Kim Stanley Robinson: Red Mars (2021, Random House Publishing Group)
English language
Published Dec. 21, 2021 by Random House Publishing Group.
Red Mars is the first novel of the Mars trilogy, published in 1992. It follows the beginnings of the colonization of Mars, from the arrival of the First Hundred to the First Martian Revolution.
С одной стороны, твердая НФ, по-настоящему научная. С другой — левацкая агитка, приправленная беспорядочными связями. Лучше бы автор оставил свои политические и сексуальные предпочтения при себе.
Some interesting stuff in here, particularly the science, enough to make it interesting and keep me wondering what would happen next. However, in the end I wasn't impressed by the overly philosophical tone and the meandering internal conflicts of individual characters. Perhaps the length could've been halved without too much of the epic scale being lost.
I listened to the audiobook, which was acceptable. I don't think I'd have made it through a printed copy.
