deep soul that the reader feels althroughout. Against a backdrop of a world where dedicated people are turning a barren rock into a life-giving paradise, the characters themselves begin to change withtin, and the real beauty of these novels shines. A stunning example that teaches the real power of life and love to conquer any desert wasteland, externally, or inside the human soul itself.

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Summary: A masterpiece.
Review: In my opinion, this trilogy is one of the best stories ever written. Yeah, you've all heard the complaints: the books are slow; plots are introduced and never followed up on, or followed up on 400 pages later; the author describes landscapes and science in too much detail; etc. I think these people are missing the true spirit of the books. I didn't have a true appeciation for this trilogy until I was almost finished with Green Mars. Red Mars is one of the best novels I've ever read (perhaps the very best), but I noticed what I thought were flaws throughout it and what I later found out was just a very unique writing style which takes getting used to, but actually tells a much more complete story once you've gotten used to it. Robinson packed into 2,000 pages a story that other authors might need 10,000 to tell. This story is as vast as life itself. It is not about any one plot, it is about the entire world of Mars over a period of about 200 years. It has everything from real life, not just science. This is not science-fiction, it is fiction in a scientific setting. This trilogy is a story about life, and one of the best ones ever written.

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Summary: Truely Engaging
Review: One of the best in the genre, Green Mars tells a story that would make Jules Verne proud. Delving deep into true science and human nature, Kim Stanley Robinson paints a colorful picture of the classic story elements (which never get boring): love, war, and hate. This time, though, a new element enters the mix: science. Riddled with factual science and no fictional science, Robinson makes the creations come alive. The people, introduced in Red Mars (which I regret never to have read), are incredibly deep. However, every book has its flaws, and this one has it in character. It seems to me, that in order to make characters seem more real, authors must give them terrible lives and disturbing psyches. No different here. But, despite the flaw, Robinson delivers a great book, and an epic adventure.

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Summary: Boring
Review: I read Green Mars because it is a recent Hugo Award winner, and I read Red Mars because it precedes Green Mars. The books document the first 150 years after manned landing on Mars and detail its colonization and terraformation, and wars between settlers on Mars and Earth. I found both books to be pretty boring. The characters are actually quite well-developed---four-dimensional---but not one is very likable. The descriptions of the technologies that allow the settlers to colonize Mars, terraform it, and prolong their lives are fascinating and seem well-studied. However, many interesting plots are introduced and then allowed to fade away, including the murder that opens the first book and the mystical powers of the Mars-born Nirgal that open the second book. There are long, drawn-out passages describing the Martian landscape, its history, and its natural versus its man-influenced evolution. If I read Blue Mars, it will only be to say I read all three.

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Summary: Excellent Book, Engrossing!
Review: I started Red Mars a year ago. Halfway through it (took maybe 2 months) I stopped because it was too slow. Then a few months ago I started where i left off and finished it. Then on to Green Mars. This book was much better than the first, faster paced and more interesting. I recommend this book to any Science Fiction fans out there. Now I'm working on Blue Mars, which also is a little slow.