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Summary: Fast-moving science fiction
Review: This was an awesome book from start to finish, with little or no let downs along the way. I found it more interesting than its predecessor Mars, and much more readable. Seeing as a lot of the questions that exsisted about Mars were known and there was many more daring ventures to be had on the second expedidtion. Bova writes with clarity and makes all the scientific and technical information easily readable. With unexplained accidents, amazing ventures, conflicts with mission funders, and lust, this book lacks nothing, A MUST READ!!
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Summary: Ben Bova awakens Mars again!
Review: Well I first read Mars about two years ago, and when a few weeks ago I came across the sequel....well I had to find out what happened to Jamie. This is a great sequel to an book that re-invented the Mars sci-fi fascination. I don't really expect another sequel to this book although if it did come out it would be very interesting to find out what happens to Jamie and the sultress VJ!
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Summary: Return to being lost to your surroundings!
Review: When I read Ben Bovas "Mars" some years ago during Christmas time I was completely lost to the world and absorbed in the very realistic story that he was able to tell. When his sequel arrived I was highly curious, but somewhat skeptical. How could he possibly match his first great adventure? Well, he has done it! I just lost two working days while being absolutely and helplessly drugged by the book. Again, Mr. Bova stays close to the facts (connecting with Zubrin's How-to-get-to-Mars-concepts), and not forgetting the awesome Pathfinder of 1997. His ability is his strong self-discipline. He keeps the story close to ground, and even if the book holds great surprises for the reader, he confines himself cleverly to a very credible story-level, not exagerating his line. No green bug-eyed monsters hiding in the Martian caves there, but...Don't pick up the book, if you got work to do. If you do pick it up, seal your life off from the outer world and let your mind travel back to Mars to refind the captive footprints of the first expedition with Jamie Waterman.
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