Incredible trilogy thus far, Blue Mars here I come

I really like the characters in this book, all built up so complexly that they feel real, and I've come to know them so well they feel like friends. The story is great too, continued to surprise throughout. Also, I love the language and comparisons used in this book, as a person with a understanding more entrenched in science this book's language was more understandable to me than other book's.

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Thought provoking, complete, and original

A splendid series, with truly engaging characters, sweeping story line, and many unexpected changes. Rarely has an author been prepared to kill off so many lead characters - made possible only by accepting the sweep of history approach. The story follows broad themes and minute detail as the writer feels fit and the tale demands. The narrator's laid back style sometimes conflicts, but in general I found it fitted the mood of the story. Definitely worth buying,

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Really interesting

Really interesting lot of interesting asides well worth a read if you are interested in the future of mar colonization then read it :)

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Sublime

most of it has already been said the content is far more spiritual than the 1st also the chapter of sax is now far more explored and complex I will say it is a good and better than the 1st however one thing must be said is that the terraforming is far slower than I'd hoped so don't expect anything

the world of this book grows evermore complex as earth slowly decays if you like getting deeply invested in a world this is it for you

An amazing view of the future

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A true visionary.

A true visionary. The Mars trilogy should be a road map to any future expansion into the solar system . Superb.

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Loved it - beautiful intelligent space opera!

If you want ‘shoot em ups’ you’ll go somewhere else, this is intelligent theorising on the future. What may be is the business of fiction .

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excellent hard sci-fi

intricate, detailed and realistic interpretation of future mars colonisation and all the trouble that would come along with it

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Solid sci fi performed well

I've listened to 2 of the 3 Mars trilogy books by Kim Stanley Robinson. I'd assumed that he must have a science background but, no - he's a writer writer (although he seems to have good science connections). I'm enjoying this series, it has interesting and often credible science ideas. His social interactions also seem reasonably plausible. My only reservations are
1. These books are VERY long and felt like they could have benefitted from a firmer editorial hand. I like a long listen, but (for example) some of the accounts of events like conferences are as unwieldy and turgid as conferences can actually be in real life - who needs that? So after 50 hours of 2 books I really need a break and am not actually looking forward to the third book right now - although I'll get past that and am pleased it's out there for when I'm ready.
2. There is a lot of science jargon. Now I can dig science jargon - but if you're listening to an audiobook on the motorway, as I do, and your the sort of person who likes to picture the story, you might struggle to imagine some of the environments unless the scientific terms are supported with a bit of ordinary english, to help you work out whether , for example the geological description means that the terrain is crunchy and unstable or frozen and smooth.
3. Some (if not many) of the main characters are flawed and selfish but take up a lot of space in the story - I have now lost all interest in whether a vain drama queen feels bad about the death of one of the men she strung along at the hands of another. That was 50 of my hours ago and 100 of their years, but that seems to be an ongoing plot issue.

That sounds critical - but the main news is that the basic story, terraforming Mars with a society that has a wierd and problematic quirk is a good one. The science is thought provoking and well researched. They are very good books, just ovelry wordy.

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Better than Red Mars!

Story still good - better than last time and a bit less oversexed to boot. Editing still a little sloppy however - mouth noises, funny jumps, the odd mistake or mispronunciation and a missing few seconds in the last third.

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Great second book in the series

I bought the first book long ago and liked it but started listening to other books in between. Now I got this one and I loved it! I really like the way the author portrays the characters, both likeable and not so, even some despisable ones. One gets a better insight on the group of leaders of the first 100, now more mature att over 100 years old. Also the new martians, who they are and what they want.
Mars is being changed slowly through terraforming while Earth is being destroyed. It is a (in my eyes) very probable outcome for our planet.
I will start in number three now!

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