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Summary: Return home?
Review: Same stereotypes, same clichés. Rich, greedy Daddy sends type A; ego inflated son to Mars to inspect their prospects for commercial exploitation. Give me a break, couldn't he have thought of more original charactors? Guess not. I can't decide if I liked this book better or the first, they were both...okay. Not great, but a good enough read one time around. There are more Mars facts which are interesting, and a twist. A saboteur is onboard. This is more of sci-fi psychological thriller as well, which fits nicely with the situation. I did like Bova's concept that we, ourselves, are the aliens were trying to contact. Perhaps we are it and the powerful moving reactions make you think hard. The gender and nationalities are addressed, again and the fight for the attention of a beautiful and intelligent women. A little romance does make it more interesting, sorry to say. It'll be up to the reader, depending on what you like. If your not into the underlying message and tones of the story, you wont like it. But, if you like a sci-fi novel about Mars and the discoveries made, you'll be fine.
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Summary: Unbelievavly amzing and realistic! Fantastic.
Review: The book was fasinating. I already read several Ben Bova books, but I think this one topped the list. The way things are described and told makes you think you were really there. Fine details bring the story to life!
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Summary: PC SF
Review: The science in "Return to Mars" was excellent, but I'm sick of PC characters. Of course, the white guy with the rich daddy is an evil capitalist and every other "colored" person is noble or sincere. Give me a break. What's wrong with private enterprise?
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Summary: I felt like I was on Mars.
Review: This book ( along with it's prequal- MARS ) was so vivid and real that I felt like I standing on the cold Martian surface. Mr. Bova writes likes he's been there. I hope he writes a third Martian book and lets us know what's become of the Jamie and VJ. I do not pay retail for many books- but I got this one as soon as it hit. They should make this into a movie.
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Summary: Bova's best to date
Review: This book is a superstar effort for Bova. Unlike some of Bova's other books, Return to Mars' ending does not dissapoint. It will leave you with a sense of awe.
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Summary: Excellent Old-class sci fi novel.
Review: This book may be disapointing for one searching for non-stop action, however for the ones who enjoy sci-fi at its realistic best, this is the book to read. When and if we ever do explore mars, this may just be the way it happens. Excellent reading and even has the feel-good ending that we all need sometimes. Great book in my opinion.
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Summary: A bore. The politics got worse in this sequel.
Review: This is the sequel to Bova's "Mars" novel, which was a more-than-tolerable read. This novel was barely worth finishing. Essentially, Bova is plumping against the notion that those awful Earth capitalists might exploit Mars by wanting to go there. The politics in the first novel were asinine, in this one just plain wierd. Somehow Bova has an American Indian tribe claiming the rights to most of Mars, thereby keeping the great unwashed capitalist masses away from Mars. Yeah, like that's going to happen. Bova's Left-wing political slant is worse in this novel than it was in "Mars." It gets worse, by the way, in "Venus" which I was unable to finish, and therefore have not reviewed. I gave this book 2 stars because I was able to finish it. Not recommended though.
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Summary: A bore. The politics got worse in this sequel.
Review: This is the sequel to Bova's "Mars" novel, which was a more-than-tolerable read. This novel was barely worth finishing. Essentially, Bova is plumping against the notion that those awful Earth capitalists might exploit Mars by wanting to go there. The politics in the first novel were asinine, in this one just plain wierd. Somehow Bova has an American Indian tribe claiming the rights to most of Mars, thereby keeping the great unwashed capitalist masses away from Mars. Yeah, like that's going to happen. Bova's Left-wing political slant is worse in this novel than it was in "Mars." It gets worse, by the way, in "Venus" which I was unable to finish, and therefore have not reviewed. I gave this book 2 stars because I was able to finish it. Not recommended though.
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Summary: Red Planet Adventure
Review: This is the sequel to MARS, a fine novel about the first expedition to Mars I read a few years ago. RETURN TO MARS chronicles the second expedition to Mars, funded by private sources, with lots of human relations conflict mixed in, Bova is excellent with this. He also is good at little details, and descriptions of scenery and technology. There is great plot and character developement, all hallmarks of novels by Ben Bova, what you expect from him as one of the top hard science fiction writers. RETURN TO MARS has an ending that obviously leaves room for another sequel, if so I look forward to it. In the real world of space exploration it seems to me that the next major international space project may very well be human exploration of the red planet. As hard science fiction, RETURN TO MARS makes one feel like you have already been there. This book was a joy to read and hard to put down at times.
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Summary: Better than the first!
Review: This one was better and faster than the first! With less detail from EARTH. The book keeps you wanting more details from MARS, but it droped off soon after the discovery of intelligent life. Over all a great book.
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